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Girl Of His Dreams

P.A. O'Neil·October 24, 2019

Girl Of His Dreams written by: P.A. O’Neil “Yes, Sir, he’s in the second bed on the left....

English Halloween Literature

·33 mins read

A Soldier, Home

Steven M Baird·September 26, 2019

A Soldier, Home written by: Steven M Baird @SMBairdOrd I. He was a quiet man, seated next...

English Literature

·1 min read

2212

Bayley Kelly·September 17, 2019

2212 written by: Bayley Kelly World War IV Sergeant Jackson in the war English army Sent to...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Rodina-mat Zavyot!

Olja Dobric·June 18, 2019

Rodina-mat Zavyot! written by: Olja Dobric Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump-thump-thump. Misha was desperately attempting to normalise his...

English Literature

·10 mins read

Soldier

Tylia Flores·April 20, 2019

Soldier written by: Tylia Flores @stompingoncp1 Fighting in the battlefields, Getting wounded in the process, Each way...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The War Within

Sharona Reeves·April 18, 2019

The War Within written by: Sharona Reeves Tainted soldier, a heart waged in war, a soldier with...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Valentines Day 1918

Steve Green·February 14, 2019

Valentines Day 1918 written by: Steve Green @Word_Massager We greet the dawn from our bed of mud...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Old Shoes

Trisha·January 9, 2019

Old Shoes written by: Trisha I am exhausted… Well, it is because we walked a lot today…...

English Literature

·3 mins read

Dear December

Papia Ray·December 20, 2018

Dear December written by: Papia Ray Ah, December! You come calling again—- Your annual visit I long...

Christmas English Poetry

·1 min read

The Telegram

Luiz Syphre·July 30, 2018

The Telegram written by: Luiz Syphre @luizsyphre Oh! I’ve just come from where the land meets the...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Good as New

Laura Pearson·December 5, 2017

Good as New written by: Laura Pearson @Cancerandbaby He came home missing more than just a limb....

English Featured Post Literature

·1 min read

Don’t Ever Ask A Soldier

Roger Turner·November 29, 2017

Don’t Ever Ask A Soldier written by: roger turner @titansdad Don’t ever ask a soldier Rules remain...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Not Men Of Heaven

G.R. Weslo·October 15, 2017

Not Men of Heaven written by: G.R. Weslo @broccoli0001 Grief does a funny thing to a man,...

English Literature

·11 mins read

Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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