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Rainy Days

Tinashe Muza·April 10, 2023

Rainy Days written by: Tinashe Muza On a rainy day The clouds are dark Masking the light...

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Light in The Dark

Breanna Hobbs-Dunning·March 9, 2023

Light in The Dark written by: Breanna Hobbs-Dunning It’s the darkness I feel when I’m dismal. For...

English Poetry

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Please Don’t

Yasleh Hani Wati Mat Yassin·January 28, 2023

Please Don’t written by: Yasleh Hani Wati Mat Yassin Please don’t tell me you’re hurting, cause tonight...

English Poetry

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Dear Ex

Dr. N·January 24, 2023

Dear Ex written by: Dr. N My heart is broken, my trust betrayed My love for you...

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Vincent

Jeff Flaig·January 21, 2023

Vincent written by: Jeff Flaig Someone said something behind my back, a whisper, Perhaps about a painting...

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Flowers From The Ashes

Tessa Weitemeier·November 25, 2022

Flowers From The Ashes written by: Tessa Weitemeier @TessaWeitemeier Let it go Set it free Open your...

Poetry English

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Cruella in Color

Troy DeFrates·September 22, 2022

Cruella in Color written by: Troy DeFrates Living within the fringe of lunacy, absolute loss, embracing the...

English Poetry

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You, Seedling

Jeff Flesch·July 18, 2022

You, Seedling written by: Jeff Flesch @FleschJeff like a seed growing up through the ground you were...

English Poetry

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Distilled Love

Margaret Karim·June 17, 2022

Distilled Love written by: Margaret Karim She hums along To jukebox tunes Mind revisiting Youth’s saloons Friday...

English Poetry

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The Mother

Spillwords·May 8, 2022

The Mother a poem by: Robert William Service Your children grow from you apart, Afar and still...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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A Ray of Hope

Gaurangi Arora·April 21, 2022

A Ray of Hope written by: Gaurangi Arora @arora_gaurangi Pain and agony were in sheer, I was...

English Poetry

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Where is Your Mind

Liam Flanagan·March 4, 2022

Where is Your Mind written by: Liam Flanagan @LFlanaga Swimming in a sea of insanity A conscience...

Poetry English

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You Are Not Alone, Act 1, Spring

Jill Sharon Kimmelman·January 26, 2022

You Are Not Alone Act 1, Spring written by: Jill Sharon Kimmelman In a large house with...

English Poetry

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Breaking Up

Phi Bi·January 10, 2022

Breaking Up written by: Phi Bi It was I who crossed the raging dark open sea and...

English Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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