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Purple Rain

Andy Martin·January 4, 2021

Purple Rain written by: Andy Houstoun @Madmax69425310 A pound coin clatters down the slot. I scroll through...

English Literature

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Sing To Me

Genie Nakano·January 1, 2021

Sing To Me written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini sing to me sweet bird of happiness so small...

English Poetry

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A Song For Christmas

Steve Carr·December 13, 2020

A Song For Christmas written by: Steve Carr @carrsteven960 I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against...

12 Days of Christmas Christmas English Featured Post Literature

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As On A Holiday

Spillwords·December 13, 2020

As On A Holiday a poem by Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Obligato

Linda Imbler·December 10, 2020

Obligato written by: Linda Imbler I loved to sit on the lake shore and watch the soft...

English Poetry

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She Moved Through The Fair

Nigel de Costa·November 28, 2020

She Moved Through The Fair written by: Nigel de Costa “When dew falls on meadow and moths fill...

English Poetry

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A Songbird

Hagit Carmel·November 18, 2020

A Songbird written by: Hagit Carmel It rose in the distance of blue skies On a background...

English Poetry

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Echoes

Mary Daurio·November 15, 2020

Echoes written by: Mary Daurio I accompanied my mother to reside at my grandfather’s secluded house in...

English Featured Post Literature

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The Ache of An Ocean

TheHumanAnvil·November 9, 2020

The Ache of An Ocean written by: THEHUMANANVIL @TheHumanAnvil I was running through the poppy fields, Knee...

English Poetry

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Halloween

Thaddeus Hutyra·October 20, 2020

Halloween written by: Thaddeus Hutyra @teddy9999 Hi, ladies and gentlemen, I am a joker Halloween is coming...

English Halloween Poetry

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STRAINS OF SYMPHONIES

Dilip Mohapatra·October 17, 2020

STRAINS OF SYMPHONIES written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo Have you ever tried to listen to the residual notations...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Canción De Amor

Jose A Gomez·October 7, 2020

Canción De Amor written by: José A Gómez Canción de amor, me haces sentir, y me traslada...

Jose A Gomez Poetry Spanish

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A Song of Soft Syllables

Jenny Thomas·October 6, 2020

A Song of Soft Syllables written by: Jenny Thomas @authorjcthomas A song of soft syllables echoes in...

English Poetry

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The Revolutionary

Sheeba Khwaja·September 22, 2020

The Revolutionary written by: Sheeba Khwaja He sang even while the crowd dispersed, One by one they...

English Poetry

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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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