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Getting a Cup of Joe

Joan McNerney·March 10, 2023

Getting a Cup of Joe written by: Joan McNerney It is 13 degrees above zero. There is...

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Persistency Matters

George Koshy·January 24, 2023

Persistency Matters written by: George Koshy @georgekoshy Sometimes you don’t get noticed ‘coz you don’t stick out...

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Amica Mia

Natalia Castelluccio·November 13, 2022

Amica Mia written by: Natalia Castelluccio A te amica mia punta di diamante . . Grazie per...

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I Know Who You Are

Liz Smith·October 4, 2022

I Know Who You Are written by: Liz Smith We’re not strangers, you and I I know...

English Poetry

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Waiting For My Doctor

Kawsar Khalil·September 20, 2022

Waiting For My Doctor written by: Kawsar Khalil @KawsarKhalil Mishaps happen, how? We don’t know Or knowingly...

English Poetry

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Double Trouble

Cordilala·August 11, 2022

Double Trouble written by: Cordilala Trouble One and Trouble Two Sit in the kitchen with nothing to...

English Poetry

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Love Eternal

Jane Bradshaw·July 13, 2022

Love Eternal written by: Jane Bradshaw What is the standard for love? For friendship, loyalty, and kindness?...

English Poetry

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Sugar Moon

Carrie Magness Radna·June 30, 2022

Sugar Moon written by: Carrie Magness Radna @cmrboxwoodstar1 All the new lines conceived, I must dig in...

English Poetry

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The Cruel Kind Acts of Nature

Meshack Ifada·April 28, 2022

The Cruel Kind Acts of Nature written by: Meshack Ifada Seventeen years now I have trekked life,...

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Patiently

Imeon504·April 15, 2022

Patiently written by: imeon504 It all started in a day full of anxiety, apprehension When all I...

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Living Grace

Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier·March 25, 2022

Living Grace written by: Fay Marmalich-Vietmeier @FemVietmeier Seas are full of GRACE Here SILENCE sings with no...

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Hens & Chickens

Jordan Trethewey·February 10, 2022

Hens & Chickens written by: Jordan Trethewey @JTpoetlaureate Grandmother liked modest growth, no show-off annual beauties, encouraged...

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Never To Dream Nomore

Jessica Moore·February 10, 2022

Never To Dream Nomore written by: Jessica Moore She’s lost, cold and starving, running on empty, roaming...

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The Chosen Ones

Pooja Singh·February 3, 2022

The Chosen Ones written by: Pooja Singh The chosen ones … You and me Stand on the...

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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