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Peaceful Storm Within

Debasish Parashar·July 29, 2016

Peaceful Storm Within written by: Debasish Parashar @MrDevParashar Peaceful storm within Hush, hush, hush! Peaceful storm within the...

English

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Perfection

Poetanp·July 25, 2016

Perfection written by: Poetanp @poetanp1 If there is perfection in this imperfect world, then the Woman is...

English

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I Cannot Stand Still

Shawntelle Moncy·July 23, 2016

I Cannot Stand Still written by: Shawntelle Moncy @shawntellemoncy I am growing impatient, too ambitious for my...

English

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Change

Seorin Kae·July 15, 2016

Change written by: Seorin Kae @SeorinKae The subtle changes that agitate us The seemingly bigger changes that surprise...

English

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Rendered Useless

Rakind Kaur·July 9, 2016

Rendered Useless written by: Rakind Kaur @khwabgah I count my stars I’m not counted among the stars...

English

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HELLO AIRPLANES!

Anahit Arustamyan·July 4, 2016

HELLO AIRPLANES! written by: Anahit Arustamyan @anonarnune20141 Hello airplanes! Do keep your ears in my words of...

English

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Grey

A Seed to Inspire·June 30, 2016

Grey written by: A Seed To Inspire @bellaroo1 If I could give my world a colour it...

English Poetry

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End of Hot Day

Mark Scrivener·June 11, 2016

End of Hot Day written by: Mark Scrivener @orpheus777 Midsummer Georgica NSW End of hot day. Fierce sun...

English

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What Is To Come?

J.M.G·May 5, 2016

What Is To Come? Collaborating Minds Anne G & J.M.G. Today – I wake up to an...

Poetry Anne G J.m.g English

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All The World’s A Stage

Spillwords·April 24, 2016

All The World’s A Stage a poem by William Shakespeare All the world’s a stage, And all...

English Literary Greats

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Turn The Tide

Anne G·September 11, 2015

Turn the Tide written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth We are on the edge of the precipice of annihilation...

Article Anne G

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THE WORLD IS NEW

Anne G·July 20, 2015

THE WORLD IS NEW Original Poetry by Anne G The world is new, the day reborn; inception, birth,...

Anne G 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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