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Here In This Spring

Spillwords·March 21, 2021

Here In This Spring a poem by Dylan Thomas Here in this spring, stars float along the...

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The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Spillwords·March 14, 2021

The Lake Isle of Innisfree a poem by William Butler Yeats I will arise and go now,...

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Barren Woman

Spillwords·March 7, 2021

Barren Woman a poem by Sylvia Plath Empty, I echo to the least footfall, Museum without statues,...

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Later Life

Spillwords·February 28, 2021

Later Life a poem by Christina Rossetti Something this foggy day, a something which Is neither of...

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Artist’s Life

Spillwords·February 21, 2021

Artist’s Life a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote, mad...

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A Blue Valentine

Spillwords·February 14, 2021

A Blue Valentine a poem by Joyce Kilmer For Aline Monsignore, Right Reverend Bishop Valentinus, Sometime...

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I Have Loved Flowers That Fade

Spillwords·February 7, 2021

I Have Loved Flowers That Fade a poem by Robert Bridges I have loved flowers that fade,...

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An Old Story

Spillwords·January 31, 2021

An Old Story a poem by Robert W Service They threw him in a prison cell; He...

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A Winter Night

Spillwords·January 24, 2021

A Winter Night a poem by Robert Burns When biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro’...

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At The Sea-Side

Spillwords·January 17, 2021

At The Sea-Side a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the sea A...

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A Fantasy

Spillwords·January 10, 2021

A Fantasy a poem by James Whitcomb Riley A fantasy that came to me As wild and...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Solitude

Spillwords·January 3, 2021

Solitude a poem by Alexander Pope I How happy he, who free from care The rage of...

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There For The Making

Spillwords·December 27, 2020

There For The Making a poem by Elyse May The New Years comes to bring change into...

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Christmas Eve 1836

Spillwords·December 20, 2020

Christmas Eve 1836 a poem by Henry Alford The stars are clear and frosty, and the Earth...

Literary Greats Poetry English Christmas

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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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