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Madness

Aurora Kastanias·March 28, 2023

Madness written by: Aurora Kastanias Seated on grass the lake before me Waiting for night to fall...

Poetry English

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The Purple Wall

Destiny Eve Pifer·March 25, 2023

The Purple Wall written by: Destiny Eve Pifer @destiny_pifer “I’m trying,” I whisper to myself as I...

English Literature

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Changing The Past

Dessy Tsvetkova·March 3, 2023

Changing The Past written by: Dessy Tsvetkova If only I knew I would plant two drops of...

Poetry English

·1 min read

The Cart of Life

Sujata Dash·February 28, 2023

The Cart of Life written by: Sujata Dash The cart of life lunges forward takes me through...

Poetry English

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The Wallflower

Jamie Johnson·February 18, 2023

The Wallflower written by: Jamie Johnson A stranger in your town; interloper, seeing things that long ago...

English Poetry

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Prosper

Aditi Anvita·February 17, 2023

Prosper written by: Aditi Anvita An escape from the dark world of past A breathtaking way, but...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Ode to The Radio

Nina Taylor·February 13, 2023

Ode to The Radio written by: Nina Taylor Not for me that high tech stuff My trusty...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Small Parental Forest

Chad Norman·February 11, 2023

Small Parental Forest written by: Chad Norman I have been touched. I have been entered. And now...

English Poetry Featured Post

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The Eighth Time

Sugar de Santo·February 7, 2023

the eighth time written by: Sugar de Santo @sugar_de the past has a face thousand and one...

Poetry English

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Cigarettes

Sean O'Leary·February 5, 2023

Cigarettes written by: Sean O’Leary @SeanOl777 ‘This guy I used to go to uni with, Mick Costa,...

Literature Featured Post English

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Survival

Hend Hamed Ezzeldin·February 1, 2023

Survival written by: Hend Hamed Ezzeldin @hendhamed84 Lost in between three: Me, I, and she. She wants...

Poetry English

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New Year, New Blessings

Yao Liu·January 17, 2023

New Year, New Blessings written by: Yao Liu @yaopliu A new year, Presents new possibilities, New opportunities,...

Poetry English

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New Year

Christian Ward·January 11, 2023

New Year written by: Christian Ward The streets are wet like spring lawns, days opening like picnic...

English Poetry

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2023, Our Year

Michelle Ayon Navajas·January 3, 2023

2023, Our Year written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas if New Year is for new beginnings what is...

Poetry English

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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