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Safe Place to Land

Ana Silva·January 13, 2025

Safe Place to Land written by: Ana Silva @AnaaRitaa On cold days, when the world gets heavy,...

Poetry English

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Miejsce Miłości

Konrad Stawiarski·November 27, 2024

Miejsce Miłości written by: Konrad Stawiarski - Miejsce miłości, śni mi się każdy dzień. Miejsce natchnienia - myśl to moja płodna...

Polish English International Poetry

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Beauty and the Beauty Parlour

Kamran Akhtar Siddiqui·November 13, 2024

Beauty and the Beauty Parlour written by: Kamran Akhtar Siddiqui @KamranAkhtarSid Beauty lies in the eyes of...

Poetry English

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Confessions of a Castaway

Anagha Agnes·November 6, 2024

Confessions of a Castaway written by: Anagha Agnes For ages I travelled like a castaway, Lost in...

Poetry English

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Free

J Sparrow·September 29, 2024

Free written by: J Sparrow Closest to myself. In isolation, I move closer to myself; sadness cloaks...

Poetry English

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My Haven

Kate MacDonald·September 4, 2024

My Haven written by: Kate MacDonald @etherealtruth You, and my love for you have been the only...

English Poetry

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Awake

Phyllis P. Colucci·August 30, 2024

Awake written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot People and Places I never knew Conversations with strangers I...

Poetry Phyllis P. Colucci English

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We Bleed Red!

Saila Abby·July 3, 2024

We Bleed Red! written by: Saila Abby @WaddelHope A place is born, A place for all to...

Poetry English

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Departing From Loved Ones!

Vandana Joshi Bhatt·May 24, 2024

Departing From Loved Ones! written by: Vandana Joshi Bhatt @VandanaBhatt An airport is a weird place! Exciting...

English Poetry

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Mississippi Oak

Jackie Harvey·May 8, 2024

Mississippi Oak written by: Jackie Harvey The heat was the sultry kind – the kind that made...

Literature English

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Rain in Pirongia

Elizabeth Barton·April 12, 2024

Rain in Pirongia written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 It’s raining in Pirongia, a mythic place traced in pale...

Poetry English

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Hiraeth

Violet Dolui·April 4, 2024

Hiraeth written by: Violet Dolui When I close my eyes in the middle of the day to...

Poetry English

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Clint’s

Michael McCarthy·March 11, 2024

When Olivia met K Chapter VIII Clint's written by: Michael McCarthy @FlateyeFiction - Clint’s was full...

When Olivia met K Literature English Michael McCarthy

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Memories

James Walmsley·February 29, 2024

Memories written by: James Walmsley I saw it clearly the way I had to go, I knew...

Poetry English

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Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He debuted in 1999 with a poetry collection and has since published works, including translations of Shakespeare and global poets. His poems are translated into many languages and taught across South Asia. A two-time SAARC Literary Awardee, he also received Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award and was named Author of the Month by Spillwords in June 2023. Beyond literature, he works as a freelance consultant in socio-economic research, rural development, entrepreneurial development and creative writing. He began his career in Nepal’s civil service and later worked with international NGOs. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Business Administration, and Economics.

Condoms by Seán Óg Ó Murchú

They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one, I’m after forgetting her name now… Smelly Nelly’s ma. A wet little tear trickled toward her tattooed cheekbone. She was roaring red. Her harsh, wheezing laughter sounded like a black taxi tackling the Whiterock Road, her throat destroyed from all the fegs she used to be hoofing into her. She called over the other dinner ladies then, an army of them. Or maybe it was the curiosity of her horrid laughing that brought them over… I can’t remember.
“Tell the girls what you’re only after asking me there ni wee mawn.”
I looked between herself and the girls. Jesus Christ, I said in my own mind, Mental Mick is after stealing all my crayons that I’d been hoarding for myself there before the break...

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