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Roy Duffield·February 17, 2021

Expression written by: Roy Duffield @drinktraveller you show your true colors wear your insides outside around you...

English Poetry

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True, Love

Ricky Hawthorne·October 17, 2020

True, Love written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames “I love you” he breathed earnestly His profound gaze probing...

English Poetry

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Let’s Pretend

Richard Prime·October 1, 2020

Let’s Pretend written by: Richard Prime Let’s pretend we’re in love again, Make believe we feel as...

English Poetry

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Sweet Child Of Mine

Marshall Hughes·August 19, 2019

Sweet Child Of Mine written by: Marshall Hughes @hughes1marshall Only a lover and soulmate can wound so...

English Poetry

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This Amazing Woman

Laura Hughes·July 5, 2019

This Amazing Woman written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 She is a mixture of fire and ice, and...

English Poetry

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The True Value of Innocence

Charlie Bottle·May 25, 2019

The True Value of Innocence written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle When these vessels return to purity having...

English Poetry

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UNBELIEVABLE DIMENSIONS

Norberto Franco Cisneros·January 8, 2019

UNBELIEVABLE DIMENSIONS written by: Norberto Franco Cisneros I haven’t slept in seven days it’s true but just...

English Poetry

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MASQUERADE OF LIES

Aida·November 5, 2018

MASQUERADE OF LIES written by: Aida Why you wear a mask? Reveal your true color, or you’re...

English Poetry

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The CCL

Lorenzo Berardi·September 11, 2018

The CCL written by: Lorenzo Berardi “Manoh-on? Manoh-oon!? Where’s my Manon? Oh, Manon, where did you go...

English Literature

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One Reveal

Lyle Hutchinson·June 11, 2018

One Reveal written by: Lyle Hutchinson @hutch3713 I am a man And tonight I’d like to lay...

English Poetry

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I Loved You…

Spillwords·March 25, 2018

I Loved You… a poem by Alexander Pushkin I loved you, and I probably still do,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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For Ever After

Wade H Myles·January 13, 2018

For Ever After written by: Wade H Myles A search, a quest, mine flame but flickered Such...

English Poetry

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Divine Image

Dedhedpoet·September 15, 2017

Divine Image written by: DedHedpoet @dedhedpoet I am Pain. Constructed of Suffering. Built on bones of enmity....

English Poetry

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Lost Identity

Donna Africa·August 12, 2017

Lost Identity written by: Donna Africa @DonnaAfrica Where do I begin to tell of the hurt and...

English Featured Post Poetry

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A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net-nominee, Elaine Nadal is the author of two poetry chapbooks: When and Sweat, Dance, Sing, Cut, published by Finishing Line Press. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in several journals and anthologies, including Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Spillwords Press, Haunted Waters Press, Hoot Review, and Latino Book Review Magazine. Nadal has shared her work in many venues. She recently did a TEDx talk on hope, poetry, and music.

When Education Feels Hopeless by Kate Leo

“Was this one of yours?”
I stare at the text on my phone from a former teaching colleague, the URL underneath it glaring up at me. I hesitate, not sure if I want to click on it. Finally, my curiosity compels me. My finger shakily taps the link.
“Sean Michael Bishop, 17, has been charged with first-degree murder,” the article’s headline blares at me. I read on, my pulse quickening. “On May 11, Bishop was arrested and charged in the shooting of 34-year-old Michael Franken. Bishop was also arrested on weapons charges. Lake Vista police said Bishop was involved in an argument with a woman in the parking lot of Tailgaters Bar & Grill in the Main Street District before Franken tried to stop the fight. Police said Monday that Franken has since died, and Bishop is now charged with first-degree murder.”

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