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Please Read Instructions on the Label

Mark Woodward·May 27, 2025

Please Read Instructions on the Label written by: Mark Woodward They hand you the paper bag like...

Alone

Sherry Healy·May 25, 2025

Alone written by: Sherry Healy I chose not to recall your name I have pushed it so...

Poetry English

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The Battle We Call Living

John Neff·May 24, 2025

The Battle We Call Living written by: John Neff Each morning breaks with borrowed light, A trembling...

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Mother’s Day, A Father’s Woe

Norj Joseph·May 11, 2025

Mother’s Day, A Father’s Woe written by: Norj Joseph The day arrives, all Mothers celebrate But not...

English Poetry

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The Finest Rose

Lorna Jackie Wilson·May 11, 2025

The Finest Rose written by: Lorna Jackie Wilson The mother is the finest rose that Father God...

English Poetry

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Belonging

Vedant Dobwal·May 8, 2025

Belonging… written by: Vedant Dobwal They still smile. They still say hi. but time was never caged...

English Poetry

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Rajasthani Women

Nazim ZarSinner·April 30, 2025

Rajasthani Women written by: Nazim ZarSinner The sand dunes of Rajasthan In sunshine, shine like galaxies, Each...

Poetry English

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If God Was a Woman

Ginny M. Jones·April 26, 2025

If God Was a Woman written by: Ginny M. Jones If God was a woman, She’d be...

And Then What Is Love?

Lori Marchesin·April 21, 2025

And Then What Is Love? written by: Lori Marchesin The rhythm of two hearts beating as one,...

Poetry English

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Tomorrow

Simon Drake·April 18, 2025

Tomorrow written by: Simon Drake If tomorrow starts without me Then wait I will come like the...

English Poetry

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Happiness is a Choice

Not All Who Wander Are Lost·April 14, 2025

Happiness is a Choice written by: Not All Who Wander Are Lost Dancing through chaos With a...

Poetry English

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Leaning Into Wind

Stephen Kingsnorth·April 11, 2025

Leaning Into Wind written by: Stephen Kingsnorth Leading into wind. Headstrong. Maintain the centre, gravity. Balance. Focus....

English Poetry

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This I Know

Hakim Fuhad Mansaray·April 8, 2025

This I Know written by: Hakim Fuhad Mansaray I know that hands that give never lack that...

English Poetry

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I Walk Alone

Jamie B·April 6, 2025

I Walk Alone written by: Jamie B In the vast expanse of the world, he walked alone,...

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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