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All The World’s A Stage

Spillwords·April 24, 2016

All The World’s A Stage a poem by William Shakespeare All the world’s a stage, And all...

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I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud ( Daffodils)

Spillwords·April 17, 2016

I wandered Lonely As A Cloud (Daffodils) a poem by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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A Book

Spillwords·April 10, 2016

A Book the poetry of Emily Dickinson There is no frigate like a book To take us...

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I,Too

Spillwords·April 3, 2016

I,Too a poem by: Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Prairies

Spillwords·March 27, 2016

The Prairies BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT These are the gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn fields,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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O Captain! My Captain!

Spillwords·March 20, 2016

O Captain! My Captain! By Walt Whitman 1819–1892 O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Count That Day Lost

Spillwords·March 13, 2016

Count That Day Lost by George Eliot If you sit down at set of sun And count...

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Flower of Love

Spillwords·March 6, 2016

Flower of Love a poem by Oscar Wilde Sweet, I blame you not, for mine the fault...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Grave and The Rose

Spillwords·February 28, 2016

The Grave And The Rose Poem by Victor Marie Hugo The Grave said to the Rose, “What of...

Literary Greats English

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Spillwords·February 21, 2016

The Charge of the Light Brigade a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809–1892 I Half a league,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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How do I Love Thee

Spillwords·February 14, 2016

How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43) Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 – 1861 How do I love thee?...

English Literary Greats

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A Julia de Burgos

Spillwords·February 7, 2016

A Julia de Burgos a poem by Julia de Burgos Ya las gentes murmuran que yo soy...

Spanish Literary Greats

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If You Forget Me

Spillwords·January 31, 2016

If You Forget Me a poem by Pablo Neruda I want you to know one thing. You know...

English Spanish Literary Greats

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En la brecha

Spillwords·January 31, 2016

En la brecha poema de José de Diego ¡Ah desgraciado si el dolor te abate, si el...

Literary Greats Poetry Spanish

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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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