Skeleton In The Closet

EunarielleSeptember 5, 2020

Skeleton In  The Closet written by: Eunarielle   I used to be afraid of so many things. When I was a child, I would awaken sweaty and sobbi...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

Elliott’s Lie

Matthew Roy DaveyJune 1, 2020

Elliott's Lie written by: Matthew Roy Davey   I didn’t see it but I wished I had. It sounded hilarious the way Elliott described it, Ryan Gordon’...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Starry Night

Jim BatesMay 26, 2020

Starry Night written by: Jim Bates   I was five when my parents were killed in a car crash. My closest relative was Mom's older sister, Aunt Sally, wh...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

Garden Fairies

Andrada CostoiuMay 26, 2020

Garden Fairies written by: Andrada Costoiu   The moon was riding in a cloudy heaven, Nature was not still and neither was he. He was just a little boy...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Loving a Heart Full of Holes

Janetta Marilyn KonahMay 25, 2020

Loving a Heart Full of Holes written by: Janetta Marilyn Konah   "I don't know when love became elusive. What I know, is that no one I know has it" - W...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Growing Old

Judge BurdonDecember 29, 2019

Growing Old written by: Judge Burdon   I'm sitting here thinking about my folks. It feels like years since I've been home. I've got a feeling like I...

EnglishFeatured PostPoetry1 min read

The Spirit of Giving

Dawn DeBraalDecember 17, 2019

The Spirit of Giving written by: Dawn DeBraal   The manger scene in front of the First Methodist Church was a beautiful sight. Life-sized statues and ...

ChristmasEnglishLiterature3 min read

A Thanksgiving Story

Phyllis SouzaNovember 28, 2019

A Thanksgiving Story written by: Phyllis Souza   California Pauline leaned against the kitchen counter while fishing inside her purse. "When do you...

EnglishLiterature6 min read

ZIZADORE XIII

Marie Scampini/MZ ClarkeAugust 30, 2019

ZIZADORE XIII written by: MZ CLARKE @zoeandme   CHAPTER THIRTEEN DANCING ACROSS THE MOON   Onstage, Zizadore grabs Albert's hand and ge...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

Nobody’s Prize

blocatAugust 26, 2019

Nobody's Prize written by: Blocat   ‘Mummy has been very naughty, Archie, she went with another man, and now she wants to take you away, Archie, you, ...

EnglishLiterature9 min read

Thieves On Borrowed Land

Linda M. CrateAugust 12, 2019

Thieves On Borrowed Land written by: Linda M. Crate @thysilverdoe   as i hear about two-year-olds without diapers, and children with lice without ...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Suitcases

Mary Ellen GambuttiJuly 28, 2019

Suitcases written by: Mary Ellen Gambutti @melcmg   After he died, I went out to help you empty the house and put it up for sale. I sifted through pa...

EnglishLiterature13 min read

Abduction

Michal ReibenbachJuly 25, 2019

Abduction written by: Michal Reibenbach   The first time Carl tells me about ‘abducting’ his baby girl from his wife, I am shocked, ‘You did a cruel a...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

YOU ARE THE WIND, YOU ARE BOTH THE WIND…

Poli MiltouJune 14, 2019

YOU ARE THE WIND, YOU ARE BOTH THE WIND… written by: Poli Miltou @PoliMiltou   You are the wind, you carry myrrh with you. I want to kiss you so I w...

EnglishPoetry1 min read