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A Breath Away

Kate MacDonald·July 19, 2021

A Breath Away written by: Kate MacDonald @etherealtruth I know you’re gone, of course I do, my...

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Nancy

Deryn van der Tang·June 8, 2021

Nancy written by: Deryn van der Tang @dvdtang1 A branch was torn from my tree The incorruptible...

English Poetry

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Let Me Carry Your Bones

Richard Green·April 4, 2021

Let Me Carry Your Bones written by: Richard Green Let me hold your hand gently As the...

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Mommy’s Smile

Jaycee Durand·March 27, 2021

Mommy’s Smile written by: Jaycee Durand @DurandJaycee Jenny’s my bestest friend in the whole wide world. Same...

Literature English

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To G. a poem written by Anna Canić at Spillwords.com

To G.

Anna Canić·January 17, 2021

To G. written by: Anna Canić - Fairy Princess with angelic name She's smiling Gently like a caryatid

Poetry Polish English International

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Fortune

Spillwords·November 29, 2020

Fortune a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer This wrecched worldes transmutacioun, As wele or wo, now povre and...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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I’m Fine, Everything Is Fine

Jennifer Lai·November 27, 2020

I’m Fine, Everything Is Fine written by: Jennifer Lai Your father, who left your mother last month,...

English Poetry

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Two Point Creek

Mitchel David Ring·March 3, 2020

Two Point Creek written by: Mitchel David Ring @mitchel_ring Quiet footsteps and hushed voices passed down our...

Dog’s Best Friend

Noelle Powers·August 3, 2019

Dog’s Best Friend written by: Noelle Powers It’s strange to think I would never have lived if...

Literature English

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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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Let Me Carry Your Bones

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To G.

Fortune

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Two Point Creek

Dog’s Best Friend

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