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Triangulo de Amor

Robert Allen Goodrich·January 29, 2020

Triangulo de Amor written by: Robert Allen Goodrich Huele a peligro tu regreso a mi vida porqué...

Poetry Spanish

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Harlotry

Kiraita Stephen·January 6, 2020

Harlotry written by: Kiraita Stephen The growing seedlings set themselves to this abominable pretense They look fine...

Poetry English

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Primitive Passion

Dr. Nikhat Bano·November 15, 2019

Primitive Passion written by: Dr. Nikhat Bano On the sizzling sand of youth, you played barefoot; Unarmed...

Poetry English

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The Dog She Was

JPK·November 12, 2019

The Dog She Was written by: JPK She’s not the dog she was ten years ago, When...

Poetry English

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Stumbling

Fotoula Reynolds·November 7, 2019

Stumbling written by: Fotoula Reynolds After the love-storm Passion beyond delirium Becomes a ruthless falsity And lust...

Poetry English

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Hermandad

Romulaizer Pardo·September 29, 2019

Hermandad written by: Romulaizer Pardo @RomulaizerPardo A Juan Ángel Torres Rechy Nacimos dispares en el tiempo...

Spanish Poetry

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It Was The Same

Eliza Segiet·August 18, 2019

English International Poetry Polish

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Rumore

Antonio Blunda·July 10, 2019

English International Italian Poetry

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Rotten Ladder

Maria Chalastani·June 15, 2019

Rotten Ladder written by: Maria Chalastani Can’t hurt me now I’m a thousand times stronger can’t reach...

Poetry English

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When I Was Young

Lisa Keeble·May 19, 2019

When I Was Young written by: Lisa Keeble @lisakeb007 I thought I knew love For at least a...

Poetry English

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The Rending

Sian Staley·April 3, 2019

The Rending written by: Sian Staley I’ve denied my self, traded black lace for maternal cottons, filled...

English Poetry

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Ready To Go

Tim Gardiner·March 8, 2019

Ready To Go written by: Tim Gardiner @timgardiner3 Anita’s enthusiasm pulls us through another tardy Wednesday afternoon,...

Poetry English

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The Greatest Gift

Fotoula Reynolds·February 22, 2019

The Greatest Gift written by: Fotoula Reynolds I crave to back Back in time To sit beside...

Poetry English

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Motivation

Tejaswini Bakshi·January 11, 2019

Motivation written by: Tejaswini Bakshi Your silence will never make things go away To everyone out there...

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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