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Harvest

Elaine Nadal·September 18, 2023

Harvest written by: Elaine Nadal When you’re starving, you eat whatever is given to you. It has...

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Crossing The Atlantic

Spillwords·June 25, 2023

Crossing The Atlantic a poem by: Anne Sexton We sail out of season into on oyster-gray wind,...

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A Feeding Frenzy

Kay Lesley Reeves·June 16, 2023

A Feeding Frenzy written by: Kay Lesley Reeves Whale song filled the deeps as the pod rode...

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Ocean

Shalini Kathuria Narang·April 22, 2023

Ocean written by: Shalini Kathuria Narang @shalinikat The vast, expansive ocean again amazes me, Every time I...

English Poetry

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Thoughts are Things

John Riley·September 18, 2022

Thoughts are Things written by: John Riley @slowlearner55 Today I watch flaming thoughts—a bluebird’s green hops— blue...

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Leviathan Tours

Jason O'Toole·January 7, 2020

Leviathan Tours written by: Jason O’Toole This morning in the kitchen, after first asking if you had...

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The Whale

Massimiliano (Max) Bianchi·August 23, 2019

The Whale written by: Massimiliano (Max) Bianchi @mb470102 I have the eyes decomposed Into dripping tears By...

English Poetry

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Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator, and artist. He debuted in 1999 with a poetry collection and has since published works, including translations of Shakespeare and global poets. His poems are translated into many languages and taught across South Asia. A two-time SAARC Literary Awardee, he also received Asia’s Inspiring Poet Award and was named Author of the Month by Spillwords in June 2023. Beyond literature, he works as a freelance consultant in socio-economic research, rural development, entrepreneurial development and creative writing. He began his career in Nepal’s civil service and later worked with international NGOs. He holds degrees in Science, Law, Business Administration, and Economics.

Condoms by Seán Óg Ó Murchú

They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one, I’m after forgetting her name now… Smelly Nelly’s ma. A wet little tear trickled toward her tattooed cheekbone. She was roaring red. Her harsh, wheezing laughter sounded like a black taxi tackling the Whiterock Road, her throat destroyed from all the fegs she used to be hoofing into her. She called over the other dinner ladies then, an army of them. Or maybe it was the curiosity of her horrid laughing that brought them over… I can’t remember.
“Tell the girls what you’re only after asking me there ni wee mawn.”
I looked between herself and the girls. Jesus Christ, I said in my own mind, Mental Mick is after stealing all my crayons that I’d been hoarding for myself there before the break...

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