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I Am An Orphan

Massayan Favor Kollie·October 14, 2020

I Am An Orphan written by: Massayan Favor Kollie @favor_kollie I am an orphan My parents died...

English Poetry

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Croaker

Ferris E Jones·July 18, 2020

Croaker written by: Ferris E Jones Some things never change, With enough money, we can all Choose...

English Poetry

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Stay Deep

RhymeRula·June 30, 2020

Stay Deep written by: RhymeRula @IamtheRhymeRula I can hear simpletons argue at the surface level They’ve become...

English Poetry

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Deliverance

Ann Christine Tabaka·June 10, 2020

Deliverance written by: Ann Christine Tabaka @TabakaChris Link missing, chain broken. Connections pass beyond repair. Anchor sinks,...

Poetry English

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Smoke

Julia K·February 11, 2020

Smoke written by: Julia K Curl your way into our lungs Nostrils, eyes, skin You have ways...

English Poetry

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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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