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Lady Liberty Whispers

Ann Marie Gardinier·May 29, 2025

Lady Liberty Whispers: It Shouldn’t Have to Happen to You for it to Matter to You written by:...

English Poetry

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If God Was a Woman

Ginny M. Jones·April 26, 2025

If God Was a Woman written by: Ginny M. Jones If God was a woman, She’d be...

My Mind’s Monsters

The hairy bum welder·April 24, 2025

My Mind’s Monsters written by: the hairy bum welder My mind’s monsters entwine me, within their Sadistic...

Poetry English

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Whispers of Nature Around Me

Sapto Mitra·March 28, 2025

Whispers of Nature Around Me written by: Sapto Mitra It’s been a while since I’ve crossed miles,...

English Poetry

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A Moment of Blazing Whispers in the Dark

Walid Boureghda·March 24, 2025

A Moment of Blazing Whispers in the Dark written by: Walid Boureghda Lying in bed, Staring at...

Poetry English

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Libra

Craig R Kirchner·March 16, 2025

Libra written by: Craig R Kirchner Your voice, perhaps the only one I heard. Yes, the one...

Poetry English

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Speaking to Starlings

Tina Hudak·February 19, 2025

Speaking to Starlings written by: Tina Hudak She whispers to the birds, I am sick of metaphors!...

English Poetry

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Whispers of Christmas

Snigdha Agrawal·December 18, 2024

Whispers of Christmas written by: Snigdha Agrawal @SnigdhaAgrawal1 In the Silent Streets beneath the tinsel sky of...

Poetry Christmas English

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Nathaniel

Timothy A. Agnew·December 2, 2024

Nathaniel written by: Timothy A. Agnew savannah i misplaced my love for you tucked it into my...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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A Sequence of Haunted Haiku

C.X. Turner·December 1, 2024

A Sequence of Haunted Haiku written by: C.X. Turner @lover__poetic unseen and icy – the tightening grip...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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Whispers in The Night

Alisa Guttadauro·October 31, 2024

Whispers in The Night written by: Alisa Guttadauro Do you hear the whispers on Halloween night? It’s...

Poetry Halloween English

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The Whispering Lanterns

Etya Krichmar·October 28, 2024

The Whispering Lanterns written by: Etya Krichmar - No one dared to ignore Halloween in the small, forgotten village of Eldergrave...

Literature Halloween English

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Whispers of My Father

Daniel Rudd·October 2, 2024

Whispers of My Father written by: Daniel Rudd In quiet halls where shadows fall, I hear your...

Poetry English

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Windbreak

Mary Wilder·September 30, 2024

Windbreak written by: Mary Wilder I sit alone on the back porch after midnight To watch a...

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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