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  • A sterilized, pearl-white hospital room with three gray beds and open divider curtains lining the wall
    Parenting & FamilyPoetryHealth & Wellness
    By Scarlett Faye
    July 8, 2024
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    Room 101

    Wheelchairs cruising along dim hallways,the heels of white-cloaked saintsclicking with each deliberate step,carrying trays of food and medicine. A wailing newborn cry echoes among tilesborn into a world of chaos,sorrow, joy, and summer nightswithin the spectrum of life. A weary individual waits in a crowded room,He hopes heaven will answer his prayers,begging and pleading with ...
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  • sunset
    PoetryMemoir & Autobiographies
    By Calpernia Charles
    December 19, 2022
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    Cloud Fairy

    I hide amidst the rolling cloudsBecause it’s where I find you mostYour jokes and voice now memoriesBut here you are my friend I miss you every single dayAnd I watch and wait and prayThat I may catch a glimpse of youSomewhere beyond the moon But amidst the rolling cloudsI see you finallyAs I sit and ...
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  • Parenting & FamilyPoetryEnvironmentCultureCreativity
    By Calpernia Charles
    May 30, 2022
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    Fade To Black

    Imagine,  there's still milk, juice, and snacks for the week in 17 refrigerators once fresh, but now soured.
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  • woman embracing knees
    LifestyleNonfictionParenting & FamilySelf-Help & RelationshipsMemoir & Autobiographies
    By Alexandria Pecia
    April 25, 2022
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    I Hope This Grief Never Ends

    In a November 2021 interview with Stephen Colbert about his part in Tick, Tick, Boom, Andrew Garfield shared his grief on the loss of his mother. He made some of the most honest, heartwarming, and heart-wrenching comments about grief and sharing a loved one’s legacy. I had never related to something so deeply about my grief as I ...
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  • a grandfather walking with granddaughter
    Home & GardenNonfictionCreativityParenting & FamilySelf-Help & RelationshipsFictionPoetryMemoir & Autobiographies
    By Chelsea Wolfe
    January 31, 2022
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    Nannu

    Not having you here has seemed like a dream that I cannot wake from. You were here when I left and when I came back to reality you were gone. I Ask myself, why? Why so soon? Why wouldn’t I go to you sooner? Why, why, why… Now it’s too late. The time to make ...
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  • a girl sleeping on a bed covered in stars
    CreativityParenting & FamilyPoetryMemoir & AutobiographiesHome & GardenTravelCultureNonfiction
    By Lo
    August 23, 2021
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    Glow In The Dark Stars

    The following poem is from Lo Potter’s upcoming collection “Celestial Navigation” set for release in September 2021 it’s funny how only a great time laterwe take real personal meaning from dreams.when I dreamt that my bed was safe,because you would make it so.and those stars we pointed to,making constellations in our minds,slowly learning direction,teaching me ...
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  • hospital
    LifestyleParenting & FamilySelf-Help & RelationshipsFictionHome & Garden
    By Chelsea Wolfe
    July 5, 2021
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    The ‘C’ Word

    Cancer: The word means nothing to most people. But to the people who have it, or those close to them, the word means everything.
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  • rain on window
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    By Chelsea Wolfe
    March 29, 2021
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    Wash Away

    Even in death she was still a demanding old lady. Thunder crashed and lightning stuck bringing me back to reality.
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    By Calpernia Charles
    March 29, 2021
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    Empty Vessel

    My heart weeps silently          for the child                    I once carried My mind paralyzed          with fear of a reoccurrence                    but my body longs                             to be the vessel That carries your          fragile, tiny frame                    supporting you in                             my cracked container You fluttered and          my heart melted                    connecting ...
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  • damaged pink rose
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    By Chelsea Wolfe
    March 15, 2021
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    The Somber Silence Of Miniscule Losses

    “Is this better?” Mike asked as he finished fixing the pillows behind Lena. “Yeah. Thanks, babe.” Lena didn’t want to look him in the eye for fear that he might see the truth behind the lie. She couldn’t get comfortable no matter how hard she tried. Every position hurt. “What else can I do?” Mike ...
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