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Spitting Feathers

Kim M. Russell·May 12, 2021

Spitting Feathers written by: Kim M. Russell @kim88110 Between shingle beach and salty lagoon, marsh and reed...

English Poetry

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Octopus Damsel

Milagros Vilaplana·May 12, 2021

Octopus Damsel written by: Milagros Vilaplana Clad in shells between bubbles in the copper kelp ocean —...

English Poetry

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A Winter Night In Texas

Jayanthi Chandra·May 12, 2021

A Winter Night In Texas written by: Jayanthi Chandra The bushes turn into giant mushrooms The snow...

English Poetry

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Friends Like an Urban Myth, a poem by Mahroz at Spillwords.com

Friends Like and Urban Myth

Mahroz·May 12, 2021

Friends Like an Urban Myth written by: Mahroz Once upon an afternoon drab, I trolled for a...

English Poetry

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The Song of Belfast

Gaynor Kane·May 11, 2021

The Song of Belfast written by: Gaynor Kane @gaynorkane I am broken clay...

English Poetry

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April Love

Zana Coven·May 11, 2021

April Love written by: Zanka Zana Bošković Coven I shall tell you a story Of an undreamt...

English Poetry

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Mask Theater

Katarzyna Dominik·May 10, 2021

Mask Theater written by: Katarzyna Dominik translated by: Thaddeus Hutyra - A human is an actor with theater's...

English International Poetry Polish

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Pesticides

Marysa Storm·May 10, 2021

Pesticides written by: Marysa Storm He was the fourth in the bloodline of strength, his father’s pain...

English Poetry

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Given You

My Quill Doth Bleed·May 10, 2021

Given You written by: My Quill Doth Bleed Given you everything… I’ve given you… Everything that I...

English Poetry

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My Soulmate

Cynthia Osax Osazuwa·May 10, 2021

My Soulmate written by: Osazuwa Cynthia Osax At first when love set in, Showering me with unending...

English Poetry

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Love’s Rainbow

Ken Allan Dronsfield·May 9, 2021

Love’s Rainbow written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield It was twenty years ago this May that my...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Mommy

Brad Osborne·May 9, 2021

Mommy written by: Brad Osborne Mother’s Day was coming And the young lad all but naught Not...

English Poetry

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Mother

Spillwords·May 9, 2021

Mother a poem by: Lola Ridge Your love was like moonlight turning harsh things to beauty, so...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Masked Shoriers

Ken Gosse·May 8, 2021

The Masked Shoriers written by: Ken Gosse The Walrus and the Carpenter wore masks along the beach...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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