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Riding Shotgun

Roger Turner·September 28, 2019

Riding Shotgun written by: Roger Turner @titansdad I remember riding shotgun between my ma and pa mom...

English Poetry

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NOIR MORNING

G.R. Melvin·July 5, 2019

NOIR MORNING written by: G.R. MELVIN Change & keys upon a bureau corner Can’t be far from...

English Poetry

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Sunday Dinner

Patricia Coughlin·April 21, 2019

Sunday Dinner written by: Patricia Coughlin Sunlight shone through the window early on Sunday morning, and Dillon...

English Literature

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Sister

Katy Santiff·March 28, 2019

Sister written by: Katy Santiff In the palm-shade of Pearl Harbor, with the beach grass between my toes,...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Sundays Only

SMiles·October 8, 2017

Sundays Only written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Metaphoric adjective, the what came first calcium carbonate encrusted embryo or...

English Poetry

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One Halloween Sunday Afternoon

Cristina Munoz·October 25, 2016

One Halloween Sunday Afternoon written by: Cristina Munoz @cristinamunoz8 One Halloween Sunday afternoon I had my queen-sized...

13 Days of Halloween English Featured Post Halloween Literature

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The Sunday Morning Girl

R Solino·August 30, 2016

The Sunday Morning Girl written: R. Solino @UniverSolino There was magic in that Sunday morning – or...

English

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A Greeting

Anne G·May 8, 2016

A Greeting (Mother To Our Babes) written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth It’s Mother’s Day we jubilate The second...

Anne G English

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John Anthony Fingleton: Was born in Cork City, in the Republic of Ireland. Now living in Paraguay. Poems published in journals and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, India and France as well as three produced plays. Poems read on Irish and American radio as well in Spanish on South American broadcasts. Has poems published in Spillwords, Alien Bhudda, The Red Door, Piker Press, Super Poetry Highway, The Writers Magazine, Ariel Chart, and numerous national and international journals, blogs, reviews, and anthologies. Published collections 'Poems from the Shadowlands' was published in 2017, 'Words That Found Me' 2019, 'Poems From The Banks' 2020, 'Poems from a Restricted Place' April 2020, 'Secret Fjords' May 2020 and 'A Gathering Of Words' June 2020. All which are available on Amazon.

A Song for Christmas by Steve Carr

I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against the wall in the dining room where it had been since Ma and Pa were married. It was Grandma’s piano, but she gave it to my Ma as a wedding present. It was made of mahogany and Ma polished it almost every day. I was sitting at it just plucking randomly on the black keys when Ma placed a bright red runner across the top of the piano and, a few minutes later, placed the crèche on the runner. She arranged the figures of Mary and Joseph around the baby Jesus lying in a manger.
“You’re late puttin’ that out this year, Ma,” I said.
“Each year there are more and more boxes of Christmas decorations to sort through,” she said.
I strummed several keys with an unmelodic result and heaved a loud sigh.
“Have you decided yet which song you’re going to do for the Christmas service?” she asked ...

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