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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...

English Poetry

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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...

English Poetry

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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...

English Poetry

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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,...

Poetry English

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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...

Poetry English

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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...

Poetry English

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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...

Article English

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All or Nothing

Amrita Valan·November 30, 2020

All or Nothing written by: Amrita Valan I want my love to reflect your soul I want...

Poetry English

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Noah Battler Was a Loner

Diamaya Dawn·November 13, 2020

Noah Battler Was a Loner written by: Diamaya Dawn @DiAmaya_Dawn He had a tiny bed with fluffy...

Literature English

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True, Love

Ricky Hawthorne·October 17, 2020

True, Love written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames “I love you” he breathed earnestly His profound gaze probing...

English Poetry

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Beauty and Death

Jeff Flaig·October 14, 2020

Beauty and Death written by: Jeff Flaig The deep reflection of a blue-green lake captures soft images...

English Poetry

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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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