End of Year Reviews
THAT Year 2020
If 2020 was a perfect year, I should not have started heartbroken and rejected. No…
Serendipity
At the end of 2019, just before the pandemic hit in early 2020, I had…
Good Year, Regardless
Good year, regardless. https://t.co/ErKwYWVNdF — Uncle Emeka (@_diGREAT) December 5, 2020 Every year since…
My COVID19 Experience
This year more than any other before now, I came to grips with my own…
Direction
It is time to start sharing, I have been reading stories.ng for 5 years now…
The Year That Should Have Been
I was pretty enthusiastic to write on my “Passion, Pain, and Progress” last year. I…
The Year of Pause
I think we can all agree 2020 has been a weird year. I bet everyone’s…
My 2020: Mercy
2020 I haven’t been able to write since October, and before I “couldn’t write”,…
Happy New Year: Moyin
You know, every year when I write these, I feel the urge to be positive…
Call For Entries – The 2020 Year in Review
“So I looked, and behold, an ashen (pale greenish gray) horse [like a corpse, representing…
Latest Submissions
Travelogue
Mainely Maine
I love the US. I won’t lie, I have loved it since I was a child and read books too big for my small head. The first book I read of John…
Te Amo Cartagena
Cartagena catches me by surprise and I don’t even know why. Our hotel is right next to the beach and within 24 hours I get the beach glow. You know, the one…
Five Must See States In the US
The United States of America is humongous. There are 50 states in all, each one with its unique identity. You can travel from one state in the East Coast to another in…
Poets' Corner
We Want to Love Other People
I feel it, in the silence between seconds, the flash of your smile, and the caricature of our friendship. It licks my skin in the clockwork of her breathing; When it is…
Let’s Talk About
Let’s talk about how the man in the tattered garb isn’t the only one with screws missing. A thousand hugs for all the worlds of pain behind that beautiful smile. Say hello…
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY WHEN I STAYED
I’ve stopped needing you in the ways that I needed you. I’ve stop wanting you in the ways that I craved you. I loved you, so many times I loved you much…
Fleeting: The Final Act
Fleeting: The Final Act Looking back now, staring long and hard into the Abyss I have become, Forever lost in a 24 hour loop of Midnight, I see it all clearly now,…
The Circle
The Circle is the perfect shape, the perfect symbolism of all things, Infinite, Eternal, Forever-lasting, I stared at the circle and saw it stare back at me, Simple to behold at first…