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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Where'd The Idea For That Come From? by Erika Raskin
Writers write. Worriers worry. I am quite adept at doing both. You know, simultaneously. I penned my first book, Close, while partaking in a […]
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Last Words: Mysteries of Life by Richard Weaver
for Nana Pansy “Give these to Weaver,” you said. The books that saw you through sleeplessness. “I’m done with reading.” You already k […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Of Goats and Men by Sharon Ackerman
I step outside right at sunrise when night creatures are still on the move. It’s a threshold hour, a groundhog slogs under the fence or a fawn s […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ian, Who Lives on the Mountain Overlooking the City Where He Works by John Brantingham
On a foggy dawn like this, at the edge of the cliff, at the edge of winter when the wind is blowing through the forest, all the ice chips […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Moosehead by John Matthews
I had just helped a young neighbor, much younger than me, dig an annoying stump out of his yard. We were tired and muddy, but he invited me into […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Dolphin, with Number by Ty Phelps
Ty Phelps has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest Dolphin, with Number The city stretches out beyondthe marshland, […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 months ago
Under the River Bridge by Paul C. Rosenblatt
The summer before I turned fifteen I often biked with my two best friends to Chicago’s River Park, thirty acres of grass, trees, paths, playgrounds, a […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 2 months ago
Scientists Say it's Time to Prepare for Human Extinction by David B. Prather
—article title by Gwyn Wright, via swns.com …………….. …..Let me make light of the situation, travel to the nearest inter […]
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 2 months, 1 week ago
To Solve America by Fred Wilbur
I got to have it (just a little bit) […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 2 months, 1 week ago
The Driver by John Beck
John Beck has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest The Driver In 1925, Pius XI made you, St. Frances, the patron of […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 months, 1 week ago
Flowers by William Cass
As I marked another donation box I’d filled with my son’s trach supplies, the doorbell rang. Two men in identical ball caps and polo shir […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 2 months, 2 weeks ago
We Left My Father and Sister at Home by Joan Mazza
Joan Mazza has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest We Left My Father and Sister at Home Because my mother didn’t d […]
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Elizabeth Howard wrote a new post 2 months, 3 weeks ago
In Other Words by Elizabeth Meade Howard
Remember letters? Ones that came in the mail with stamps and occasional foreign postmarks? Remember that moment of anticipation before […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 months, 3 weeks ago
My Inspiring Journey by Sean Nishi
Studio City, November, 2016 Had a great time going back home for Thanksgiving. Everyone was there—Mom, Dad, my Sister, our championship horse S […]
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Apology for Ralph's Mule by Joyce Compton Brown
Joyce Compton Brown is the 3rd place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest Apology for Ralph’s Mule …and before them went the mule […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 months, 3 weeks ago
My Father Unknown by Laura Shaine
How do you knock on a door that, all your life, you imagined opening? I stood at a fateful address on the edge of the historic district of Old […]
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Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Another Season of Winners by Susan Shafarzek
We’re happy to announce the 2024 Streetlight Essay/Memoir contest winners. With an emphasis on memoir, the winners are as follows: First Prize w […]
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Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 3 months ago
Considering My Last Carbon Footprint by Patricia Hemminger
Patricia Hemminger is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s 2023 Poetry Contest Considering My Last Carbon Footprint New York Governor L […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 3 months ago
No YOU Say it Erika Raskin
Someone asked me what a writer’s voice is. I was momentarily tongue-tied. It’s a tricky concept to capture and describe–a little like trying […]
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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 3 months, 1 week ago
Transference by MaryLewis Meador
Lucy and Henry are not an unusual couple. They forgive slights, hold some grudges, and share hilarity at mispronunciations, bad teeth, and […]
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