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What Does the Ring Mean?

Selena G.·September 29, 2016

What Does the Ring Mean? written by: Selena G. @selenaangel1011 Is this ring a symbol of love...

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Burnt Toast

Angie Brocker·August 12, 2016

Burnt Toast written by: Angie Brocker @angie_brocker “Good Morning,” she stated with no inflection or intention behind...

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Moon Meadow, Martha’s Vineyard

Anda Peterson·July 9, 2016

Moon Meadow, Martha’s Vineyard written by: Anda Peterson @anandaand Winter light pale over the meadow and soft like...

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The Old Silk Road

Anne G·August 3, 2015

The Old Silk Road Anne G Original Poetry Somehow, somewhere we’ve met before. I feel I know you,...

Anne G English

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Lovely Rain

Anne G·May 16, 2015

Lovely Rain written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth I scour the skies with hopeful eyes searching in vain...

Poetry Anne G English

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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