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1. Glimpses (38 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 10-11-2023 | Poems
Gary Beck/Glimpses   Coincidence? We survived the Cold War, though a few times obliteration murmured and defeated the Soviet Union by outspending the big, bad, bear. Yet ongoing threats to American security changed the nation, gave the oligarchs opportunity ...

2. Molecular Distortion (146 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 23-08-2023 | Poems
Gary Beck/Molecular Distortion   Dumbing Down The rush of technology in the Information Age has left many behind. The switch from horse and buggy to the automobile separated those who couldn’t catch up to the new ride and eager drivers. The challenge to...

3. Discoveries (366 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 11-02-2023 | Poems
Gary Beck/Discoveries   Strange Surroundings I have always lived in alien enclaves. never taking root no matter how long I stayed in one place long enough to belong, my distance from others engraved in my soul, that for some reason, cause, curse, inheritance,...

4. Stillness (539 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 02-11-2022 | Poems
Sixty-nine tears dropping from only one eye: sixty-nine tears and the sound of a heart splitting in two. In some corner of the gloomy large room, a soul breaking free. Happiness, sadness, all that stuff doesn't matter anymore; only the feeling of freedom matters, only the feeling...

5. Double Envelopment (570 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 16-09-2022 | Poems
Gary Beck/Double Envelopment   Unfair A child asked me: “Why do some people have so much and some so little?” I searched for words of comfort, but found none. I considered explanations, greed, capitalism, inherited wealth, but they wouldn’t mea...

6. A Carnival of Freaks (550 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 27-07-2022 | Poems
The monkey's praying, the baby is asleep and the monk goes on a trip. Grandma's shouting, playing free, under a palm tree. A lot of elephants behind me, speeding for a cup of tea. Yellow circles on the ground, someone gets the black cat bound. A mad woman barks like a dog, whil...

7. Last Words (545 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 12-07-2022 | Poems
To western sites I retreat, so dark and so deep. In a winter palace my soul bleeds, in a battle field my body splits. To eastern sites I retreat, so dark and so deep. Distant ghosts echoes my voice, heavy machines run with big noises. To southern sites I retreat, so dark and so deep. ...

8. Unillumined (882 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 08-05-2022 | Poems
Gary Beck/Unillumined   City Fixture The homeless sit on unrelenting streets cardboard signs advertising need. Passersby seldom notice the invisable men hulking on concrete nests.     Learning Gap The pace of life changes incrementally. the...

9. The Answer (609 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 11-04-2022 | Poems
"Tell me why," the small poet asked the cold wind, "I'm so tiny and the stars are so big; crowded houses, everywhere full of people, and I'm lying alone in this little patch of ground. Tell me why my lyrics don't reach the skies, and my mood is always darker th...

10. Benefits of exercise (888 times seen)
By John Smith | 24-03-2022 | Articles
Benefits of Weight Training: Get Fit, Lose Weight, Build a Greater Body, and Prevent Disease. Many have benefited from our training, but they are both generally conveniently one of two types. Health, self-esteem, mind-body fusion Adjusting and postponing injury or chronic health conditions ...

11. Unveilings (705 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 28-01-2022 | Poems
Gary Beck/Unveilings   Political Sketch Too many of us have become so angry, so self-righteous we don’t care if our country is torn apart, rather than reach across the great divide and compromise. Soon we will be like Russia oligarchs, functionaries, se...

12. Amazing Echoes (728 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 23-01-2022 | Poems
Crazy horses for the dead boys, wild horses for the still boys; so they can run the last ride, before dying again. Fast cars for the dead boys, loaded guns for the still boys; so they can breathe for the last time, before ending life again. I'm Macbeth, I'm Hamlet, I'm the mo...

13. Advantages of using bitcoin to bet online (863 times seen)
By Miscellany | 22-01-2022 | Sports Betting
You cannot imagine how much I dislike the Treasury and banks. They have ruined many people's lives, because they show no mercy to anyone. They can leave you homeless, just because you have lost your job, and cannot pay the money that they ask for. It is no use telling them that you need more tim...

