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Dear School

Jul·November 22, 2020

Dear School written by: Jul I know, I know … you weren’t supposed to end until late...

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I Used to Love Halloween

Catherine Gigante-Brown·October 24, 2020

I Used to Love Halloween written by: Catherine Gigante-Brown @BklynCatwoman I used to love Halloween when I...

English Halloween Poetry

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Halloween

Thaddeus Hutyra·October 20, 2020

Halloween written by: Thaddeus Hutyra @teddy9999 Hi, ladies and gentlemen, I am a joker Halloween is coming...

English Halloween Poetry

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The Closet: A Daughter’s Remembrance

Steven L. Richie·October 17, 2020

The Closet: A Daughter’s Remembrance written by: Steven L. Richie A week before Dad’s car accident of...

English Literature

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Bittersweet

Hannah B Jackson·October 7, 2020

Bittersweet written by: Hannah B Jackson You were like a natural waterfall surrounded by the most beautiful...

English Poetry

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I Wish

Tylia Flores·October 2, 2020

I Wish written by: Tylia Flores @stompingoncp1 sitting in my wheelchair, Looking up at the night sky,...

English Poetry

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Flight of Thought

Vidya Venkataramanan·September 30, 2020

Flight of Thought written by: Vidya Venkataramanan At sunset I perch on a dead branch, I know...

English Poetry

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The Comet

Tony Ortiz·September 17, 2020

The Comet written by: Tony Ortiz I was once a Comet Racing through space in a blind...

English Poetry

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Giants

huntersjames·August 27, 2020

Giants written by: Huntersjames @huntersjames Every step we take An earthquake to those beneath We pray for...

English Poetry

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Safe New World

George S-Kaye·August 18, 2020

Safe New World written by: George S-Kaye @suchett_g The vacuum-sealed wardrobe opened when the alarm clock struck...

English Literature

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Money

Phlammes·August 10, 2020

Money written by: Phlammes The route to evil it seems, but the very tool for actualization it...

English Poetry

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The Voice of the Crying One Resonates

John Pitman Gibson·July 9, 2020

The Voice of the Crying One Resonates written by: John Pitman Gibson @Gibsonjohn626 The voice of the...

English Poetry

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The Cognizance of A Baffled Writer

Ophelia Nightingale·July 3, 2020

The Cognizance of A Baffled Writer written by: Ophelia Nightingale When I cry poetry and aesthetic melodies,...

English Poetry

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A New Beginning

Bridie Murphy·July 3, 2020

A New Beginning written by: Bridie Murphy She opens the satchel one last time She mustn’t forget...

English Poetry

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John Anthony Fingleton: Was born in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. Now living in Paraguay. Poems published in journals and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, India and France as well as three produced plays. Poems read on Irish and American radio as well in Spanish on South American broadcasts. Has poems published in Spillwords, Alien Bhudda, The Red Door, Piker Press, Super Poetry Highway, The Writers Magazine, Ariel Chart, and numerous national and international journals, blogs, reviews, and anthologies. Published collections 'Poems from the Shadowlands' was published in 2017, 'Words That Found Me' 2019, 'Poems From The Banks' 2020, 'Poems from a Restricted Place' April 2020, 'Secret Fjords' May 2020 and 'A Gathering Of Words' June 2020. All which are available on Amazon.

A Song for Christmas by Steve Carr

I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against the wall in the dining room where it had been since Ma and Pa were married. It was Grandma’s piano, but she gave it to my Ma as a wedding present. It was made of mahogany and Ma polished it almost every day. I was sitting at it just plucking randomly on the black keys when Ma placed a bright red runner across the top of the piano and, a few minutes later, placed the crèche on the runner. She arranged the figures of Mary and Joseph around the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
“You’re late puttin’ that out this year, Ma,” I said.
“Each year there are more and more boxes of Christmas decorations to sort through,” she said.
I strummed several keys with an unmelodic result and heaved a loud sigh.
“Have you decided yet which song you’re going to do for the Christmas service?” she asked ...

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