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Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·December 27, 2019

Saying Goodbye Part XVI Cry written by: Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay) @hemmingplay Do you remember our babies’ crying...

Poetry English Saying Goodbye Doug Stanfield

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Christmas

Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak·December 22, 2019

Christmas written by: Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak beautiful spruce at neighbor’s window so proud and foster in hundred...

Poetry Christmas English

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Rest Your Sweet Soul

Jan Smith·November 9, 2019

Rest Your Sweet Soul written by: Jan Smith @JanSmithNL Rest your sweet soul Breathe with me… Let...

Poetry English

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Early Morning

Genie Nakano·October 18, 2019

Early Morning written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini Early morning these days no TV no radio prone to...

Poetry English

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Quiet Time

Michael Natt·October 6, 2019

Quiet Time written by: Michael Natt This Saturday began like all others. Today though was my annual...

Article English

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Love Light As Air

Michael Ball·September 30, 2019

Love Light As Air written by: Michael Ball @whirred Small and sudden loves and hopes are cotton...

English Poetry

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November Walk With Carmelita

Ronald B Conway·September 21, 2019

November Walk With Carmelita written by: Ronald B Conway It’s mid-November; cold as hell, A worried sky like...

Poetry English Featured Post

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Diminuendo

Sean D. Layton·July 21, 2019

Diminuendo written by: Sean D. Layton @seandonislayton Quiet was never part of our repertoire. Now we master...

English Poetry

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Too Much Wine

Mickey Kulp·June 7, 2019

Too Much Wine written by: Mickey Kulp @mickey_kulp I had a dream last night. Maybe too much...

Poetry English

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Garden

Brenda Gvozdanovic·February 11, 2019

Garden written by: Brenda Gvozdanovic @BGvozdanovic Beyond the French doors lies a small, secluded patio, enclosed on three sides...

English Poetry

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Simple Quiet

Ron Kempton·August 21, 2018

Simple Quiet written by: Ron Kempton Like trees as they tiptoe across the velvet wings of the...

Poetry English

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Speechless

Angel_Face44·November 29, 2017

Speechless written by: AngelFace44 @AngelFace4459 In the corner I quietly sit to ponder the act of my...

English Poetry

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Précis

Sanjeev Sethi·June 9, 2017

Précis written by: Sanjeev Sethi In the quiet of my cage I ally with absorbency. Cadence is...

English Poetry

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Quietude

Mamta·December 17, 2016

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Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

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