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Poetry

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  • Woman in a black top flipping her head backwards with her long hair flowing in the wind
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    The Wind

    By Neva Naci
    May 5, 2025
    The wind speaks to me as my hair dances free, rooting for me to flee toward what makes me glow. The subtle whispers blow, ...
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  • a woman holding a sleeping baby
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    My Child

    By Chidinma Nwonye
    May 5, 2025
    I can tell you the color of the night.I can describe the mystery of the owl’s cry.I’ve counted the stars up to hundreds.I’ve felt ...
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  • The image is of a cloudy sky that has a bright opening or porthole in it and a flock of blackbirds are flying toward the hole
    Poetry

    I’m Leaving

    By Ivor Steven
    April 28, 2025
    I’m leavingThrough that porthole in the cloudsAnd flying away from the maddening crowd I’m avoidingThose tiresome tyrants, Who cover up new blood stains,And drown ...
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  • A red and blue sky and trees at dawn
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    Before Dawn

    By Neva Naci
    April 21, 2025
    In a moment of stillness, while the world is asleep— no sound, no rush, no stress— I linger in my quiet thoughts as I ...
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  • An old school building
    Poetry

    My Alma Mater

    By Chidinma Nwonye
    April 21, 2025
    Here I am, staring into space;Taking in every second and minute.There’s that woody smell of books sitting gracefully on old shelves. From the corner ...
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  • There are 2 images. The image is a photo of the back of my blue denim jacket and the right image, is a photo of the front of my Geelong Writers Inc blue T-Shirt
    PoetryRhyming Poems

    It Is Manuscript Time

    By Ivor Steven
    April 14, 2025
    Tick-tock, it is manuscript timeMy zine is not in decline Line after lineMy quill slowly winds From the aromatic pinesTo the soothing brine A ...
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  • Stars along a dark sky nearby mountain peaks
    Prose PoetryPoetry

    Stardust

    By Scarlett Faye
    April 14, 2025
    The world spins around the sun, lost in its continuous dance. Angels and demons continue, their battles never-ending in every reality. Each orb of ...
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  • Mourning dove perched on a black metal pole.
    Poetry

    Reminisce

    By Neva Naci
    April 7, 2025
    It’s the simple things, like the scent of a crayon, that take me back to what I used to know– the mourning dove’s echoing ...
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  • A baby's feet cradled in the palm of a hand
    Poetry

    The Joy of New Life

    By Chidinma Nwonye
    April 7, 2025
    The wailing sound of life’s first cry;The synchronized rhythm of a first heartbeat;The soothing touch of innocence against my skin;Births a new purpose for ...
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  • The image is of daytime waning moon, that is barely visible in a cloudy sky
    Poetry

    Oh, My Waning Moon

    By Ivor Steven
    March 31, 2025
    Oh, my waning moon.Where are you?I cannot hear you.My eyes are open,I cannot see you Oh, my waning moon.Where have you gone?I cannot find ...
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