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a poem about an alternative reality. written to cope with a less worse, but not any better reality. Read More
In our world of discoveries and inventions, we often forget the importance of our traditions. We overlook the possibility of other lives sharing our space or things beyond our understanding. Read More
Angelica is a rich girl. She falls in love with a young man who is very poor and needy. Her father is against her marriage with someone who is penniless. The situation turns into a tragedy... Read More

Poem / Poetry

March 08, 2024

Reads: 95

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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A pom about the tragedy, sadness, and hopelessness of life. Read More

Reads: 308

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

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the poem title is pretty obvious “Miscarriage”—Mrs. Carriage, it sounds like a pretty pram carriage ride—not the cold, hard truth of “Your baby died.” So many questions I feel inside my heart, my soul, oh, why? My precious baby, why? Before I trusted you were alive, inside my womb you… Read More

Tags: death, tragic, infant

Poem / Poetry

June 29, 2023

Reads: 274

Comments: 1

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Eulogy for a hurricane struck home Read More
The beauty and tragedy of Sandy Denny... Read More

Reads: 222

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

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I wrote this hoping that people would relate to this story in some way shape of form so they won't feel so alone and lost in the world. I hope for people to want to contact me and talk about it with me because i would love to help people… Read More

Poem / Poetry

January 07, 2023

The sights through a window of a bus Read More
In remembrance of the one I love so dearly. I will remember you even if we do not end up together. Read More
As my name would have it, I merely observed. Read More

Poem / Poetry

June 13, 2021

Reads: 424

Comments: 1

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Free verse describing the current mood. Read More

Tags: tragic

Book / Gay and Lesbian

September 13, 2020

Reads: 2005

Comments: 2

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They didn't know each other. Didn't know how they looked. If the person behind the posts was even of the same gender as they claimed to be. Zach and Simon had been talking to each other for weeks now. But they had never met. The Parks Post they called it.… Read More

Tags: love, gay, romance, sad, tragic

Reads: 436

Comments: 1

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In the year 1980, the city of Abra particularly in the Manabo was devastated by huge floods. All the houses and farms were ruined by these calamities. The village were wipe. Jaime and Dior was few of the survivors. As time passed by, a new story was made and developed… Read More

Tags: love, romance, tragic

Landmarks all have a history to them. Some are easily explained with a heroic backstory, while others are simply a mystery, leaving scholars to theorize how they came to be. The Crater of Crone Woods is one example of a landmark. Read More

Poem / Other

June 25, 2020

Reads: 619

Comments: 1

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Beautiful and tragic, a boy tries to find his mother. Read More

Book / Romance

May 28, 2020

Reads: 493

Comments: 1

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Left with promise but never returns. Those red strings tied on the tree to witness the cold love. There the summer and winter become wisp for there's someone standing without hope. Beautiful than the winter snow. Read More
A poem written by Mthokozisi Khotseng. Read More
A cinematic poetry series written by Christian Tripp. Read More

Tags: south, ghetto, tragic

A story where two girls named ella and ena decided to have their sleep over. Ella's dad is lusting over ena so he did the most terrible thing that he can do because of lust. Read More
Life is hard in the land of Irithreal. Beasts prowl on the innocent as war ravages the land. Tales of Irithreal shows the struggles, tragedies, and corruption that the people face in order to survive on the only "free" continent that is Irithreal. Read More
Dedicated to John W. Brown (1970-2019). Read More

Short Story / Memoir

April 19, 2019

Reads: 933

Comments: 3

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A woman finds a plastic bag with horrific contents. Read More

Tags: africa, tragic

Poem / Romance

April 03, 2019

Love is everything we wish it to be and yet it can be everything we wish it not to be. Read More
This is the story of a person who was bullied by society and was hated just by living. Given a second chance, he was given a chance to become better and yet it goes downhill. It is one story that will lift him higher forever. Read More
Modern story describes six girls who do extreme sports. In the story are combined fashion , their lives and extreme sports. Plot? Well, since there are six of them, each of them has special events, but the most important part, and also a part that leaves the strongest impression, the… Read More
To Ducky, she'd never though that love is practical, something logical that can be assessed. Everything changes when she meets Benjamin White. But what happens when not all stories has a happy ending? Read More
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