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Nostalgic Rain

Charlie Bottle·January 15, 2018

Nostalgic Rain written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle Dust devils rose in summer’s heat, wispy brown dervishes spiralled,...

English Poetry

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A Rainy Day with My Silly Friend

Mr Fun·November 7, 2017

A Rainy Day with My Silly Friend written by: Mr Fun @hotsacoman It was a rainy day....

Poetry English

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Longing For The Petrichor

TM Arko·October 13, 2017

Longing for the Petrichor written by: TM Arko @terry.arko The dog days are lingering Like bad thoughts...

English Poetry

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RAIN

Ayushman Jamwal·July 21, 2017

RAIN written by: Ayushman Jamwal @Jamwalthefirst Kill me now or this heat will do it painfully, As...

English Poetry

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And The River Emptied And Silver Stream Awoke

Lance Sheridan·June 22, 2017

And The River Emptied And Silver Stream Awoke written by: Lance Sheridan @PlaitedPoems In a thirtieth moment...

English Poetry

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Nothing But The Rain

TM Arko·June 10, 2017

Nothing But The Rain written by: TM Arko @terry.arko On a damp Spring morning I sit and...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Slow Moving Front

Richard K. Ostrander·May 29, 2017

Slow Moving Front written by: Richard K. Ostrander @akaDick It rained here all night and most of...

Poetry English

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They Say It Will Rain Again

Aparajita Dutta·May 24, 2017

They say it will rain again written by: Aparajita Dutta @aparajita07 They say it will rain again,...

English Poetry

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The Rain Stopped

Robbie Pruitt·April 19, 2017

The Rain Stopped written by: Robbie Pruitt @robbiepruitt The rain began slowly in droplets again it fell...

Poetry English

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Petrichor

Charlie Bottle·April 4, 2017

Petrichor written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle When the first drops of rain fall, and soak the parched...

English Poetry

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Joy of Rain

Genie Nakano·February 26, 2017

Joy of Rain written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini playing in the rain the rain plays with me...

Poetry English

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Fresh Rain

Natalie Crick·January 17, 2017

Fresh Rain written by: Natalie Crick Fresh rain fell Onto velvet skin Beneath an open sky. I...

English Poetry

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The Rain

Sarita Montiel·January 16, 2017

The Rain written by: Sarita Montiel It was raining that night when her world fell apart. They...

English Literature

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Droughtful

Genie Nakano·January 10, 2017

Droughtful written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini Sky you’ve been holding on too long pour it on, I...

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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