In Cairo, Awake

Meg SmithOctober 16, 2020

In Cairo, Awake written by: Meg Smith @MegSmith_Writer   I am lying within a screen of iron, melded into flowers. We are both our simplest element. ...

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Pressure

Adam ManbeversSeptember 24, 2020

Pressure written by: Adam Manbevers   Smothered by silence  Surrounded by demons once drowned I pray for brighter pastures and the removal of he...

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When Insect Cries

Ikechukwu ObiorahSeptember 23, 2020

When Insect Cries written by: Ikechukwu Obiorah @IkechukwuObio10   The skill to kill is in the shrill cry of insect, Whistling a vapor in the forest o...

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When Spring Comes Again c2019

Pamela Tyree GriffinSeptember 17, 2020

When Spring Comes Again c2019 written by: Pamela Tyree Griffin   And when Spring comes again - with the month which includes your birthday- we will sm...

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Wild Child

Kelli J GavinSeptember 7, 2020

Wild Child written by: Kelli J Gavin @KelliJGavin   You wild child The child I dreamed of The child I prayed for I thought when you were in the womb...

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The Crack of Dawn

Sheila HenrySeptember 6, 2020

The Crack of Dawn written by: Sheila Henry   April Sandiford had been having frequent scary dreams lately. But who hasn’t! It seems having bad dreams ...

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Let Him In

Florian AchileSeptember 4, 2020

Let Him In written by: Florian Achile @Florianachile   My son! I heard you have been doing some casting and binding Against our August visitor Are yo...

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Giants

huntersjamesAugust 27, 2020

Giants written by: Huntersjames @huntersjames   Every step we take An earthquake to those beneath We pray for their sake Our pleas be too late Entr...

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I Never Told You How I Felt

Giti TyagiAugust 26, 2020

I Never Told You How I Felt written by: Giti Tyagi   I never told you how I felt, The day you left, my dear friend, Ahead you moved treading the ...

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Wrath

Abha Das SarmaAugust 24, 2020

Wrath written by: Abha Das Sarma   The dead awakens, to lay more Into it's already dead, Fury ensues, walls of water abound Dragging all, to silent d...

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Trees

SpillwordsAugust 23, 2020

Trees a poem by: Joyce Kilmer   I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet ...

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Beirut In My Heart

Khalid BelkhalfiAugust 20, 2020

Beirut In My Heart written by: Khalid Belkhalfi @kbelkhalfi   Beats of hearts scattered over the world Echoing their griefs like never heard Yearni...

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Night Sweats

Mary BoneAugust 18, 2020

Night Sweats written by: Mary Bone   The night sweats keep returning. I have fever and coughing. My immune system is weakened, with more complicatio...

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Traces of The Modern Monk

Lion IAugust 18, 2020

Traces of The Modern Monk written by: Lion I @thatlion_isaac   traces of the modern afro monk revealed within digital spheres covered in white smoke ...

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