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Climbing Heat Of Cruellest Summer

Stanley Wilkin·June 22, 2017

Climbing Heat of Cruellest Summer written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk The climbing heat of the cruellest summer...

English Poetry

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The Battle Of Colorado Springs

Adam W Redmon·May 31, 2017

The Battle Of Colorado Springs written by: Hank Moody @AdamsWritings The wind was blowing cold, In a...

English Poetry

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Soccer and WWIII

TM Arko·May 16, 2017

Soccer and WWIII written by: TM Arko @terry.arko “It was a hell of a game” he...

Literature English

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La Speranza Del Soldato Inerme

Francesco Abate·March 22, 2017

La speranza del soldato inerme written by: Francesco Abate @FrancescoAbate3 La guerra è già perduta da tempo...

International Italian Poetry

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Fallen Soldiers

Brian Wayne Smith·March 22, 2017

Fallen Soldiers written by: Brian Wayne Smith @briansmith3575 Army cries Battle wounds Soldiers die Where are the...

Poetry English

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INTO DARK

Greg Gieske·March 21, 2017

INTO DARK written by: Greg Gieske @greg.gieske.photography Who dares venture into Dark? No man asks to go....

English Poetry

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The Forgotten Soldier

Donna Africa·February 20, 2017

The Forgotten Soldier written by: Donna Africa @DonnaAfrica Old but regal and wise is he Cold and...

English Poetry

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The Soldier

Spillwords·January 8, 2017

The Soldier by Rupert Brooke IF I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Abandoned

Beth Tremaglio·December 28, 2016

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: This is the 7th poem in this series and I appreciate everyone who takes...

English Featured Post Voices on Skin Beth Tremaglio Poetry

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WHAT NOW……?

Stanley Wilkin·December 8, 2016

WHAT NOW……? written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk What now, the loss of limbs in a distant conflagration?...

English Poetry

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Cookies From Home – A Father’s Love

RayFed·August 2, 2016

Cookies From Home – A Father’s Love written by: RayFed @MrRayFed Meredith saw Eric for the first time in...

English Literature

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Flashes

Anne G·June 27, 2016

FLASHES Collaborating Minds Anne G & J.M.G. I left home as a boy, all shiny and new,...

J.m.g English Featured Post Poetry Anne G

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Suicide In The Trenches

Spillwords·June 26, 2016

SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES A Poem by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned...

English Literary Greats

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Wooden Soldiers

Anne G·August 20, 2015

Wooden Soldiers Prose-Poetry by Anne G Wooden soldiers stand erect, at attention on my desk. Straight and sturdy...

Anne G 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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