PICTURE PROMPT
The Song of the Birds
Can you hear the birds sing? Is it a melody in your head or a cacophony you want to escape from? Perhaps a shattering silence…
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Choose Your Next Read
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From The Lit eZine Desk
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POETRY
Love as a Carnival of Masks
Page 3
POETRY
Sometimes We Draw
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POETRY
Do You Still Call Here Home?
Page 5
POETRY
Alone With Herself
Page 6
POETRY
New Slavery
Page 7
POETRY
Father and Sons
Page 8
POETRY
Bad Actors
Page 9
POETRY
When Soldiers Come
Page 10
POETRY
Trace Evidence
Page 11
POETRY
Grizzly Man
Page 12
POETRY
Application
Page 13
POETRY
Pride Without the Fall
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POETRY
Residue
Page 15
POETRY
When did they become them?
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FICTION
The Voyage of the Silver Tide
Page 17
FICTION
For The Children Who Lost
Page 18
FICTION
The Dinner Party
Page 19
FICTION
Winston~ The Quest of Questions
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FICTION
Ataraxia
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PICTURE PROMPT
The Song of the Birds
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Meet The Team
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