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Darkness Falls

odonko-ba·December 9, 2016

Darkness Falls written by: Odonoko-ba @odonkoba Darkness Falls upon the landscape Apprehension Covets The air Fear trickle...

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Acoustic Giggles

Temitope Ayodeji·November 28, 2016

Acoustic Giggles written by: Temitope Ayodeji @Stoneachi It is well that war is so terrible; else we...

English

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America Aplastá

Jose A Gomez·November 7, 2016

America Aplastá written by: José A. Gómez Se oían soldados en El Viejo San Juan Brasil California y en...

Spanish Featured Post Poetry Jose A Gomez

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Children Of War

Bernard Harris A.K.A. BenkkuPoems·September 25, 2016

Children Of War written by: Bernard Harris/Benkku Poems @poems_benkku As a child, I watched the, world around...

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War

odonko-ba·September 20, 2016

War written by: Odonoko-ba @odonkoba I walk amongst demons of my past vigilant of tomorrow’s monsters a...

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Perplexed To What End

Geovanni Villafañe·August 23, 2016

Perplexed to What End written by: Geovanni Villafañe @RezZureKtedPoeT Disturbed in this Awakening Death and Destruction’s all...

Poetry English

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Omran Daqneesh

Aparna Reddy·August 22, 2016

Omran Daqneesh written by: Aparna Reddy @AR_Midnighthues A small frame doused in layers of ash death brushed...

English Poetry

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Syria and Child

Giorgia Spurio·August 21, 2016

Syria and Child written by: Giorgia Spurio @SpurioGiorgia I’ve a crying in my head, in my heart. –...

English

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Cookies From Home – A Father’s Love

RayFed·August 2, 2016

Cookies From Home – A Father’s Love written by: RayFed @MrRayFed Meredith saw Eric for the first time in...

English Literature

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Greed And War

Beth Tremaglio·July 18, 2016

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: First, a thank you to all you reading this piece. The first of eight...

Poetry English Featured Post Voices on Skin Beth Tremaglio

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Afraid Of The Rifle Fire

Stanley Wilkin·June 27, 2016

Afraid of the Rifle Fire written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk Afraid of the rifle fire, he had...

English Poetry

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Flashes

Anne G·June 27, 2016

FLASHES Collaborating Minds Anne G & J.M.G. I left home as a boy, all shiny and new,...

J.m.g English Featured Post Poetry Anne G

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Suicide In The Trenches

Spillwords·June 26, 2016

SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES A Poem by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned...

English Literary Greats

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Daddy!

Anahit Arustamyan·June 19, 2016

DADDY! written by: Anahit Arustamyan @anonarnune20141 There are plenty of flowers in May. Daddy! Which ones should I...

I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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