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Halfway To A Kiss

Katarzyna Dominik·October 14, 2020

English International Poetry Polish

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Find Me

Jack Wolfe Frost·October 2, 2020

Find Me written by: Jack Wolfe Frost @JackWolfeWriter Your eyes shine rainbows of sparks Your hands feel...

English Poetry

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The Rainbow Princess

Nina Taylor·September 30, 2020

The Rainbow Princess written by: Nina Taylor Once upon a time in a land far away on...

English Literature

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Magdalen Walks

Spillwords·September 20, 2020

Magdalen Walks a poem by: Oscar Wilde The little white clouds are racing over the sky, And...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Fragrance of Love

Natalia Govsha·September 7, 2020

Fragrance of Love written by: Natalia Govsha Mid-summer glows with bright flowers and greenery of succulent herbs....

English Poetry

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Irresisitible, poetry written by Jayanta Bhaumik at Spilwords.com

Irresistible

Jayanta Bhaumik·August 27, 2020

Irresistible written by: Jayanta Bhaumik @BhaumikJayanta In this unready evening, there is no flower-vase, no water-aroma, no...

English Poetry

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A Rainbow Us

Lady Margrethe·August 22, 2020

A Rainbow Us written by: Lady Margrethe @lady_margrethe You may like me or you may not, Appreciate...

English Poetry

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Rainbows

Richard Prime·August 16, 2020

Rainbows written by: Richard Prime We were shunned by our culture. We faced discrimination and abuse. We...

English Featured Post Literature

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A Love Letter

Kate Blake·August 10, 2020

A Love Letter written by: Kate Blake Dear Hearts, This is an open letter just to let...

English Poetry

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The Rainbow

Nancy Lou Henderson·August 6, 2020

The Rainbow written by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 As the rain subsides and colors fill the sky,...

English Poetry

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I Rest My Soul

Alta H Mabin·June 18, 2020

I Rest My Soul written by: Alta H Mabin @h_mabin My love I want to wake up...

English Poetry

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The Anniversary

Peggy Gerber·March 19, 2020

The Anniversary written by: Peggy Gerber My alarm startles me awake with the early morning news that...

English Poetry

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QUEER

Madhu Jaiswal·February 10, 2020

QUEER written by: Madhu Jaiswal @madhujaiswal22 I’m a male by birth and suppose to marry a girl...

English Poetry

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Goodbye Over The Rainbows

Madhumita Sinha·January 25, 2020

Goodbye Over The Rainbows written by: Madhumita Sinha @madhu_723 In this noisy world All I look for...

English Poetry

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John Anthony Fingleton: Was born in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. Now living in Paraguay. Poems published in journals and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, India and France as well as three produced plays. Poems read on Irish and American radio as well in Spanish on South American broadcasts. Has poems published in Spillwords, Alien Bhudda, The Red Door, Piker Press, Super Poetry Highway, The Writers Magazine, Ariel Chart, and numerous national and international journals, blogs, reviews, and anthologies. Published collections 'Poems from the Shadowlands' was published in 2017, 'Words That Found Me' 2019, 'Poems From The Banks' 2020, 'Poems from a Restricted Place' April 2020, 'Secret Fjords' May 2020 and 'A Gathering Of Words' June 2020. All which are available on Amazon.

A Song for Christmas by Steve Carr

I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against the wall in the dining room where it had been since Ma and Pa were married. It was Grandma’s piano, but she gave it to my Ma as a wedding present. It was made of mahogany and Ma polished it almost every day. I was sitting at it just plucking randomly on the black keys when Ma placed a bright red runner across the top of the piano and, a few minutes later, placed the crèche on the runner. She arranged the figures of Mary and Joseph around the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
“You’re late puttin’ that out this year, Ma,” I said.
“Each year there are more and more boxes of Christmas decorations to sort through,” she said.
I strummed several keys with an unmelodic result and heaved a loud sigh.
“Have you decided yet which song you’re going to do for the Christmas service?” she asked ...

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