14. Sports Betting Jargon (589 times seen)
By Miscellany | 22-01-2022 | Sports Betting
Today I will talk about sports betting jargon, which can be useful for learners of English, and for those that are not familiarised with those terms. I have visited the following website: onlinebetting.nz, and I have come across the words below:   punter / bettor (American English): Someo...

15. Online Sports Betting (674 times seen)
By Miscellany | 21-01-2022 | Sports Betting
It is a fact that many people like playing the lottery, doing the pools, gambling at casinos, betting on sports, and so forth. Some of them even dream of becoming rich, which is a long shot.   Some types of gambling, such as playing roulette or slots, do not require any previous knowledge...

16. Lottery and Sports Betting (607 times seen)
By Miscellany | 21-01-2022 | Sports Betting
The word lottery has two meanings: 1. Governments sell lottery tickets as a way of raising money. They have a number printed on it. If you buy a winning number, you win a cash prize. If you win the first prize, it will make you rich. However, as you know, that is the same as looking for a needle ...

17. Shaken Words (583 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 15-01-2022 | Poems
No sad light inside this golden eye. No long finger pointing to the end of nothing. And the mad man cried out, inside the heavy walled room, like a bird trapped in a cage, like a man tied to a family. White clouds like cotton sealing the landscape, and at the mountain top, a woman scream...

18. Purpose (683 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 29-08-2021 | Poems
Gary Beck/Purpose   Assessment I sit among the aged, infirm, in the hospital room and know I am aged, infirm.   Unlike some I do not cry: 'where did the time go?' I know where it went. A lot of excitement. A lot of fulfillment.   Frustrat...

19. Where is justice? (855 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 03-05-2021 | Pseudopoems
Where is justice? I find her nowhere, but she does not seem to care. Where is justice? I have looked for her everywhere, but she is to be found nowhere. Where is justice? She does not appear to exist, but some people want to make us believe she does. Where is justice? S...

20. Maybe (812 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 02-04-2021 | Poems
Seven days, seven drinks, seven nights and seven nightmares. Seven flowers, just only one for you, seven storms and seven shipwrecks. Seven headaches, all of them for you, seven weapons and just one wound. Seven armies to do nothing, seven deserts and seven losts. Seven chairs and nobody...

21. Lacerations (817 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 19-03-2021 | Poems
Gary Beck/Lacerations   Oglescope The weather is still warm enough for women to wear short skirts, tight tops, bare midriffs, a visual pleasure for those who care to look, soon to be removed with the first chill of fall.   Ponderous Changes In the ...

22. Learning Curve (916 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 02-11-2020 | Poems
Gary Beck/Learning Curve   Urban Reaches Alone in a great city strangers pass, intent on jobs, crime, shopping, terror. I know not what. They all look remote, don’t say ‘good morning’, don’t meet my gaze, except the hostiles, when I qu...

23. Section 8 Leased Housing (1263 times seen)
By Raanan Geberer | 07-09-2020 | Short Stories
By Raanan Geberer It was an ordinary day at the office of the Section 8 Leased Housing Bronx Team No. 2 at the New York Housing Authority’s Central Office. Today was one of the two days a week Rob Bergman went out on apartment inspections. First he’d have to wait for his partner, Manu...

24. Calm Before the Storm (922 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 28-08-2020 | Poems
No birds singing, no leaves swinging; oh baby, it's the calm before the storm. No lightened houses, no cars running, no people wandering the streets; I tell you, brother, it's the calm before the storm. No breathings emitted, no sounds heard, no words spoken; take it for granted,...

25. The Heartbroken Song (951 times seen)
By Josep Maria Garolera Carreras | 07-06-2020 | Poems
Come with me lonely cowboy, come with me for a walk, I'll show you lovely things You've never seen before. Both of us know what's the matter, She's gone away, she's gone away and won't ever come back. So, forget her pale blue eyes, her long blonde hair, and ...

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