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Stay

Rayna More·February 16, 2020

Stay written by: Rayna More Fists clenched, cheeks drowning. Heart’s sinking, chest is pounding. Internally screaming Why...

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Great Indian Bustard’s Plea

Nishand Venugopal·February 8, 2020

Great Indian Bustard’s Plea written by: Nishand Venugopal @nvgpal79 To be or not to be, That’s the...

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Please Forgive Us

Don Knowles·October 26, 2019

Please Forgive Us written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 Please forgive us There in the future If you’re...

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A Gift II

Luzviminda G. Rivera·October 16, 2019

A Gift II written by: LUZVIMINDA G. RIVERA It is bright and gay sky Starry night looks...

English Poetry

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Anything But

J. G. Elas·January 25, 2019

Anything But written by: J. G. Elas @jsphelas I want to be anything but— a senseless predicate...

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Remember

Luiz Syphre·November 1, 2018

Remember written by: Luiz Syphre @luizsyphre Remember me beloved for when you do that dead star in...

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A Desperate Plea

Greg Massey·September 27, 2018

A Desperate Plea written by: Greg Massey @PoemCrafter Find me Where stars rest high in...

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One Reveal

Lyle Hutchinson·June 11, 2018

One Reveal written by: Lyle Hutchinson @hutch3713 I am a man And tonight I’d like to lay...

English Poetry

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Mantle

Ansul Noor·February 21, 2018

Mantle written by: Ansul Noor This cannot be happening, what have we done. We have ravaged this...

English Poetry

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Sermon On The Mount

lagoondry·December 2, 2017

Sermon on the Mount written by: lagoondry @Acumencode Can one not call this urge I feel a...

English Poetry

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A Plea To Entropy

lagoondry·November 13, 2017

A Plea To Entropy written by: lagoondry @Acumencode Daylight Blushed as it brushed Felicia’s Back: Draping Earthly...

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A Plea To The Almighty

Hersh·July 4, 2016

A Plea To The Almighty written by: Hersh @the1000thoughts Oh deity, Take away all that you can...

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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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