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My Last Duchess

Spillwords·June 11, 2017

My Last Duchess a poem by Robert Browning That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking...

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The Whipping

Spillwords·June 4, 2017

The Whipping a poem by Robert Hayden The old woman across the way is whipping the boy...

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Decade

Spillwords·May 28, 2017

Decade a poem by Amy Lowell When you came, you were like red wine and honey, And...

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What would I do without this world

Spillwords·May 21, 2017

What would I do without this world a poem by Samuel Beckett what would I do without...

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My Mother

Spillwords·May 14, 2017

My Mother a poem by Claude McKay I Reg wished me to go with him to the...

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So You Want To Be A Writer

Spillwords·May 7, 2017

So You Want To Be A Writer a poem by Charles Bukowski if it doesn’t come...

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A Daughter Of Eve

Spillwords·April 30, 2017

A Daughter Of Eve a poem by Christina Rossetti A fool I was to sleep at noon,...

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First Love

Spillwords·April 23, 2017

First Love a poem by John Clare I ne’er was struck before that hour With love so...

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A Wish

Spillwords·April 16, 2017

A Wish a poem by Matthew Arnold I ask not that my bed of death From...

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A True Account Of Talking To The Sun On Fire Island

Spillwords·April 9, 2017

A True Account Of Talking To The Sun On Fire Island a poem by Frank O’Hara The...

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Love After Love

Spillwords·April 2, 2017

Love After Love a poem by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will...

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Dirge

Spillwords·March 26, 2017

Dirge a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson Knows he who tills this lonely field To reap its...

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Humanity i love you

Spillwords·March 19, 2017

Humanity i love you a poem by Edward Estlin (E. E.) Cummings Humanity i love you because...

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The New Colossus

Spillwords·March 12, 2017

The New Colossus a poem by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With...

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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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