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Comfort

Esther Vincent·December 17, 2016

Comfort written by: Esther Vincent @EstherVincentXM For three days now, the solitary egret has given me comfort,...

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Twinkling

Alan Mitnick·September 5, 2016

Twinkling written by: Alan Mitnick @alan.mitnick My back begs for the sofa, to drape vertebrae over cushions,...

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Brooklyn Scapes

Anne G·August 25, 2015

Brooklyn Scapes A Tale by Anne G The more I think about “My Brooklyn” childhood, the sweeter the memories…...

Anne G English My Brooklyn Poetry

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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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