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Fiction & Poetry

Years Slip Away

    Years Slip Away

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at So-Called Poems) The years seem to slip away like a tide that carries us as tho we are helpless to make use of them– like the

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Neither Proud Nor Ashamed

    Neither Proud Nor Ashamed

ERIC CHAET (originally published at So-Called Poems) Being a poet, engineer, physician or farmer, grocer, builder plumber, electrician, programmer reporter, editor, professor, historian star performer, clerk, or artisan or judge

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A Wave, A Flame

    A Wave, A Flame

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at The 100 So-Called Poems) A wave, a flame the career of one who, like a dog or horse accepts whatever role is assigned by fate

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To Be Great

    To Be Great

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at The 100 So-Called Poems) What if you were to say to me, “You’re great!” In my younger days, I yearned to be told, “You’re great!” But,

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In the Dark

    In the Dark

BRADLEY MASON HAMLIN In the dark you can move anyway you want look crazy arms crooked jump around stupid and

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ghost haiku

    ghost haiku

BRADLEY MASON HAMLIN snowflakes frozen fall self inviting wind chilling alone by fireplace [header art Carl Maria Seyppel (1847–1913), courtesy

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Generosity

    Generosity

ERIC CHAET (first published at The 100 So-Called Poems) What I present to humanity must be generous else it’s part of

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Without Camouflage

    Without Camouflage

ERIC CHAET (originally posted at The 100 So-Called Poems) I didn’t choose camouflage or invisibility. I’ve tried, all along to make

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Third Ring of Hell

    Third Ring of Hell

MICHAEL J BLAIR Perthshire, Scotland Upon walking round a corner from the station, we were faced with a scene straight

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A Sad Business

    A Sad Business

ERIC CHAET (original post from The 100 So-Called Poems) It’s a sad business having one’s work rejected, ignored, overlooked, forgotten & oneself underestimated no demand for what one has to offer

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