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Moment In Flight, a poem by Clay Miller at Spillwords.com

Highways

Pratik Mitra·February 20, 2025

Highways written by: Pratik Mitra Highways are best to get lost. Thoughts are focused like sunray. Only...

Poetry English

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An Hour With You

P.M. Jack·February 19, 2025

An Hour With You written by: P.M. Jack - I always hated the cold, winter weather. The damp air...

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The Balance Sheet of Being

Ekansha Malkoti·February 19, 2025

The Balance Sheet of Being written by: Ekansha Malkoti In the quiet hours with my accountancy books,...

English Poetry

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Speaking to Starlings

Tina Hudak·February 19, 2025

Speaking to Starlings written by: Tina Hudak She whispers to the birds, I am sick of metaphors!...

English Poetry

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I Wish My Life Was a Wes Anderson Film

beachglass·February 19, 2025

I Wish My Life Was a Wes Anderson Film written by: beachglass each morning an aesthetic pastel...

English Poetry

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Voices Beyond Borders

Mohammad Erfun Amin·February 19, 2025

Voices Beyond Borders written by: Mohammad Erfun Amin @AminErfun I was born in the land, Arakan, But...

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My Amazone

Hummxngbxrd·February 19, 2025

My Amazone written by: Hummxngbxrd @hummxngbxrd_pen Without you I was like dry land, No rain, no seed,...

English Poetry

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Author Of The Year 2024 Interview

Melissa Lemay·February 18, 2025

Author Of The Year 2024 Interview Melissa Lemay We offer this exclusive Q&A Interview with Melissa Lemay, Author...

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Windows

Jackie Chou·February 18, 2025

Windows written by: Jackie Chou I am a face reflected on graffitied panes of buses and balconies...

English Poetry

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Birdin’ the Yalobusha

Cynthia Griffin·February 18, 2025

Birdin' the Yalobusha written by: Cynthia Griffin - Sloshin’ through mud choked with rottin’ leaves...

English Literature

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The Bickerers

Jim Murdoch·February 18, 2025

The Bickerers written by: Jim Murdoch We bicker. Seems to be an old age thing, bickering. Neighbours...

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Dreams of the Shore, Guided by Grace

Willie Torres Jr.·February 18, 2025

Dreams of the Shore, Guided by Grace written by: Willie Torres Jr. @torres_willie From the time I...

English Poetry

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Her Royal Majesty

John Oguntoyinbo·February 18, 2025

Her Royal Majesty written by: John Oguntoyinbo - She had been like that from the womb-her royal majesty...

English Literature

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The Lecher’s Lament

Shannon Winestone·February 17, 2025

The Lecher’s Lament written by: Shannon Winestone @thenewstylus For all night long I dreamed of you: I...

English Poetry

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I was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. At fifteen I left school without the skills or maturity to appreciate the wider world. At nineteen I packed a bag and wandered through Europe and North Africa, learning from the road. At twenty‑five I earned the qualifications for university, eventually becoming a high school teacher and later an education manager. Now I live with my amazing wife on an island north of Seattle. After retiring and with encouragement from Spillwords and the Clever Park Writers Group, I traded reports for storytelling. And that's where the fiction began...

Cast Off by Niall Crowley

The two computer screens tighten their grip. Tom pivots between them, tracking one while he works on the other. Careful discipline from early morning to close of business. Number crunching, he would have termed it before. Now it’s data management and verification, his task to model and tabulate clients’ financial situations and options. Bookkeeping, he would admit to, in more candid moments. He’s tethered firmly to the task, though, and has been since he started here, nearly two years now. Bound in the rigour the work requires, as if life itself depends on it. Top floor, dormer window ...

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