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Loneliness

Spillwords·April 5, 2026

Loneliness a poem by: John Betjeman The last year’s leaves are on the beech: The twigs are...

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As The Poems Go

Spillwords·March 29, 2026

As The Poems Go a poem by: Charles Bukowski as the poems go into the thousands you...

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Spring

Spillwords·March 22, 2026

Spring a poem by: Gerard Manley Hopkins Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in...

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Clenched Soul

Spillwords·March 15, 2026

Clenched Soul a poem by: Pablo Neruda We have lost even this twilight. No one saw us...

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Advice to a Girl

Spillwords·March 8, 2026

Advice to a Girl a poem by: Sara Teasdale No one worth possessing Can be quite possessed;...

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I Fellowed Sleep

Spillwords·March 1, 2026

I Fellowed Sleep a poem by: Dylan Thomas I fellowed sleep who kissed me in the brain,...

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From A German War Primer

Spillwords·February 22, 2026

From A German War Primer a poem by: Bertolt Brecht AMONGST THE HIGHLY PLACED It is considered...

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Valentine

Spillwords·February 15, 2026

Valentine a poem by: Elinor Wylie Too high, too high to pluck My heart shall swing. A...

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Winter Memories

Spillwords·February 8, 2026

Winter Memories a poem by: Henry David Thoreau Within the circuit of this plodding life There enter...

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There Is Pleasure In The Pathless Woods

Spillwords·February 1, 2026

There Is Pleasure In The Pathless Woods a poem by: George Gordon Byron There is a pleasure...

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Apostroph

Spillwords·January 25, 2026

Apostroph a poem by: Walt Whitman O MATER! O fils! O brood continental! O flowers of the...

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Blight

Spillwords·January 18, 2026

Blight a poem by: Edna St. Vincent Millay Hard seeds of hate I planted That should by...

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A Winter Ship

Spillwords·January 11, 2026

A Winter Ship a poem by: Sylvia Plath At this wharf there are no grand landings to...

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A Chilly Night

Spillwords·January 4, 2026

A Chilly Night a poem by: Christina Rossetti I rose at the dead of night And went...

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G. Lynn Brown's heart and soul are hopeful romantics but can't type, so she does it for them, exposing their vulnerability and spilling their deepest secrets into her notes app as poetry and the occasional bit of flash fiction. No surprise that, with such passionate and emotionally driven voices within her, love, in all its facets, is the subject of most of her work - romance, daydreams, sweet dreams, soulmates, cosmic connections, and longing, missing, heartache, what if's and what could be's. And when she isn't ghostwriting for her heart or transcribing her soul's diary, G. Lynn is EIC of Micromance Magazine, where she reads and publishes sweet romance flash fiction and evocative romantic poetry daily.

Conversations and Genie by Chris Gee

The Wednesday before my birthday, I remembered trying to do homework and producing nothing but sweat. Even with the doors and windows opened to screens, the air just wasn’t moving. I even tried staring at the mountains and vegging. But my mind kept hearing whispers from town—that the fires raging across its East Ridge would turn on us when the wind changed. Right before dusk, Aunty Meg called me out for evening chores. As I tossed out scratch for the chickens, a gust blew through, dropping the temperature. ...

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