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In memoriam, Thomas
In memoriam, Thomas
 
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Golden Age
 
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Twinkling in the sky
 
Characters
Characters
 
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Folly

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    Ken Holland has had work widely published in such journals as Rattle, Atlanta Review, Pedestal Magazine, and Tar River Poetry. He was awarded first place in several competitions including New . . .
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    David Tovy (1936-2009) was born in Egypt and at the age of 16 he immigrated to Israel by himself. In his early forties he began to write poetry (mostly in English, although it was not his native . . .
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    Ten short works of Kashmiri writer Arjun Razdan have been published in literary magazines in the US, in Portugal, in India, Pakistan and Kashmir. In 2016, he published Once It is Done in . . .
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    May 18, 2025
    Lorely Forrester was born in Kenya, raised in the Caribbean and started writing as a young child. She later graduated from King’s, London Uni, then worked in documentaries and magazines in . . .
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AMANTIUM IRAE

At evening Galatea slammed-to the doors in my face, flinging at me a speech of scorn. "Scorn breaks love"; idly wanders this proverb; her scorn inflames my love-madness the more. For I swore I would stay a year away from her; out and alas! but with break of day I went to make supplication.

PAULUS SILENTIARIUS

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