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Circus in Three Rings

Spillwords·January 30, 2022

Circus in Three Rings a poem by Sylvia Plath In the circus tent of a hurricane designed...

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A Character

Spillwords·January 23, 2022

A Character a poem by William Wordsworth I marvel how Nature could ever find space For so...

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Coney Island

Spillwords·January 16, 2022

Coney Island a poem by Sara Teasdale Why did you bring me here? The sand is white...

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London

Spillwords·January 9, 2022

London a poem by William Blake I wandered through each chartered street, Near where the chartered Thames...

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To Health

Spillwords·January 2, 2022

To Health written by: Jan Kochanowski translated by: William Auld - Health, You are grand - though none understand...

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Christmas Carol

Spillwords·December 26, 2021

Christmas Carol a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar Ring out, ye bells! All Nature swells With gladness...

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As The Time Draws Nigh

Spillwords·December 12, 2021

As The Time Draws Nigh a poem by Walt Whitman As the time draws nigh, glooming, a...

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I Dreamed My Genesis

Spillwords·December 5, 2021

I Dreamed My Genesis a poem by Dylan Thomas I dreamed my genesis in sweat of sleep,...

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Just A Glance

Spillwords·November 28, 2021

Just A Glance a poem by Amir Khusro You’ve taken away my looks, my identity, by just...

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Thanksgiving

Spillwords·November 21, 2021

Thanksgiving a poem by James Whitcomb Riley Let us be thankful—not only because Since last our universal...

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Flower

Spillwords·November 14, 2021

Flower a poem by Rabindranath Tagore Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear...

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November

Spillwords·November 7, 2021

November a poem by Thomas Hood No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon –...

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Theme in Yellow

Spillwords·October 24, 2021

Theme in Yellow a poem by Carl Sandburg I spot the hills With yellow balls in autumn....

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Spillwords·October 17, 2021

Nothing Gold Can Stay a poem by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue...

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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