Poetry

The sun descending below the horizon

Alone in an empty room, the clock ticks, resounding off the walls. But time stands frozen, as if preserving the stillness of the night. Shadows remain present in the lonely ...

Nonfiction

A plate of freshly baked, hot cross buns

Dawn had not yet reached the English countryside horizon when the local village baker, Samuel, got to work. In its stead, fluorescent lights flooded the bakery’s backroom to give him ...

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  • The sun descending below the horizon
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    Alone in an empty room, the clock ticks, resounding off the walls. But time stands frozen, as if preserving the stillness of the night. Shadows remain present in the lonely abode, like the pain in my soul. A haunting reminder that becomes worse than any religion can conjure in their minds. My anguish food for ...
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    Halfway through the dayI was neither half asleepNor half awake Fragments of midnightFloated in my half-empty coffeeWhen the midday sunBisected the middleOf my imaginary worldAnd fractured my hourglass.Then, the misplaced sands of timeFiltered through my half-empty handThat was half fullOf dreams and rhymes Mid-afternoon, I was meanderingBelow the half moon’sWhite silhouetteAnd wondering“Were the long shadowsthat ...
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