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On Bended Knee

Tissy TaylorMarch 20, 2019

On Bended Knee written by: Tissy Taylor @raisingtissy On bended knee My ghosts now pray Seeking new hope Praying for your past betrayal...

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Death Of A Song

Deepti SinghMarch 13, 2019

Death Of A Song written by: Deepti Singh A storm builds up somewhere A river melts and swells I can see you walk by the sands Deep within a lonel...

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Red Neck River Rat

Rob CookeMarch 7, 2019

Red Neck River Rat written by: Rob Cooke A self proclaimed river rat you said rednecked and barefoot, nervously we met, under the cypress trees, wat...

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Canoe

H.M. GautschJanuary 21, 2019

Canoe written by: H.M. Gautsch @GautschHM Life has its own path. I canoe mine down river, ever so gracefully. Acceptance, people lack as they lau...

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On Passion

Alexander WolffJanuary 14, 2019

On Passion written by: Alexander Wolff From pools of cyanide cry slippery fish On my step it is, and red waters rush Entrails creeping up my clu...

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The Village Where Nothing Happened

Andrew ScobieDecember 11, 2018

The Village Where Nothing Happened written by: Andrew Scobie Talk was there had been a body found in the river. Being a small village with a t...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

Resurgam

Ian RichardsonSeptember 6, 2018

Resurgam written by: Ian Richardson I think of rivers And the brush of weed on my back And the flow of water over my face And the round and round o...

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Sand Man

J C ThomasFebruary 26, 2018

Sand Man written by: J C Thomas @authorjcthomas The perfect place to paddle, Fairy Stream. Shallow, barely ankle-deep. Soft red sand beneath your f...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

A Sonnet To The Sculler

Ken Allan DronsfieldOctober 23, 2017

A Sonnet to the Sculler written by: Ken Allan Dronsfield @KenKadfield Curse in a cup of rotted egg and lime concoction of evil steeping in dreams h...

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River Green

Cristina MunozSeptember 23, 2017

River Green written by: Cristina Munoz @cristinamunoz8 once a physic revealed while pregnant with me my mother's extreme grief over her own mother...

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Kaaiman

Siva WrightAugust 17, 2017

Kaaiman written by: Siva Wright “What the hell they are thinking, idiots!”, shouted Joseph leaning back on his chair, listening to the news on the t...

EnglishLiterature10 min read

Mermaid Fever

Robyn MacKinnonAugust 6, 2017

Mermaid Fever found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat laps on the river Wish I was in the ocean the mermaid fever!...

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River Waves

Haaris Ali WaqasAugust 3, 2017

River Waves written by: Haaris Ali Waqas @haaris.ali15 Then we sat by the ravishing river; Beside us were flowers that seldom wither - They had dro...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

If Brahmaputra Could Speak

Nilutpal GohainJuly 5, 2017

If Brahmaputra Could Speak written by: Nilutpal Gohain @nilutpal.gohain.3 Oh! The mighty people of Assam The invincible and supreme race I am the L...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

Warren Alexander grew up in Brooklyn, NY in a standard two parent, one son, one daughter household, and still lives in New York City. He was identified as the first five-year-old cynic his kindergarten teacher had ever encountered. He did not like children’s books because, well, they were written for children. Because he was a terrible student, he did not have his choice of colleges. He looked at the subway map and chose the nearest four year school by distance, Baruch College. He studied with Thomas Keneally, Peter Carey, and E. L. Doctorow, among others at NYU, where he received his MA in creative writing. His satiric novel, Cousins’ Club, was a semi-finalist for 2017 BookLIfe Award for General Fiction. His work, Wrong Train, placed second for the 2016 Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award judged by Michael Matrone. He is currently working on a satiric novel about business.