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Chrysalis

Yuliya Runnels-Moss·June 25, 2021

Chrysalis written by: Yuliya Runnels-Moss Here you are, one foot out of the chrysalis, stepping into a...

English Poetry

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Go Talk to A Professional!

Win Cadman·March 18, 2021

Go Talk to A Professional! written by: Win Cadman pregnant with reluctant emotions like little loaded illegitimate...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Repeating Cycle

Oladosu Michael Emerald·January 13, 2021

Repeating Cycle written by: Oladosu Michael Emerald @GemmyEmerald Life is like grains of sand, Slipping through fingers....

English Poetry

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It Takes Strength

Claire Philip·January 4, 2021

It Takes Strength written by: Claire Philip Learning to swim Up and out Of the black lake...

English Poetry

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Before The Cask of Wine

Spillwords·September 13, 2020

Before The Cask of Wine a poem by: Li Bai The spring wind comes from the east...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Dark Moments

Piere Ingram·September 10, 2020

Dark Moments written by: Piere Ingram Dark moments in this light area of my brain abstracted from...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The Artiste

Eve Dobbins·September 1, 2020

The Artiste written by: Eve Dobbins The art of war Sickles between my toes Ticking my sense...

English Poetry

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Rejuvenate

Glynn Sinclare·August 20, 2020

Rejuvenate written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare Diminish our negative thoughts Let us rise high. Love covets love,...

English Poetry

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I Arise Today

Charlie Bottle·August 5, 2020

I Arise Today written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle I am tired of sleeping with Regret in dreams,...

English Poetry

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Phoenix Mode

Sharona Reeves·June 4, 2020

Phoenix Mode written by: Sharona Reeves I was there during Her death Sat there and watched as...

English Poetry

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The Sun Rising

Spillwords·May 31, 2020

The Sun Rising a poem by: John Donne Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Flooding of Sweetface Valley

Steve Carr·May 21, 2020

The Flooding of Sweetface Valley written by: Steve Carr @carrsteven960 The river is a powerful thing. Its...

English Featured Post Literature

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Irregular Ode To Covid Spring

Shelly Norris·April 20, 2020

Irregular Ode To Covid Spring written by: Shelly Norris Local reporters advise gardening a sanctioned activity. Frugal...

English Poetry

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Enough

Ximena Escobar·March 23, 2020

Enough written by: Ximena Escobar @laximenin Silence finds me, or do I find silence, it’s me who...

English Poetry

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Simona is a Romanian-born published author living in UK where she enjoys her profession as a radiographer and writing as her biggest passion. Her first traditional published poetry book, Visările dintre castani (Daydreams among chestnut trees) came out this year (Siono Publishing House in Romania). Her writings are posted online on Spillwords, Webcultura, eCreator and Belgium Time. Being a woman, a daughter, a sister, a mother, an expat, a Transylvanian and a Londoner now, Simona is taking the sight to personal life experience with a social writing touch. She is a member of the World Jam, a worldwide poetry and music community based in Nottingham, where she discovered the joy of performing on stage as a poet. Simona’s most significant writing advocates and supporters are her sons who are pursuing their dreams while completing their PhD courses.

THE END OR A NEW BEGINNING? by Cristina Crucianu

I woke up to my grandmother whispering to me: “It’s over. She’s passed.”

Like an automaton, I got up, and I obliged myself to hand in the project I had been hired for before all the frenzy of organizing a funeral began. A calm sky was lazily waking up as if nothing had happened. In the distance, the roosters’ crows were alerting the villagers that it was time to wake up. The crow, accompanied by the incessant barking of neighbors’ dogs, was the perfect alarm system that even the highest alarm systems could not compete with...

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