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Christmas Carol

Spillwords·December 26, 2021

Christmas Carol a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar Ring out, ye bells! All Nature swells With gladness...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Financial Futures

Lynsey Fyfe·November 29, 2021

Financial Futures written by: Lynsey Fyfe @lillypops87 I sit down in a cold, cavernous conference room, across...

English Literature

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Baltic Amber Earrings

Angel Edwards·November 13, 2021

Baltic Amber Earrings written by: Angel Edwards Baltic amber earrings velvet gold turban crimson fingertips clutch a...

English Poetry

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Hallow of Toska

Brooke Westgate·October 24, 2021

Hallow of Toska written by: Brooke Westgate I find myself a wicked place / Where darkness marked...

Poetry English Halloween

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Unspoken Words

Jill Tait·October 8, 2021

Unspoken Words written by: Jill Tait Lost is the voice Gone so long ago No way of...

English Poetry

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Death

Massayan Favor Kollie·September 6, 2021

Death written by: Massayan Favor Kollie @favor_kollie Death meets you unaware; He catches you unprepared and He...

Poetry English

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Crossing The Bar

Spillwords·September 5, 2021

Crossing The Bar a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson Sunset and evening star, And one clear call...

Literary Greats English Poetry

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Now They’re Just Voids

Linda M. Crate·August 14, 2021

Now They’re Just Voids written by: Linda M. Crate @thysilverdoe someone told you that i should tell...

Poetry English

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Homage To Sleep

MiddleAgedNee·August 5, 2021

Homage To Sleep written by: MiddleAgedNee @AgedNee O mighty soporific sleep of noon, The sadness, that vampire,...

English Poetry

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My Metallica

Sharona Reeves·July 27, 2021

My Metallica written by: Sharona Reeves Take time to understand the madness behind the man, reason for...

English Poetry

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Remember Me

Simona Prilogan·June 26, 2021

Remember Me written by: Simona Prilogan “Remember me while birds can’t fly And darkness is touching the...

English Poetry

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Nie Zasmucaj…

Danuta Czerwińska Murawska·June 17, 2021

Nie Zasmucaj… written by: Danuta Czerwińska Murawska Nie zasmucaj mojego dnia O świcie rozdartego promieniami słońca Nie...

Poetry Polish International

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When Winter Comes

Mogau Ntsoane·May 18, 2021

When Winter Comes written by: Mogau Ntsoane It lurks in the background. During Autumn, Spring, and Summer...

Poetry English

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Letter To My Estranged Lover

Ijeoma Mbah·April 9, 2021

Letter To My Estranged Lover written by: Ijeoma Mbah @ijeoma_mbah1904 Dear El, You know that which I...

English Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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