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Presence [Not Found]

Tristan·May 6, 2025

Presence [Not Found] written by: Tristan Tormented by memories of my own design, I’m trying, digging, searching...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Phantom

Suman Mondal·May 5, 2025

Phantom written by: Suman Mondal Every night, when sunlight dims, The life-cycle crumbles And the cool air...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Echoes in the Shadows

Kelly Doheney·April 28, 2025

Echoes in the Shadows written by: Kelly Doheney Shadows of the past, pain revealed. Voices threaten, my...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Speaking to Starlings

Tina Hudak·February 19, 2025

Speaking to Starlings written by: Tina Hudak She whispers to the birds, I am sick of metaphors!...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Voices Beyond Borders

Mohammad Erfun Amin·February 19, 2025

Voices Beyond Borders written by: Mohammad Erfun Amin @AminErfun I was born in the land, Arakan, But...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Days with Uncle Bob

Michael Graeme·January 23, 2025

Days with Uncle Bob written by: Michael Graeme - I didn’t know Uncle Bob, until the day I was ill...

English Literature Featured Post

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In The Name of Grace

Jennifer Geer·January 15, 2025

In The Name of Grace written by: Jennifer Geer - I looked at my sleeping 11 year old angel baby girl next to me. "We’re running out of time"...

Literature English

·4 mins read

Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He debuted in 1999 with a poetry collection and has since published works, including translations of Shakespeare and global poets. His poems are translated into many languages and taught across South Asia. A two-time SAARC Literary Awardee, he also received Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award and was named Author of the Month by Spillwords in June 2023. Beyond literature, he works as a freelance consultant in socio-economic research, rural development, entrepreneurial development and creative writing. He began his career in Nepal’s civil service and later worked with international NGOs. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Business Administration, and Economics.

Condoms by Seán Óg Ó Murchú

They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one, I’m after forgetting her name now… Smelly Nelly’s ma. A wet little tear trickled toward her tattooed cheekbone. She was roaring red. Her harsh, wheezing laughter sounded like a black taxi tackling the Whiterock Road, her throat destroyed from all the fegs she used to be hoofing into her. She called over the other dinner ladies then, an army of them. Or maybe it was the curiosity of her horrid laughing that brought them over… I can’t remember.
“Tell the girls what you’re only after asking me there ni wee mawn.”
I looked between herself and the girls. Jesus Christ, I said in my own mind, Mental Mick is after stealing all my crayons that I’d been hoarding for myself there before the break...

Features

Interview Q&A II With Suman Pokhrel

Taps on The Ceiling

Interviews

Interview Q&A II With Suman Pokhrel

Spotlight On Writers – Celia In Underland

Spotlight On Writers – Johnch

Interview Q&A II With Suman Pokhrel

This is What the Land Told Me

The Imagination of Dreams

Song

Until When?

Stranger to My Own Self

Mother’s Day, A Father’s Woe

Once, Years Ago

struggles

Presence [Not Found]

Phantom

Echoes in the Shadows

Speaking to Starlings

Voices Beyond Borders

Days with Uncle Bob

In The Name of Grace

Taps on The Ceiling

When The Jehovahs Knock

This Man’s War

The Meditation in a Sailing Lesson

Interview Q&A II With Suman Pokhrel

Requiem for a Blue Dress

The Chronic Complainer

The Haunting Embrace of My Black Hole

Father Out

Banjara

I Need You