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Monologue

Andrew NdambukiApril 6, 2020

Monologue written by: Andrew Ndambuki @ndambuki_andrew Can I utter a word, at this point in time? Can my pen speak what my mind cannot define? Can ...

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Something Tells Me

Lee DunnApril 4, 2020

Something Tells Me written by: Lee Dunn @66human Some say it's demons. The real kind you exorcise. They're in vogue now. Drugs won't help. W...

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Unseen and Unheard

Glen McKenzieMarch 30, 2020

Unseen and Unheard written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther a life of experiences voices waiting to speak wanting to be heard unappreciated for ...

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On A Tired Woman, a poem written by Anonymous at Spillwords.com

On A Tired Housewife

SpillwordsMarch 8, 2020

On A Tired Housewife a poem by: Anonymous Here lies a poor woman who was always tired, She lived in a house where help wasn't hired: Her last words ...

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Nothing

David MaynardMarch 1, 2020

Nothing written by: David Maynard Hanging on to nothing Like clouds in the sky Music in the air Tears of goodbye Holding on to nothing Like fear ...

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If Those I Loved Were Lost

SpillwordsMarch 1, 2020

If Those I Loved Were Lost a poem by: Emily Dickinson If those I loved were lost The Crier's voice would tell me -- If those I loved were found The...

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Silence!

Adriana MorganFebruary 29, 2020

Silence! written by: Adriana Morgan @Adriana39863076 Silence! I said. But she kept talking about her problems, her hopes... I couldn't care less f...

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Five Years

Amanda N. ButlerFebruary 12, 2020

Five Years written by: Amanda N. Butler @arsamandica Five years and I still have to remember how to heal, five years and I have to remind myself t...

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BACK TO ANDROMEDA

James MarchioriFebruary 4, 2020

BACK TO ANDROMEDA written by: James Marchiori @DJames1821 From the top of an overwhelming rooftop of sophism the mute pigeons. In front of the cin...

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Andalusian Resurrection

Gabriela MJanuary 27, 2020

Andalusian Resurrection written by: Gabriela M @shortprose1 "In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world." - F...

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Wave To Tomorrow

R William StandishJanuary 4, 2020

Wave To Tomorrow written by: R William Standish join the ranks of those moved on before you it’s your turn now the table set for us all a new future...

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Christmas

BogpanDecember 24, 2019

Christmas written by: Bogpan @panbog2 The night is short like a breath and long like a cry – a woman who hard is giving birth of a day. A flame, ...

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One Star

Fotoula ReynoldsDecember 19, 2019

One Star written by: Fotoula Reynolds I've never been to Bethlehem My voice nestles in my heart In the city of great holiness Humanity lives under ...

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Rio, The River

Tamsen GraceDecember 11, 2019

Rio, The River written by: Tamsen Grace You screamed for the first nine months of your life, inconsolably I traversed miles with you, back an...

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...