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Uptown Girl

Denise D'Souza·November 10, 2023

Uptown Girl written by: Denise D’Souza ‘Uptown Girl’ came on the radio while I was stuck in...

English Literature

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The Seance

Dawn Pisturino·October 27, 2023

The Seance written by: Dawn Pisturino The heavy iron gates of Bellemont Cemetery stood open like silent...

Literature Featured Post Halloween 13 Days of Halloween English

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Today’s Forecast

Gabriel Bates·October 12, 2023

Today’s Forecast written by: Gabriel Bates I stare at the dark sky as it bulges with rain...

English Poetry

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I’m in Love With The Wind!

Elizabeth Vincent Koshy·October 4, 2023

I’m in Love With The Wind! written by: Dr. Elizabeth V. Koshy My blue-green waters are one...

Poetry English

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Lune Poems to Florida

Carmen Frech Oliveri·September 22, 2023

Lune Poems to Florida written by: Carmen Frech Oliveri Hide me, deep, beneath palm trees, green. In...

Poetry English

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Love Lane

Simona Prilogan·September 20, 2023

Love Lane written by: Simona Prilogan Bright shooting stars twinkling good luck – Around their time, we...

Poetry English

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Boxes

Vickie Johnstone·September 19, 2023

Boxes written by: Vickie Johnstone @vickiejohnstone The man with the can with the water says you need...

English Poetry

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Falsity in a Shifting Shadow

Ken Allan Dronsfield·September 6, 2023

Falsity in a Shifting Shadow written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Time moves at the pace of...

Poetry English

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The Becak Driver

Kathy Whipple·September 2, 2023

The Becak Driver written by: Kathy Whipple I’d been in Surakarta for a week when I began...

English Featured Post Literature

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The Art of Crying in Silence

Angelica Williams·August 29, 2023

The Art of Crying in Silence written by: Angelica Williams @Angelicapaige99 Jada stares at the slices of...

English Literature Featured Post

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The Woman I Love

Norberto Franco Cisneros·August 27, 2023

The Woman I Love written by: Norberto Franco Cisneros I was leaving to buy a different colored...

English Poetry

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Spring Hast Come Slowly

jsburl·August 23, 2023

spring hast come slowly written by: jsburl the morning sun rises in all its splendor dusky rose...

Poetry English

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Truant Sun

Surbhi Sharma·August 23, 2023

Truant Sun written by: Surbhi Sharma I After snatching so many lives After making men homeless and...

English Poetry

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Sunflowers

D A Angelo·August 22, 2023

Sunflowers written by: D A Angelo The sunflowers dancing to the Macarena don’t care about the crows...

Poetry 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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