Literary Greats Archives - Page 16 of 37

Home

Literary Greats

Old Ironsides

Spillwords·September 19, 2021

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

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

Thanatopsis

Spillwords·September 12, 2021

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

English Literary Greats Poetry

·2 mins read

Crossing The Bar

Spillwords·September 5, 2021

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

English Poetry Literary Greats

·1 min read

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...

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

A Galloway Song

Spillwords·August 22, 2021

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

English Literary Greats Poetry

·1 min read

Fairyland

Spillwords·August 15, 2021

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

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Cinderella

Spillwords·August 8, 2021

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

English Literary Greats Poetry

·2 mins read

Gulliver

Spillwords·August 1, 2021

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

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

Lines On Ale

Spillwords·July 25, 2021

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

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

A Night Thought

Spillwords·July 18, 2021

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

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

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...

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Concord Hymn

Spillwords·July 4, 2021

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

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Dreamland

Spillwords·June 27, 2021

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

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Father

Spillwords·June 20, 2021

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

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

Features

Interviews

Literary Greats