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Folding Power

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·June 26, 2018

Folding Power written by: Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay) @hemmingplay I asked for the superpower of “Folding” for my...

English Featured Post Poetry Doug Stanfield

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Hey Veronica

LunchboxRachel·June 16, 2018

Hey Veronica written/lyrics by: LunchboxRachel and Chris Kang @RachelMcLaugh music by: Chris Kang @chriskangmusic Hey Veronica Wanna head...

English Poetry

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Beelzebub Jones – A Good Day To Be A Bad Guy

Richard Wall·April 10, 2018

Beelzebub Jones – A Good Day To Be A Bad Guy written by: Richard Wall @writinblues vocals/music by:...

English Featured Post Literature

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Fat Man Blues

Richard Wall·January 14, 2018

Fat Man Blues written by: Richard Wall @writinblues vocals/music by: Tone Tanner Well I was sitting in...

I’ll Fly Away, Oh, Glory

Amanda Eifert·September 12, 2017

I’ll Fly Away, Oh, Glory written and performed by: Amanda Eifert @mandibelle16 Bones so broken tight rusted...

English Poetry

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Vultures

Emily Vieweg·July 7, 2017

Vultures written and performed by: Emily Vieweg @EmilyJVieweg Feed on the flesh of the dead, weak and...

English Poetry

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Candy Kiss

Kem·June 14, 2017

Candy Kiss written by: Kem @authorkem.m.smith There you are, lyrical, sweet little brown girl innocent out on...

Poetry English

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Today I Got Fat

Emily Vieweg·April 24, 2017

Today I Got Fat written and performed by: Emily Vieweg @EmilyJVieweg I noticed jowls under my chin...

English Poetry

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ACT 7 – The Soaring Id

Gbenga the Author·April 5, 2017

ACT 7 – The Soaring Id written by: Gbenga the Author @GbengatheAuthor People think my emotions are...

English Poetry

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I Came From A Place of Fireflies

Doug Stanfield (Hemmingplay)·March 10, 2017

I Came From A Place of Fireflies written and performed by: Hemmingplay @hemmingplay I came from a...

English Poetry Doug Stanfield

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Silver And Gold

Amanda Eifert·March 6, 2017

Silver and Gold written and performed by: Amanda Eifert @mandibelle16 Forged in Silver and Gold, My legs...

Poetry English

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Take This Dream

Don Knowles·September 10, 2016

Take this Dream written & performed by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 Take this dream away no longer part...

Poetry 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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