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On Folly Beach

Kenneth Vincent Walker·April 11, 2021

On Folly Beach written by: Kenneth Vincent Walker On Folly Beach the Waves roll in not unlike...

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Self Reflection

Jamie Leigh Jones·March 24, 2021

Self Reflection written by: Jamie Leigh Jones Billowing the darkest smoke from the depths of her lungs...

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Nabao

Stanley Wilkin·March 4, 2021

Nabao written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk The Nabao river travels fast through Tomar Leaping over concrete weirs...

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Beyond Sleep

Emma L Flint·March 2, 2021

Beyond Sleep written by: Emma L Flint @LiterateElf Everything’s too loud. Lay in bed, Next to the...

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Ocean Eyes

CJ Delous·February 28, 2021

Ocean Eyes written by: CJ Delous With your tongue in my mouth you try to tease out...

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Margins of My Mind

James Walmsley·February 21, 2021

Margins of My Mind written by: James Walmsley As I walk down this worried path, where many...

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My Father’s Hand is Resting

Clive Grewcock·February 18, 2021

My Father’s Hand is Resting written by: Clive Grewcock My father’s hand is resting there As the...

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Bliss

Vidya Venkataramanan·February 6, 2021

Bliss written by: Vidya Venkataramanan A crescent moon hung in the sky A smudgy sun Tried to...

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Salvaged Aspirations

Asceticquill·January 29, 2021

Salvaged Aspirations written by: Asceticquill I Falling north of my buried stab hugging camouflaged compunction pyramidal visions...

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Life Well Seen

M. Taggart·January 25, 2021

Life Well Seen written by: M. Taggart You ever walk up a flight of concrete stairs and...

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Soiled White

Oluyemi Elisha·January 21, 2021

Soiled White written by: Oluyemi Elisha Quivering alone in the murk, Letting out pain in warm drips,...

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Mirror Image

Andrea E. Lodge·January 18, 2021

Mirror Image written by: Andrea E. Lodge When you’re the broken half of your mirror image, who...

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Fishing

Stanley Wilkin·December 27, 2020

Fishing written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk That night beneath the mottled shadows Of a fading moon Sensing...

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So This Is 90

Nina Taylor·December 6, 2020

So This Is 90 written by: Nina Taylor So life when you’re old is reduced to one...

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Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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