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    Books, a Problem Solved

    ByTim Clark September 10, 2025September 2, 2025

    Books are almost an afterthought, tucked away in a forgotten corner. The corner next to a few pieces of mismatched luggage and partially used bottles of shampoo and hand soap.

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  • Frosted snow
    Poems

    Ordinary

    ByKelli J Gavin September 8, 2025August 26, 2025

    Nothing was ordinary when it came to you
    You would create adventures from nothing
    You found fun around every corner

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  • Ray of light amidst the darkness
    Poems

    Resurrection

    ByLynn White September 5, 2025August 26, 2025

    In search of a saviour
    they look to the father
    to forgive their sins.

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  • Black and white of a girl playing on the street
    Shorts

    My childhood will never happen again

    ByJanine Magan September 3, 2025August 26, 2025

    Yet, the thought of missing this place lingered like a leech, sucking the life out of me. How could I miss something that hurt me?

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    Poems

    Solitude

    ByNisha Raviprasad September 1, 2025August 26, 2025

    yet in the arms 
    of my haggard life,
    I feel a welcome tug
    a tug lulling 
    at the crevices of my soul…

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    Poems

    A Hermit’s Encounter with a Prince of Coffee

    ByMa. Elena Yusay August 24, 2025September 1, 2025

    I followed the trail of chocolate and cherry notes,
    without knowing where it would take me.
    What lay ahead at the end of this path?

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  • Clock and Sky
    Poems

    Time And Place

    ByLynn White May 27, 2025May 22, 2025

    for that was the charge
    against him.
    If he killed,
    it seems
    it was a soldier
    out of place

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    Notes

    Unrequited Love Confessions, 2.

    Byjuliewritesofficial May 26, 2025May 22, 2025

    Have you ever been in a case of love where you try to stay away from the person and all that you’ve been feeling, but still fall for them the same way?

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  • Bed on a night sky
    Shorts

    All I Had Were Crumbs

    ByBrave Slayer April 9, 2025April 4, 2025

    I tend to pick up on the smallest cues of concern, of what was said and done to me.. 
    not because I’m too sentimental or cliché, 
    but because I only knew of it in tiny portions.

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    Poems

    Voyager

    ByKevin Rein April 8, 2025April 4, 2025

    I ask the universe for a guiding light, To the cosmos, I entrust my fragile life. When I fall into darkness, may I find my way back; To my feet, I stand strong, unafraid of my path.

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    Editorials

    Looking Back, A Bad Idea

    ByTim Clark April 7, 2025April 4, 2025

    I remember enough to know none of my teachers ever thought I should be a doctor, or accountant, or lawyer, professional athlete, civil servant, grocery store cashier, or railroad worker, bricklayer, bartender or bus conductor

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  • sad woman grayscale
    Poems

    I remember being called slow

    ByMa. Elena Yusay March 18, 2025April 4, 2025

    Slow… a word that defined me,
    that continues to haunt my being.
    Slow… a word ingrained in every shard
    of my psyche and my body.

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