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Take Us Back

Lucy Bladon·September 19, 2020

Take Us Back written by: Lucy Bladon Take us back to the enchanting allure of another world....

Poetry English

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Pumpkin Seeds

Jim Bates·September 15, 2020

Pumpkin Seeds written by: Jim Bates Dad said that because Grandpa fought in the war we should...

Literature English Featured Post

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Simplicity

Leila Ziari·September 14, 2020

Simplicity written by: Leila Ziari Move me with simplicity The tingling of the summer breeze The echoes...

Poetry English

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Have You Ever?

Peg Prendeville·September 11, 2020

Have You Ever? written by: Peg Prendeville Have you ever stopped to listen to the gurgling of...

English Poetry

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View From The Window…

John Baverstock·September 10, 2020

View From The Window… written by: JOHN BAVERSTOCK Moonshine Achillea, In its most brilliant yellow, Complimented by...

Poetry English

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Fragrance of Love

Natalia Govsha·September 7, 2020

Fragrance of Love written by: Natalia Govsha Mid-summer glows with bright flowers and greenery of succulent herbs....

English Poetry

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Plane Ticket Somewhere

Robyn MacKinnon·August 23, 2020

Plane Ticket Somewhere written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat the Apocalypse nothing like a summer night plane ticket...

Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry

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Trees

Spillwords·August 23, 2020

Trees a poem by: Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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How Love Tastes

Henry Bladon·August 20, 2020

How Love Tastes written by: Henry Bladon He once asked me how love tastes. I said it can be...

Poetry English

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Rivers of Gold

CJ Delous·August 15, 2020

Rivers of Gold written by: CJ Delous Fading embers still remember the fire, ...

English Poetry

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A Silent Summer

LadyLily·August 7, 2020

A Silent Summer written by: LadyLily @AFairymary Tall Lily, saint like, Fragrance, frankincense incense… Flirts with Wrens...

Poetry English

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Son of The Desert

Gabriela M·July 31, 2020

Son of The Desert written by: Gabriela M @shortprose1 oh, let the summer come and go wrapped...

Poetry English

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The Seasons of Ivy

Rachel Grosvenor·July 28, 2020

The Seasons of Ivy written by: Rachel Grosvenor @D0c_Winter It was summer once, And the rain dribbled...

Poetry English

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Holiday

Lucy Bladon·July 23, 2020

Holiday written by: Lucy Bladon What it was to slide open the clear panel doors and slip...

English Poetry

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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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