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Choose Yourself

Rakshinda Mujeeb·April 8, 2021

Choose Yourself written by: Rakshinda Mujeeb @rakshindatweets She walks on this earth among fellow individuals as if...

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25ish

Holly Michaels·March 10, 2021

25ish written by: Holly Michaels @poetholly Dear younger self, Running from broken glass to rusted nails is...

English Poetry

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I Will Be Okay

Kaylee·March 8, 2021

I Will Be Okay written by: Kaylee she stared in the mirror and smiled, a look of...

English Poetry

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Please Love Yourself

Aida·March 8, 2021

Please Love Yourself written by: Aida Did I get, what I wish for, I didn’t quit and...

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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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Loving Me

Kristi Sharma·July 8, 2020

Loving Me written by: Kristi Sharma Self-love is such a beautiful thing, I wasn’t so sure what...

English Poetry

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To No Man

Eloina·April 30, 2020

To No Man written by: Eloina To be embraced by a firm grip with large beckoning hands,...

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The Complete Mother

Rakshinda Mujeeb·April 1, 2020

The Complete Mother written by: Rakshinda Mujeeb @rakshindatweets Humeirah rubs her bloodshot eyes as she is struggling...

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She Asked…

Rohini Prajapati·December 5, 2019

She Asked… written by: Rohini KB Reddy @rohiniprajapat3 Will you be my valentine? She asked… The day...

English Poetry

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Who’s There?

Diane Leopard·October 12, 2019

Who’s There? written by: Diane Leopard @dianeleopard I stand and I stare Lip hair, grey hair and...

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Words of Freedom

Darrena Strawder·October 7, 2019

Words of Freedom written by: Darrena Strawder Sad to say this life’s not fake Our choices prevail...

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I’ll Celebrate Myself…!

Monika Ajay Kaul·August 16, 2019

I’ll Celebrate Myself…! written by: Monika Ajay Kaul @MKaul4 While grieving on my unrealized dreams, I’ll keep...

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I Found Solace

Lewis Wamwanda·July 24, 2019

I Found Solace written by: Lewis Wamwanda @WamzLewis I remember days ago, those doomed days When depression...

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The Effect of Love

Rayna More·July 19, 2019

The Effect of Love written by: Rayna More One glance, one look, one smile. The unsettled beating...

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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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