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Japanese Tea Garden

Shelly Blankman·January 2, 2020

Japanese Tea Garden written by: Shelly Blankman She sits alone in the Japanese Tea Garden, this pocket...

English Poetry

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Confessionals

Izabella T. Kostka·January 1, 2020

English International Poetry Polish

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Temple

Kushal Poddar·December 30, 2019

Temple written by: Kushal Poddar @Kushalpoe The first pilgrim chronicles the second how she longed for her...

Poetry English

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Christmas Eve

Elizabeth Barton·December 24, 2019

Christmas Eve written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 The town empties and looks abandoned, I have the whole place...

Poetry English Christmas

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Call of Kaligonga

Reza Raza·December 4, 2019

Call of Kaligonga written by: Reza Raza Call of hectic time- Lost in the deep emptiness of...

Poetry English

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Emptiness

Sunita Paul·November 28, 2019

Emptiness written by: Sunita Paul Empty homes And my lame thoughts roam The deafening silence Makes me...

English Poetry

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CONCEPTS HAVE FRUCTIFIED

Rochishmon·November 19, 2019

CONCEPTS HAVE FRUCTIFIED written by: Rochishmon @Rochishmon My heart sways While flowers blossom My mind sprouts While...

English Poetry

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You Ask Me How The Dead Are Born

Józefa Ślusarczyk-Latos·November 4, 2019

You Ask Me How The Dead Are Born written by: Józefa Ślusarczyk-Latos you ask me how the...

Poetry English

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October Silence

J.D.G. Perldeiner·October 30, 2019

October Silence written by: J.D.G Perldeiner The house was unassuming. It looked like all the other houses...

Literature Halloween English

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Fall Evening

Robbie Pruitt·October 11, 2019

Fall Evening written by: Robbie Pruitt @robbiepruitt The breeze gently shifts in the evening air crisp and...

Poetry English

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Widow

Eliza Segiet·October 6, 2019

Poetry Polish English International

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Slow Down

Spero Lauvier·October 1, 2019

Slow Down written by: Spero Lauvier There are times when we feel like our life is at...

English Poetry

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Bathsheba

Ron Kempton·September 17, 2019

Bathsheba written by: Ron Kempton Cinnamon hue on fading earth casting rusty shadow Past shyness she steps...

English Poetry

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Silence of Dialogue

Eliza Segiet·September 15, 2019

International Featured Post Poetry Polish English

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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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