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The New Year Wish, 2025

By: Gulshan Ara The human mind, the most unexplored wonder of the universeHas the limitless potential to explore, discover and createAs limitless as the ever-expanding universe Nature itself offers immense examples to complement human thoughtsJust listen carefully,Listen to the inherent…

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The Charioteer’s Tale

By Rich Elliott I did not mean to take off his ear, you see. We were driving into a turn, Scorpus to the right of me, a half-length ahead. I needed to hold the inside. So I went to the…

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‘The Dream’ and other poems

By: Richard LeDue The Dream It’s hard to accept all the love songswere written about peoplewho have nothing to do with me,especially as my grey hair colours inthe loneliness one calls retirement The TV set to just loud enoughto prove…

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“Karoshi”: Are you working yourself to death?

By James Aitchison Once, the culture of overworking yourself to death was unique to Japan.  “Karoshi”, which literally means death by overwork, claims worker lives from heart failure, stroke, sleep deprivation and exhaustion, mental health issues and suicide — the…

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‘Communication’ and other poems

By: James Aitchison Communication A slow soft voicespeaks in my soul.Of wisdom and love,I learn.The tapestry of lives,I clearly see.Of recurring faults,I am aware.To instruction,I awake.The means to overcomeearthly bondage,are mine.Without fear,I will live. A pure heart I ask nothing…

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Enigma of Life

By: Vanaja Malathy There’s no full stop in lifeonly commashere and there semicolons and colonsbut no full stopin grief or triumph                                    we are clueless  we journey through life watching through the windowthe fresh colourful beauty outsidewe wish to grip the…

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

By: Bruce Levine The twelve days of Christmas Focused on the time That three wise men Travelled to Bethlehem Seeking the Nativity Bearing gifts for the child Born in a manger Destined to be a King Fulfilling the prophecy Of…

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‘Berryman in Dublin’ and other poems

By: Enda Boyle Berryman in Dublin Thirty years later the Shakespearian scholar returned.Sporting a Falstaffian beard in search of a diffrent shadeThe city of his liteary idols became the ideal stageWith which to perform the role of the wisecrackingDrunken, firework-bright…