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What To Do

Sharona ReevesAugust 12, 2019

What To Do written by: Sharona Reeves Don't think about yesterday That battle has been won Don't think about tomorrow Today remains undone Focus o...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Take Back The Power

Paul Anthony ObeyJuly 3, 2019

Take Back The Power written by: Paul Anthony Obey @TheInvisiblePo1 Since the dawn of all time, from the cradle of life, We have fought for great pow...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

War From the View of Mother Earth

Kerri JesmerJuly 2, 2019

War From the View of Mother Earth written by: Kerri Jesmer The boy fell to the ground and I cradled him in my arms while his blood seeped into...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

War-Zone

Nerisha KemrajMay 31, 2019

War-Zone written by: Nerisha Kemraj They all lie scattered around me. My one-year-old in his crib that’s pinned to the floor. Removing rubble, I lif...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Total Evil

Eliza SegietMay 16, 2019

Total Evil written by: Eliza Segiet translated by: Artur Komoter I often wonder where so much "vivid" war within me comes from. After all, whilst...

EnglishInternationalLiteraturePolish5 min read

Kept Himself

Paul BrookesMay 14, 2019

Kept Himself written by: Paul Brookes @PaulDragonwolf1 Kept Himself to himself. Quiet man always in sharp waistcoat and tie. Shoes keen like mirro...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

The Undertakers

Doug DonnanMay 9, 2019

The Undertakers 'Hooray for Hollywood' written by: Wrench and Doug Somewhere deep in the jungles of South Vietnam/Circa 1968 "How long has...

EnglishLiterature13 min read

Riposi Il Mio Amore

Antonio BlundaMay 5, 2019

Riposi Il Mio Amore written by: Antonio Blunda @sirquant Riposi il mio amore, la mia piccola vita. Ho strappato per lei, da una fossa, fogli b...

InternationalItalianPoetry0 min read

Soldier

Tylia FloresApril 20, 2019

Soldier written by: Tylia Flores @stompingoncp1 Fighting in the battlefields, Getting wounded in the process, Each way I turn, A new battl...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

The War Within

Sharona ReevesApril 18, 2019

The War Within written by: Sharona Reeves Tainted soldier Heart waged in war Rich in strength Ultimately poor Stricken with hate and words of th...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

In Rauen Woods

RichApril 4, 2019

In Rauen Woods written by: Rich @H3Richard From Fürstenwalde's Rauen Wald Where we run to hide To the Spreewald and Halbe The Ninth surrounded o...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Seeking Silence

Gopal LahiriApril 4, 2019

Seeking Silence written by: Gopal Lahiri @gopallahiri Words are weaving words, kind and harsh, Some are opening new rifts, Some are found resting a...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Monkey Wrench

Doug DonnanMarch 23, 2019

Monkey Wrench written by: Wrench and Doug Dedicated to Buzz 1970/Cambodia/Approximately 0500 hours It’s irrelevant to say ‘exactly’ what...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature8 min read

The Conflict

Dawn DeBraalMarch 16, 2019

The Conflict written by: Dawn DeBraal Sheriff Thomas Ditter turned a blind eye when he drove by the VFW Local #145 Hall. There was Hardee Footits’ p...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

“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”.