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Spillwords·January 31, 2016

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

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Embrace Noir

Spillwords·January 24, 2016

Embrace Noir Poetry by Nick Flynn I go back to the scene where the two men embrace &...

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Still I Rise

Spillwords·January 17, 2016

Still I Rise written by: Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter,...

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The Oval Portrait

Spillwords·January 10, 2016

THE OVAL PORTRAIT by Edgar Allan Poe (1850) THE CHATEAU into which my valet had ventured to make...

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Spillwords·January 4, 2016

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening written by: ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think...

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A Wish For A Friend

Spillwords·March 17, 2015

A Wish for a Friend Wishing you a rainbow For sunlight after showers— Miles and miles of...

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An Old Irish Blessing

Spillwords·March 17, 2015

An Old Irish Blessing May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind always be at...

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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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Still I Rise

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

A Wish For A Friend

An Old Irish Blessing

Santa’s Dead!

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