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An Honorable Dedication
(In Remembrance of Jenny) © By Carl Scharwath Jennifer Link (Jenny) is my angel in heaven. She was a great friend and my muse who...

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Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Dispatches and Declarations
(Circa October 2019) By Scott Thomas Outlar And maybe your brakes will fail at fifty miles per hour while speeding straight down a hill,...

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Sep 29, 20228 min read
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Meeting a Humanitarian Writer in a Selfish City
Some days ago, in a coffee shop in Shipal, Kathmandu, the city, I experienced my first face-to-face interaction with the Nepalese poet...

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Sep 29, 20224 min read
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THE PAIN
© Written by Shahid Abbas 2022 Our tears will never stop I ask you Yes, you Are you the man who feels the pain of that old man in the...

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Sep 28, 20221 min read
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The Tale of the Singing Snow Witch
Written by Steve Carr Holding the two tinkling icicles between her long, bony, chalky-white fingers Grunelda knitted the strands of...

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Sep 27, 202213 min read
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Some "Notes" and Other Poems
Some "NOTES" Unbiased innocently, took me by hand softly like Zephyr caressing the Sleeping leaves down into the memory lane where each...

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Sep 22, 20222 min read
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Autumn Tide
© Written by D. A. Simpson Ripening in the meadows are the seeds of an incipient autumn tide as the land fades and withers While the...

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Sep 22, 20221 min read
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Poems of Gul Bakhti
SEARCHING FOR SERENITY...(Paradise on Earth) Can someone take me to a location, calm and serene? It doesn't matter if she is Merlyn or...

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Sep 21, 20221 min read
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No Matter How Hard
© Written by Loreta C. Bande A lifetime of dreams to journey on Many a seaway of crosscurrents Or traverse a forest where perils beacon...

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Sep 21, 20221 min read
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Poetry and Photography of Peter Davies
I AM Let the wind comb her hair I am no-one yet still almost there, A voice heard in a leaf that's falling My vow into soft shade is...

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Sep 16, 20222 min read
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INSECTS and Other Poems
Written by Bogdana Gageanu from Romania People can treat you like insects And they smash you with no remorse Trying to make you feel...

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Sep 16, 20221 min read
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SAI PRAKASH - Feature Poetry
A NICHE ABOVE ! Are we really? Oh ! Dear BARDS Let's ask ourselves time and again the same question Are we a Niche above ? Before we...

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Sep 16, 20221 min read
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GOOD WISHES
Written by Sunita Grover Raina From India Maybe I did not try that hard enough And all good wishes failed Maybe wishes were not that...

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Sep 16, 20221 min read
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Visual Arts and Quotes
"Photography of Nature" "I live in the world in and out of the world tune with a 'detaching attachment' or 'attaching detachment' just...

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Sep 8, 20221 min read
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The Wagon of Love
© Written by Sihem Cherif She said: "Be my Daniel, taken in a fury Enchanted by the colors of my dress Tell me all about the love story...

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Sep 8, 20222 min read
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FEATURE of BOGDANA GAGEANU
Poetry and Photography INSECTS People can treat you like insects And they smash you with no remorse Trying to make you feel small And...

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Sep 3, 20222 min read
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The Hoard
Early in the morning when the day was coming out of the embrace of night and the sky was covered with clouds, the cheerfulness of the...

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Sep 3, 20221 min read
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Something to Ponder
Thoughts of Parth Aasim Shaaz "FURTHER CHAOS" Thy name is my most enjoyable agony As time falls for eternity. Like the blood of singing...

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Sep 3, 20221 min read
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THOUGHTFUL QUOTES
"A man's anguish hurts much deeper than his anger." © Vasanth Kumar V. P. "Success doesn't come through laziness. Hence, we should learn...

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Sep 3, 20221 min read
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World Photography Day (08/19/22)
BEST ENTRY FEATURE ILA chose the top three (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) and following, sixteen remarkable photographs. FIRST PLACE: RAYEES...

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Sep 2, 20222 min read
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