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AI : A Gaia

George Pestana·May 8, 2023

AI : A Gaia written by: George Pestana (OddWritings) @OddWritings Knowledge, all of body; college, city of...

English Poetry

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Going Home

Vidya Venkataramanan·May 7, 2023

Going Home written by: Vidya Venkataramanan Singled out At last, To go Home, A weary stork, Found...

Poetry English

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Cemetery of Sages

Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu, Jr.·May 3, 2023

Cemetery of Sages written by: Leonard Ifeanyi Ugwu, Jr. @UgwuJr1 I mirror myself in books, In idleness,...

Poetry English

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Wore Weary

Stephen Kingsnorth·April 26, 2023

Wore Weary written by: Stephen Kingsnorth Dis mem ber ed, sheer and un re pressed, war artist,...

English Poetry

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Four Springtime Achoo-Haiku

Lisa H. Owens·April 24, 2023

Four Springtime Achoo-Haiku written by: Lisa H. Owens @LisaHOwens The Joke’s on you, Toad! Why, hello there,...

English Poetry

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Raging at Nature’s Fangs

Jill Sharon Kimmelman·April 13, 2023

Raging at Nature’s Fangs written by: Jill Sharon Kimmelman Precious pets wandering, hungry, thirsty, fearful torrential waters...

Poetry English

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New Arrivals

Mark Russo·April 13, 2023

New Arrivals written by: Mark Russo @mrusso35913173 The three of them had just crawled from the water’s...

Literature English

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How I Affirm That This is All Real

Karlo Sevilla·April 2, 2023

How I Affirm That This is All Real written by: Karlo Sevilla @KarloSevilla2 Barefoot with a glass...

English Poetry

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As it Ended

Millicent Borges Accardi·March 28, 2023

As it Ended written by: Millicent Borges Accardi @TopangaHippie Softly, slowly and in a hot rush Wish...

Poetry English

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Return From Space

Charlie Bottle·March 27, 2023

Return From Space written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle I have returned from visiting space as I clean...

English Poetry

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Spring Morning

Spillwords·March 19, 2023

Spring Morning a poem by: A.A. Milne Where am I going? I don’t quite know. Down to...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Screams and Streams of Splendor

Ndaba Sibanda·March 1, 2023

Screams and Streams of Splendor written by: Ndaba Sibanda @loveoclockn away from the hurry and the hum,...

English Poetry

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The Silver Grace

James Walmsley·February 25, 2023

The Silver Grace written by: James Walmsley Gone is the day of the sheeted mast, sail ships...

Poetry Featured Post English

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Ex-glass

Carrie Magness Radna·February 16, 2023

Ex-glass written by: Carrie Magness Radna @cmrboxwoodstar1 He broke a glass late tonight— only water & ice...

Poetry English

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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