Etiqueta: Flash Prose
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«Good Grief, What a Fickle Beast» by Jenna Gee
«Good Grief, What a Fickle Beast» by Jenna Gee Grief is a fickle beast not to be trifled with or easily dissuaded. Mind you, it does not like being ignored. Oh yes, Grief comes in many shapes and sizes and is never quite what you expect it to be. It…
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«Half A Dozen Phrases» by Miriam Costa
«Half A Dozen Phrases» by Miriam Costa Half a dozen sentences without truth and within your eyes wich I only see opacity… a precipice, the disguise of vanity combining with our carnival, which is between your forced laughter and the banishment of any response. Covered your anguish and evil, but…
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«ALL ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS RUSH» By: Minette D. Aralar
«ALL ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS RUSH» By: Minette D. Aralar It is the 24th of December once more. From my view of the glass-paned window of the 34th floor of the hotel room, the blinking red and white lights of passing vehicles down below the busy street have obviously diminished,…
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«Dreams» by Bianca Alina
«Dreams» by Bianca Alina You are the thought that brings a smile to my face, the flame that ignites my dreams. I whisper your name every night before I drift off to sleep. Each syllable dances on my tongue, turning your name into the sweetest spell of longing and desire. The…
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«Dreams» by Bianca Alina
«Dreams» by Bianca Alina You are the thought that brings a smile to my face, the flame that ignites my dreams. I whisper your name every night before I drift off to sleep. Each syllable dances on my tongue, turning your name into the sweetest spell of longing and desire. The…
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«Forever Yours» by Bianca Alina
«Forever Yours» by Bianca Alina I’m watching the letters burn, their words destined to become mere ashes. The fire’s hunger is insatiable, much like the desire you’ve ignited within me. My love for you—this untamed flower has unfurled its petals, and my heart struggles to hold it all in. It…
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Distance by Karlyn Grace
Distance by Karlyn Grace I can only marvel at your beauty, in distance. Unreachable enough to see me behind, blank stares kept at distance. Struck by painful reality that someday you’ll find your world in someone else’s glance; your life changed forever, «us» just an unfortunate circumstance. The love I…
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«The Nature of Happiness: Is it a Choice or a Result?» Essay by Michael Cheadle
«The Nature of Happiness: Is it a Choice or a Result?» Essay by Michael Cheadle According to Britannica: “happiness, in psychology, is a state of emotional well-being that a person experiences either in a narrow sense, when good things happen in a specific moment, or more broadly, as a positive…
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«The Slaughterhouse» by Smitha Vishwanath
«The Slaughterhouse» by Smitha Vishwanath It was the month before Christmas –I stood bulging, unable to bend doubleMy stomach, a swollen balloonblocking me from seeing my legs.Doctor Massoumeh is a stranger;mine was away on emergency leave.She says, ‘We’ll have to induce pain.You’re past the due date.’The nurse wheels me infor…
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«I Met God Last Night» by Precious Magdaleno
«I Met God Last Night» by Precious Magdaleno There was a season in my life when everything felt heavy, like the world’s weight had decided to rest on my chest—lub-dub, lub-dub—as if I didn’t have the audacity to breathe. It felt like a cold wind held captive in my ribs,…
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«I Tell You, I Have Been Told Too» by Danna Garbida
«I Tell You, I Have Been Told Too» by Danna Garbida Here’s to you who are told to believe in yourself but still figure out how. I tell you, I have been told too. —before I do something that is outside my comfort zone, during the process, and after I’ve…
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«The Devil’s Paradise» by Precious Magdaleno
«The Devil’s Paradise» by Precious Magdaleno «Of all people, why me? Why am I here again?» I’m sweating as I clutch the sheets, fear slowly settling deep into my bones. My mind is dancing, spiraling with doubt, and each thought is louder than the last. «Welcome to my paradise,» you said.…
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«A Mask She Wears» By Aboli Mane
A Mask She Wears By Aboli Mane There is a mask that she wears. She wears an unflappable look of quiet confidence. Its her shield against the wounds that the wolves of the world have seared onto her easily crushed heart. The shield cracks and mends again. It rejoins until…
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The Stars Crossed the Zodiac by Miriam Costa
The Stars Crossed the Zodiac by Miriam Costa They were all made of crystals and fell into my imaginary world.Flowers were born with violet colors and jaguar eyes,They looked at me fixedly, they seemed to sway like my hair in the direction of the wind.The lightning started flashing psychedelic images…
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«I am poetry» by Precious Magdaleno
«I am poetry» by Precious Magdaleno Poetry is me. I am poetry. A kind of art embracing every single cell in the body. A life, breathing another life through words in a world unheard and unseen. Dreaming another dream, yet whispering out loud without fear of waking.Were my thoughts bridging the depths of the soul,…
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«Places My Mind Enter» by Miriam Costa
«Places My Mind Enter» by Miriam Costa Now that I’ve gotten older, my poems keep me company during the day too, while strange men look at me strangely, waiting for sex without shortage.. they usually start showing up at four, depending on the day, the house does not open until six… I…