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Jun 12, 20221 min read

"Untitled" by Scott Cumming

They cannot reach every corner Nor will they try There is no single-minded hero To figure the whole thing out It’s feet to the fire My...

"sometimes resilience is knowing when to break", "staircases of sunshine"...by Dane Lyn

Jun 12, 20223 min read

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"sometimes resilience is knowing when to break", "staircases of sunshine"...by Dane Lyn

sometimes resilience is knowing when to break paper thin membranes darken to space vacuum black, just before being left behind by the...

"A Love Poem By Ahab Candomblé" by G . R . Tomaini

May 29, 20226 min read

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"A Love Poem By Ahab Candomblé" by G . R . Tomaini

1. A Love Poem by Ahab1 Candomblé2 Only a stupid poet3. . . could think a poem, capable of capturing your beauty! The honey of the...

"STILLNESS", "ANGEL OF KINDNESS", & "STAIRWAY" by Aderohunmu Abdulrokeeb

May 29, 20223 min read

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"STILLNESS", "ANGEL OF KINDNESS", & "STAIRWAY" by Aderohunmu Abdulrokeeb

STILLNESS Of what use is the roaming of your thoughts in a desert field. of what use is your calling and screams. the only fillet holding...

May 29, 20222 min read

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"Waves" by Joanna George

Swarming vibes of hope I seldom thread from this swelling beach of Chennai – The Marina, shore lined by families and friends, lovers and...

"ABOUT THE ONE WHO ONCE HELD MY HAND" & "TO THE ONE I LOST" by Frank Njugi

May 29, 20222 min read

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"ABOUT THE ONE WHO ONCE HELD MY HAND" & "TO THE ONE I LOST" by Frank Njugi

ABOUT THE ONE WHO ONCE HELD MY HAND..... Now that our story is heretofore done and dusted May I wangle my way into finding the courage to...

May 29, 20221 min read

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"Slipping Away" by Beth Brooke

Tide ebbs, exposes the rocky shore and the stranded detritus of the voyage. The smell of the sea lingers, like the memory of an evening...

May 29, 20221 min read

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"Walk in My Shoes" by Gareth Greer

And the guilt sticks, like oily black mud on the soles of your shoes Walked through the house, ugly stains imprinted, reminders of your...

May 29, 20221 min read

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"(Chronic) pain" by Claire Marsden

I wake and hear birds calling the day into being. It drifts like steam from my morning coffee, into my mouth. Summer is a lump in my...

"British Winter Birds" by Pramod Subbaraman

May 29, 20221 min read

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"British Winter Birds" by Pramod Subbaraman

Beautiful birds that brighten dull and gloomy British winters With weird and wonderful names Were those who named them drunk or starving?...

"CASTAWAY", "DUST", & "IRONCLAD" by Regine Ebner

May 29, 20221 min read

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"CASTAWAY", "DUST", & "IRONCLAD" by Regine Ebner

CASTAWAY skies bristle to midnight to sleep in the shadow of the barn with homesick dreams and pourquoi tales lost among the furious...

"Stories I Cannot Tell" & "The Complication" by Rachel Mallalieu

May 29, 20222 min read

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"Stories I Cannot Tell" & "The Complication" by Rachel Mallalieu

Stories I Cannot Tell Here’s the story I want to tell—each morning I got up before dawn to make the fire and cook rice, and while the...

"Arctic Drizzle at the Food Truck" by Matthew McDonald

May 29, 20224 min read

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"Arctic Drizzle at the Food Truck" by Matthew McDonald

Mature Age Student The earth is crying like it’s lost a fake Rolex it believed was real based on the glistening multitude of assurances...

"Pissing in the Bushes", "My YouTube Viewing History", & "Bad News" by Charlotte Cosgrove

May 29, 20222 min read

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"Pissing in the Bushes", "My YouTube Viewing History", & "Bad News" by Charlotte Cosgrove

Pissing in the Bushes I’ve just seen a man piss in the bushes Opposite my house. It’s the same place the school kids hide their cider. An...

May 29, 20223 min read

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"I, Sisyphus" by Ron Tobey

I have cheated death, again and again; for punishment, I lose at love, again and again. we hike up New Hampshire’s Stinson Mountain on...

"The Patron", "Fear and Loathing", & "The Tempest" by M.P. Powers

May 15, 20222 min read

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"The Patron", "Fear and Loathing", & "The Tempest" by M.P. Powers

The Patron He’s sitting in the corner, side-part falling to the left, white napkin fluttering on his breast, soft pink hands armed with...

"Bombs and Brexit?" by Pramod Subbaraman

May 15, 20221 min read

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"Bombs and Brexit?" by Pramod Subbaraman

Acerbic Assertions by Arrogant Affluent Alcoholic Blustering Boris Blabbering about Bombs and Brexit: the same thing? Certainties...

May 15, 20221 min read

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"Exquisite Smallness" by Jesse Suess

This evening the sky craned itself into an immense tower of clouds. Its peak arched over my head to the horizon and still there was just...

May 15, 20222 min read

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"Electricity" by Katrina Kaye

This gift, bestowed to you in flashes of lightning upon brittle twigs. Your father’s fist in your mother’s womb, we gave you light for...

"I wake up tired and sore", "By Candlelight" & "Rabbit" by Jason Melvin

May 15, 20222 min read

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"I wake up tired and sore", "By Candlelight" & "Rabbit" by Jason Melvin

I wake up tired and sore and often soaked in sweat I don’t remember being awake or any dreams I may have had but I’m usually more tired...