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Caminemos

Cabecitaloca·June 7, 2020

CAMINEMOS written by: Cabecitaloca @SamuelVergara “A los que buscan, Aunque no encuentren, A los que avanzan a...

Poetry Spanish

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The Walk

Siva Wright·May 25, 2020

The Walk written by: Siva Wright I walk and I walk and I walk the same roads...

English Poetry

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Tu Piel

Cabecitaloca·April 22, 2020

International Italian Poetry Spanish

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The Memories We Have Made

Elaine Marie·April 4, 2020

The Memories We Have Made written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 I don’t remember the moment I knew...

English Poetry

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Panic

Eliza Segiet·April 1, 2020

English International Poetry Polish

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The Hatter

LFA Turppa·February 10, 2020

The Hatter written by: LFA Turppa There’s a war growing inside, Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide;...

English Poetry

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Garage Maintenance

LB Sedlacek·February 10, 2020

Garage Maintenance written by: LB Sedlacek @lbsedlacek There’s no reason to warm up a car anymore no...

English Poetry

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A Sudden Shift Of Fate

HeliX·February 6, 2020

A Sudden Shift Of Fate written by: HeliX It catches you unprepared and you find yourself abruptly...

English Poetry

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Dust

Mitch Bensel·November 14, 2019

Dust written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling difficult times gather the dust from your soul erasing a way...

English Poetry

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The Man He Killed

Spillwords·November 10, 2019

The Man He Killed a poem by: Thomas Hardy “Had he and I but met By some...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain

Spillwords·October 20, 2019

I Felt A Funeral, In My Brain a poem by Emily Dickinson I felt a Funeral, in...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Explanations

Sonali Majumdar·September 24, 2019

Explanations written by: Sonali Majumdar Explanations are rivers Of our carefully crafted thoughts Of mindful set of...

English Poetry

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The Narcissist

Alisa Guttadauro·August 24, 2019

The Narcissist written by: Alisa Guttadauro @AlisaGuttadauro The narcissist can do nothing wrong, Manipulating you with her...

English Poetry

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Take Back The Power

Paul Anthony Obey·July 3, 2019

Take Back The Power written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 Since the dawn of all time, from...

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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