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Bliss

Vidya Venkataramanan·February 6, 2021

Bliss written by: Vidya Venkataramanan A crescent moon hung in the sky A smudgy sun Tried to...

English Poetry

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Two Thousand Years and More

Blessing Chiamaka·February 1, 2021

Two Thousand Years and More written by: Blessing Chiamaka @goody_blessing Two thousand years and more, Joyful melodies...

English Poetry

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Purple Rain

Andy Houstoun·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...

Poetry English

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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...

Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas 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...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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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...

Poetry English

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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...

Poetry English

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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...

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...

Poetry Halloween English

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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...

Spanish Poetry Jose A Gomez

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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