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ELLIPSIS

Dilip MohapatraJanuary 5, 2019

ELLIPSIS written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo When we walk together and I hear the lone cuckoo cooing in the boughs I hear more than just a s...

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How Could I Tell Her

Tasos KyrtasoglouAugust 6, 2018

How Could I Tell Her written by: Tasos Kyrtasoglou She said “I‘ve known you before, that’s how I feel it”. But I preferred not to respond, m...

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Words

IngelaMay 25, 2016

words written by: Ingela(saja) @ingelasaja Evil words can sting your heart, they linger on and rip apart. Words can sneak up from behind, words ca...

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“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.