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House of The Hag

Zach Ellenberger·December 6, 2020

House of The Hag written by: Zach Ellenberger @zak4prez911 When my father told me, we’d be moving...

English Featured Post Haunted Holidays Literature

·15 mins read

Beware – Trolls Operate In This Park

Amanda Steel·October 28, 2020

Beware – Trolls Operate In This Park written by: Amanda Steel @Amanda_S_Writer The park is theirs when...

English Halloween Poetry

·1 min read

Bittersweet

Hannah B Jackson·October 7, 2020

Bittersweet written by: Hannah B Jackson You were like a natural waterfall surrounded by the most beautiful...

English Poetry

·1 min read

At Rock Bottom

Pete Black·September 14, 2020

At Rock Bottom written by: Pete Black 2:45 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2003 – Blue John Canyon,...

English Literature

·3 mins read

Skeleton In The Closet

Eunarielle·September 5, 2020

Skeleton In The Closet written by: Eunarielle I used to be afraid of so many things. When I...

English Poetry

·1 min read

I Didn’t Come Here To Unpack

Rando Mithlo·September 2, 2020

I Didn’t Come Here To Unpack written by: Rando Mithlo @Rodhnoe I didn’t come here to unpack...

English Poetry

·1 min read

A Whole Lotta Trouble

David Perlmutter·July 31, 2020

A Whole Lotta Trouble written by: David Perlmutter @DavidPerlmutt10 MUSCLE GIRL: It was a hole. There was...

English Literature

·16 mins read

Windows

Peter Farrar·May 28, 2020

Windows written by: Peter Farrar Tree imagined jumping through the window. He’d run into plate glass, hands...

English Featured Post Literature

·9 mins read

The Dilemma of an African Child

Eduardo De Bosco·March 28, 2020

The Dilemma of an African Child written by: Eduardo de Bosco – You want to know me...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Once More

Megha Sood·December 31, 2019

Once More written by: Megha Sood @meghasood16 The deep long treacherous shadows cast on the bedroom wall...

English Featured Post Poetry

·1 min read

Stuck Outside Letterkenny

Ricky Hawthorne·December 26, 2019

Stuck Outside Letterkenny written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames Ah, was it this captivating first time ‘round? Too...

English Poetry

·1 min read

October Silence

J.D.G. Perldeiner·October 30, 2019

October Silence written by: J.D.G Perldeiner The house was unassuming. It looked like all the other houses...

English Halloween Literature

·29 mins read

Rocks & Hopes

H.M. Gautsch·August 27, 2019

Rocks & Hopes written by: H.M. Gautsch @GautschHM Healing, recovery, frustrating a broken record repeating haunting, annoying,...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Beyond The Door

Fotoula Reynolds·May 21, 2019

Beyond The Door written by: Fotoula Reynolds For three consecutive nights, the raven-haired woman haunts me in...

English Literature

·3 mins read

Robin McNamara is an Irish poet from Waterford City. He has over 148 poems published worldwide in America, Canada, Ireland and in the UK with Beir Bua Journal, Dreich, Versification, Pink Plastic House, Daily Drunk, Full House Literary Magazine, Dream Journal, Second Chance Lit, Literary Heist, Dwelling Literary & Impspired. A regular contributor to Spillwords since 2018 where he has been nominated a number of times for publication of the month. Robin is also involved in the Poetry Ireland and Black Bough Poetry poetry prompts. Robin’s forthcoming debut chapbook was written during the lockdown in Ireland. Under A Mind’s Staircase, is published by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK and is available to purchase now.

Generational Fragility by Lynsey Fyfe

Raising children can be a daunting task; it takes skill, determination and a great sense of humour. Raising them properly is a seemingly impossible task. Parenting has evolved so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up with current advice, but have babies changed? It’s hard to imagine babies are different enough now, to warrant such a drastic change in our parenting techniques in the last few decades.

Back in the not so distant past, almost every mother stayed at home, raising the children and keeping the house, while the father went to work. Times were different.
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