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Mind Those Gaps, a poem by Dilip Mohapatra at Spillwords.com

Sterile

Elizabeth Fortune·August 22, 2023

Sterile written by: Elizabeth Fortune I’ve been scrubbed clean. They’ve sterilized my brain and peeled back my...

English Poetry

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Hierarcheology

Edward L. Canavan·August 22, 2023

Hierarcheology written by: Edward L. Canavan @Ed_Leo71 illness abundant save for the corridors of power huddled en...

English Poetry

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Sunflowers

D A Angelo·August 22, 2023

Sunflowers written by: D A Angelo The sunflowers dancing to the Macarena don’t care about the crows...

Poetry English

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Girl’s Dreams

Oniria·August 22, 2023

Girl’s Dreams written by: Oniria A girl’s life is always like what she once dreamed, but once...

Poetry English

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Third Age Rebels

Niall Crowley·August 21, 2023

Third Age Rebels written by: Niall Crowley @NiallCrowley_ Nan pauses before the narrow red doorway. It calls...

English Literature

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Litany

John RC Potter·August 21, 2023

Litany written by: John RC Potter Those years, those lovers, those lives, those lies, as I sit...

Poetry English

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I’m A User; I Admit It

Cailey Tarriane·August 21, 2023

I’m A User; I Admit It written by: Cailey Tarriane @caileytarriane they say, hold on to unsturdy...

Poetry English

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Accidental Poet

Flash·August 21, 2023

Accidental Poet written by: Flash It’s really quite a thrill, When someone smiles at what you’ve done....

Poetry English

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Hair Today

Patrick McAteer·August 21, 2023

Hair Today written by: Patrick McAteer Curly black hair, how annoying! It is so difficult to keep...

Literature English

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Becoming

Pacella Chukwuma-Eke·August 21, 2023

Becoming written by: Pacella Chukwuma-Eke @dancing_poet I this poem begins with a girl living inside a canvas...

English Poetry

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Broke

Richard LeDue·August 20, 2023

Broke written by: Richard LeDue @LedueRichard A 9 AM beer doesn’t fix blacking out the night before,...

Want of a Teddy Bear

Fay L. Loomis·August 20, 2023

Want of a Teddy Bear written by: Fay L. Loomis For more than thirty years, my Teddy...

English Literature

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That Glorious Sound

Eileen Clark·August 20, 2023

That Glorious Sound written by: Eileen Clark @DiixieLove Every kid loves to hear that glorious sound The...

Poetry English

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Cierto Es

Jose A Gomez·August 20, 2023

Cierto Es written by: José A Gómez Si bella tu eres por dentro Mas bella eres por...

Poetry Jose A Gomez Spanish

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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