autumn Archives - Spillwords

There, She Is…

Hema RaviApril 6, 2020

There, She Is... written by: Hema Ravi 'Sky has eaten the moon' said my toddler; we were out shopping on chilly autumn eve; 'It's playing hid...

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Autumn Love

Eddie D. MooreMarch 13, 2020

Autumn Love written by: Eddie D. Moore Morning light through a frosty windowpane. A delicate white bloom among the fallen leaves. New green grass es...

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Throughout Our Dark Minds

LucyMarch 10, 2020

Throughout Our Dark Minds written by: Lucy Amber sunbeams stayed in my dreams; and I recalled whispers throughout our dark minds—autumn when our ey...

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Maple Gang

Michael BallMarch 6, 2020

Maple Gang written by: Michael Ball @whirred Premature defoliation strikes sugar maples, — the boisterous boys who push into the party, sing a qui...

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Motion

BogpanFebruary 27, 2020

Motion written by: Bogpan @panbog2 and autumn will reincarnate at the end of summer when tip of the index finger sticks to the lower lip silence...

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A Spell of Seasonal Weather

Maggie O'BrienFebruary 17, 2020

A Spell of Seasonal Weather written by: Maggie O'Brien Autumn's mellow colours glow To imprint full prism in mind's eye Before approaching snow W...

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Hear The Leaf’s Whisper

Agnieszka KFebruary 16, 2020

Hear The Leaf's Whisper written & translated by: Agnieszka Kuśmierczuk hear the leaf's whisper when it waves in autumn flight for fragility ...

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October Hues

Krishna Chamling aka Kr. ChamlingJanuary 20, 2020

October Hues written by: Kr. Chamling The cool October mornings break into Hot lovely days filled with happiness as the torquesic Green lowlands and...

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The Children of Autumn

Mohamed Ait AliDecember 10, 2019

The Children of Autumn written by: Mohamed Ait Ali Let's sit on this garden bench and mellow out, Let's sit and notice strangers disappearing a...

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Abandonment

EugeniaNovember 28, 2019

Abandonment written by: Franci Eugenia Hoffman @riccikeeper leaves fall to and fro with spirited adventure and nowhere to go...

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Farewell

Ian RichardsonNovember 26, 2019

Farewell written by: Ian Richardson Then there was the day when I saw the leaf fall and I said But it doesn’t matter what I said Is it time then?...

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Changing of Seasons

Glen McKenzieNovember 18, 2019

Changing of Seasons written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther leaves colourful painted canvas scenery fall brings intense change...

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October Leaving

John RyderNovember 13, 2019

October Leaving written by: John Ryder O, how both bitter and sweet is that breeze, Both warm and cold when two hearts contend; Where by November,...

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Autumn

Robyn MacKinnonNovember 10, 2019

Autumn written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat chilly, windy, but leaves are so pretty right now! I turned the heat on ...

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...