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We Push It Down

Mark Alden·October 4, 2025

We Push It Down written by: Mark Alden We push it down to drown the sound of...

English Poetry

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Cigarette Girl

Bala·August 26, 2025

Cigarette Girl written by: Bala I saw the devil sit on the lawn, propped on her elbows,...

Poetry English

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Effervescent

Jan Niebrzydowski·August 11, 2025

Effervescent written by: Jan Niebrzydowski Champagne bottle riddled with bullet holes Phosphorescent green glass exploding into enigmas...

English Poetry

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Taste in Flight

Marie-France Boissonneault·August 8, 2025

Taste in Flight… written by: Marie-France Boissonneault In the butcher shop where sweetness rarely gleams, A fly...

Poetry English

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The Prize

Tom Mach·July 30, 2025

The Prize written by: Tom Mach I traded stares with Mousey Lasted two seconds I moved He...

English Poetry

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Fatality

Spillwords·July 20, 2025

Fatality a poem by: Ruben Dario The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Carnival Charity

Sterling Warner·July 9, 2025

Carnival Charity written by: Sterling Warner “Oh to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the...

Poetry English

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Mindy

Human Observation Post·May 21, 2025

Mindy written by: Human Observation Post Desire conflicting reason Taste my mind of your heavenly nectar Eating...

Poetry English

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Ecdysis

Bruce Morton·May 1, 2025

Ecdysis written by: Bruce Morton You would think she would be Tempted to do her hang ups...

Poetry English

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The Jesus & Mary Chain

Andy Houstoun·April 20, 2025

The Jesus & Mary Chain written by: Andy Houstoun - The sky is heavy with cloud, and warm rain falls...

Literature Featured Post English

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Ashtrays

Roger Turner·March 17, 2025

Ashtrays written by: Roger Turner The night was over The band was done Time to hit the...

Poetry English

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Surviving the Winter’s Wrath

Sajida Haddad·January 29, 2025

Surviving the Winter’s Wrath written by: Sajida Haddad @HaddadSajida It’s 10 degrees out but I got a...

English Poetry

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Rocky Road

Doug Bartlett·October 16, 2024

Rocky Road written by: Doug Bartlett - What an adventure I have had! I have been on this road...

English Literature

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Ophidia

Courtney Glover·August 27, 2024

Ophidia written by: Courtney Glover I was there, in the very beginning, a witness, When life first...

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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