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Poppies On Ludlow Castle

Spillwords·July 28, 2019

Poppies On Ludlow Castle written by: Willa Cather THROUGH halls of vanished pleasure, And hold of vanished...

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Oh Could I Raise the Darken’d Veil

Spillwords·July 21, 2019

Oh Could I Raise the Darken’d Veil written by: Nathaniel Hawthorne Oh could I raise the darken’d...

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Kubla Khan

Spillwords·July 14, 2019

Kubla Khan a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment. In...

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Bear In There

Spillwords·July 7, 2019

Bear In There a poem by Shel Silverstein There’s a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire– He likes...

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I Hear America Singing

Spillwords·July 4, 2019

I Hear America Singing written by: Walt Whitman I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,...

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Love Is Enough

Spillwords·June 30, 2019

Love Is Enough a poem by William Morris Love is enough: though the world be a-waning, And...

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Love and a Question

Spillwords·June 23, 2019

Love and a Question a poem by Robert Frost A stranger came to the door at eve,...

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To Her Father with Some Verses

Spillwords·June 16, 2019

To Her Father with Some Verses a poem by Anne Bradstreet Most truly honoured, and as truly...

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Nothing Will Die

Spillwords·June 9, 2019

Nothing Will Die a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson When will the stream be aweary of flowing...

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Boston

Spillwords·June 2, 2019

Boston a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson The rocky nook with hill-tops three Looked eastward from the...

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Into The Breach

Spillwords·May 26, 2019

Into The Breach a poem by José de Diego O wretched man in pain who falls and...

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Listen

Spillwords·May 19, 2019

Listen a poem by Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky Listen, if stars are lit it means – there is...

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To My Mother

Spillwords·May 12, 2019

To My Mother a poem by Edgar Allan Poe Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,...

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The Other

Spillwords·May 5, 2019

The Other a poem by Rosario Castellanos Why say the names of gods, stars, spray from an...

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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. ...

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