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Old Ironsides

Spillwords·September 19, 2021

Old Ironsides a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has...

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Thanatopsis

Spillwords·September 12, 2021

Thanatopsis a poem by William Cullen Bryant To him who in the love of nature holds Communion...

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Crossing The Bar

Spillwords·September 5, 2021

Crossing The Bar a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson Sunset and evening star, And one clear call...

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A Tear and A Smile

Spillwords·August 29, 2021

A Tear and A Smile a poem by Khalil Gibran I would not exchange the sorrows of...

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A Galloway Song

Spillwords·August 22, 2021

A Galloway Song a poem by John Keats Ah! ken ye what I met the day Out...

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Fairyland

Spillwords·August 15, 2021

Fairyland a poem by Rabindranath Tagore If people came to know where my king’s palace is, it...

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Cinderella

Spillwords·August 8, 2021

Cinderella a poem by Anne Sexton You always read about it: the plumber with the twelve children...

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Gulliver

Spillwords·August 1, 2021

Gulliver a poem by Kenneth Slessor I’LL kick your walls to bits, I’ll die scratching a tunnel,...

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Lines On Ale

Spillwords·July 25, 2021

Lines on Ale a poem by Edgar Allan Poe Filled with mingled cream and amber, I will...

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A Night Thought

Spillwords·July 18, 2021

A Night Thought a poem by William Wordsworth Lo! where the Moon along the sky Sails with...

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Sonnet 116: ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds…’

Spillwords·July 11, 2021

Sonnet 116: ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds…’ a poem by William Shakespeare Let...

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Concord Hymn

Spillwords·July 4, 2021

Concord Hymn a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their...

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Dreamland

Spillwords·June 27, 2021

Dreamland a poem by Lewis Carroll When midnight mists are creeping, And all the land is sleeping,...

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Father

Spillwords·June 20, 2021

Father a poem by Edgar Albert Guest My father knows the proper way The nation should be...

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Simona is a Romanian-born published author living in UK where she enjoys her profession as a radiographer and writing as her biggest passion. Her first traditional published poetry book, Visările dintre castani (Daydreams among chestnut trees) came out this year (Siono Publishing House in Romania). Her writings are posted online on Spillwords, Webcultura, eCreator and Belgium Time. Being a woman, a daughter, a sister, a mother, an expat, a Transylvanian and a Londoner now, Simona is taking the sight to personal life experience with a social writing touch. She is a member of the World Jam, a worldwide poetry and music community based in Nottingham, where she discovered the joy of performing on stage as a poet. Simona’s most significant writing advocates and supporters are her sons who are pursuing their dreams while completing their PhD courses.

THE END OR A NEW BEGINNING? by Cristina Crucianu

I woke up to my grandmother whispering to me: “It’s over. She’s passed.”

Like an automaton, I got up, and I obliged myself to hand in the project I had been hired for before all the frenzy of organizing a funeral began. A calm sky was lazily waking up as if nothing had happened. In the distance, the roosters’ crows were alerting the villagers that it was time to wake up. The crow, accompanied by the incessant barking of neighbors’ dogs, was the perfect alarm system that even the highest alarm systems could not compete with...

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