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As On A Holiday

Spillwords·December 13, 2020

As On A Holiday a poem by Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes...

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The Mad Lover

Spillwords·December 6, 2020

The Mad Lover a poem by Washington Allston At the Grave of his Mistress Stay, gentle Stranger,...

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Fortune

Spillwords·November 29, 2020

Fortune a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer This wrecched worldes transmutacioun, As wele or wo, now povre and...

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Thoughts of Thanksgiving

Spillwords·November 22, 2020

Thoughts of Thanksgiving a poem by Charles Frederick White Thanksgiving day is coming soon, That long remembered...

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Conscientious Objector

Spillwords·November 15, 2020

Conscientious Objector a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay I shall die, but that is all that...

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Common Cold

Spillwords·November 8, 2020

Common Cold a poem by Ogden Nash Go hang yourself, you old M.D.! You shall not sneer...

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Our President

Spillwords·November 1, 2020

Our President a poem by Katharine Lee Bates GOD help him! Ay, and let us help him,...

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The Vampire

Spillwords·October 25, 2020

The Vampire a poem by: Conrad Aiken She rose among us where we lay. She wept, we...

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There Is Another Sky

Spillwords·October 18, 2020

There Is Another Sky a poem by: Emily Dickinson There is another sky, Ever serene and fair,...

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The Buried Life

Spillwords·October 11, 2020

The Buried Life a poem by: Matthew Arnold Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet,...

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The Frog

Spillwords·October 4, 2020

The Frog a poem by: Christina Rossetti Contemptuous of his home beyond The village and the village...

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A Little Poem

Spillwords·September 27, 2020

A Little Poem a poem by: George Orwell A happy vicar I might have been Two hundred...

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Magdalen Walks

Spillwords·September 20, 2020

Magdalen Walks a poem by: Oscar Wilde The little white clouds are racing over the sky, And...

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Before The Cask of Wine

Spillwords·September 13, 2020

Before The Cask of Wine a poem by: Li Bai The spring wind comes from the east...

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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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