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Wishing for Cicadas

Genevieve S. Aguinaldo·May 6, 2024

Wishing for Cicadas written by: Genevieve S. Aguinaldo once my husband told me on our way to...

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First Time

Kalam Babu·April 29, 2024

First Time written by: Kalam Babu Would it be odd if I wished my boyfriend were here?...

English Poetry

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Country Commute

Karen Southall Watts·April 20, 2024

Country Commute written by: Karen Southall Watts @askkaren Frosted fields and bales of hay, tractors parked in...

Poetry English

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Walking Corpses

Sadiya Abdulaziz Mohammed·April 11, 2024

Walking Corpses written by: Sadiya Abdulaziz He said to me: “Some people are walking corpses. Alive but...

English Poetry

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Beam Us Up

Lynn White·April 10, 2024

Beam Us Up written by: Lynn White Take my hand hold it tight we’ll stay close in...

Poetry English

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Please Don’t Go

Sapphic Siren·April 2, 2024

Please Don’t Go written by: SapphicSiren I sigh and look away from the screen All my stress...

Poetry English

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If I Were Rich…

Gul Bakhti·March 21, 2024

If I Were Rich… written by: Gul Bakhti I wish to be the richest man on earth....

English Poetry

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When We Were Young

Mark Alden·March 19, 2024

When We Were Young written by: Mark Alden @MarkAAlden We weathered every storm, never stopping to consider...

Poetry English

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Sunday Night in 1962

Stark Hunter·March 3, 2024

Sunday Night in 1962 written by: Stark Hunter mother stands by the stove and fries meat she...

English Poetry

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The Haunting Silence

Parvathy Sukumar·March 1, 2024

The Haunting Silence written by: Parvathy Sukumar @Parvathyfeb27 Silence!!! Something that we all seek at times, Something...

English Poetry

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I Wish Valentine’s Day Is Just Another Day

Michelle Ayon Navajas·February 13, 2024

I Wish Valentine’s Day Is Just Another Day written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas @poetrybymich i wish Valentine’s...

Poetry English

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Comfortable Forever

Rajiv Noronha·February 12, 2024

Comfortable Forever written by: Rajiv Noronha @rajivnor He was, indeed, a man of wit, for many, a...

Poetry English

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Valentine Proposal

Sherry Healy·February 7, 2024

Valentine Proposal written by: Sherry Healy Sweethearts eating chocolate and candy Lovers keeping red cherry wine handy...

English Poetry

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Tower Block

Jane Davidson·January 29, 2024

Tower Block written by: Jane Davidson @Poetrycafe53 I live in a wall, filed away and forgotten, I...

Poetry English

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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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