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Nuha Faiz

Betrayal

“Didn’t expect you here,” he said as he spotted me at the mall on that fine Saturday.  Not sure if I have to call it

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Poetry
Mohamed Imadh

The Forgotten Comrade

Two comrades in arms, sundered by death. One laid to rest, and the other returned, bereaved and full of health. The fallen comrade, resting at

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Prose
Sandeep Shetty

Trying to Remember

“Why does everything have to be so hard? Like we are just pretending and pretending. I try to be happy like everyone else. Forgive me

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Poetry
Shaziya Fayas

Nostalgia

He stares at me strangely This son of my mine He catches me smiling When there’s no reason or pantomime I’ve wondered down memory lane

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F. Zahra Yoonus

Why Write?

Writing is more than just penning down your thoughts on to a piece of paper. It is the snippets of one’s mind that’s bound to

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Prose
Ivan Jenson

American Mistress

  It was odd what had come over Jake’s parents. Usually they argued. Sometimes violently. But this morning it seemed they had found some sort

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Poetry
Nazma Mahir

The Pure Savage

On lofty land The pure savage bird Builds its eyries With plenty of benign Dark from the human race The majestic Eagle, Flaps its mighty

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Poetry
Haniya Khan

Goodbye To Reality

Here I am again, back to the beginning, Temporarily happy, with this torture cycle That’s never-ending. Thought things would change when I went through those

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Poetry
Thisura Daksith

Dawn of a Dove

Chirping hummingbirds with wriggling flies, Dancing butterflies to carefree crows, blossoming florets and awaken shrubs, They wonder, they ponder dazed in a maze   Where

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Poetry
James Geehring

My Suitcase

I have been carrying this old suitcase for my entire life It is now a scarred and battered container of memories and reality Some might

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