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Antidote

Seorin Kae·February 2, 2017

Antidote written by: Seorin Kae @SeorinKae Kicking Screaming Inside my heart (Oblivious to the opening) Inflicting pain...

English Poetry

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Simple Words

thePoeticpiper·October 17, 2016

Simple Words written by: thePoeticpiper @thePoeticpiper “These words were hard to say, like a baby learning to...

English

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Talking Politics With A Crab

Katheleen Mitro·September 22, 2016

Talking Politics With a Crab written by: Katheleen Mitro @KatheleenMitro Sitting on the beach sipping Orangeade I want...

English

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Trust Lost

Angel_Face44·August 29, 2016

Trust Lost written by: AngelFace44 @AngelFace4459 the knife driven deep unaware the truth is known to my face,...

English

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My Conundrum

Don Knowles·May 22, 2016

My Conundrum written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 My conundrum is this Which stimuli to react upon Choice of...

English

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Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

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