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Forever and Ever

Michael Ball·June 28, 2022

Forever and Ever written by: Michael Ball @whirred Wide, squatting tombstones and thin, ever aspiring obelisks manifest...

English Poetry

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On Easter Day

Spillwords·April 4, 2021

On Easter Day a poem by Oscar Wilde The silver trumpets rang across the Dome: The people...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Junction Wise

Susan N Aassahde·January 8, 2021

Junction Wise written by: Susan N Aassahde @poetry_curfew blackberry pod aroma mist trumpet fisherman rust snout...

Poetry English

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Born in southern California, P.A. O'Neil experienced what might be considered culture shock when her family moved to a small town in Washington State. The year was 1970, and the community at the time was not culturally diverse. Proud of her Mexican and Irish heritage, or "Smoked Irish" according to her father, she learned what it meant to be simultaneously in the minority and the majority. P.A. O'Neil's stories have been featured in over sixty anthologies, journals, and magazines. She and her husband reside in Western Washington. Her books, Witness Testimony and Other Tales, as well as Sherlock Holmes's Two Sides of the Same Coin, and In For A Penny, are available on Amazon.

Dusty by Darryl B

I guess there’s a million reasons why I’m sitting on the porch of this cabin with a bottle in my lap. I took enough friggin pain pills to kill a horse, and things are beginning to get hazy around the edges.

I better get this out while I still can....
I was 16 when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, that was right after Kennedy got shot, and the whole damn country was crying. I remember I was down the street at Kenny Statler’s house because we were trying to start a band, and we wanted to be like them, plus I liked his sister Dusty, that was her nickname, she was 15. Their parents weren’t home, and we knew they kept their booze behind the records in the Hi-Fi, how stupid did they think we were? ...

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