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Risk

Spillwords·October 3, 2021

Risk a poem by Anais Nin And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight...

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Sea Fever

Spillwords·September 26, 2021

Sea Fever a poem by John Masefield I must go down to the seas again, to the...

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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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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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