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Bone Prayers

Kim M. Russell·October 19, 2021

Bone Prayers written by: Kim M. Russell @kim88110 Beware Halloween and the days in between, when knuckles...

English Poetry Halloween

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Hoops

Stephen Kingsnorth·September 20, 2021

Hoops written by: Stephen Kingsnorth In vest, short shorts, quick reflex points, our up and over, chain-link...

English Poetry

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For Captain Ahab

Maciej Pająk·September 14, 2021

For Captain Ahab written by: Maciej Pająk (Matthew) Your act is against nature and God Your heart...

English Poetry

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To You, My Torturer

Daniel Gekonge·July 20, 2021

To You, My Torturer written by: Daniel Gekonge @Dan_Gekonge1 If your love is pain; Peel off my...

English Poetry

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I Like My Body When It Is With Your

Spillwords·May 23, 2021

I Like My Body When It Is With Your a poem by E.E. Cummings i like my...

English Literary Greats 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...

Poetry English Featured Post

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The Singing Bones

Meg Smith·December 7, 2020

The Singing Bones written by: Meg Smith @MegSmith_Writer We come to dig, we come to read the...

Poetry Haunted Holidays English

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Fresh

Megha Sood·December 5, 2020

Fresh written by: Megha Sood @meghasood16 There is nothing new in this world or the place where...

Poetry Haunted Holidays English

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Nightmare #49, poetry by R. Bremner at Spillwords.com

Nightmare #49 (Nubile ghosts dance wild and free)

R. Bremner·December 3, 2020

Nightmare #49 (Nubile ghosts dance wild and free) written by: written by: R. Bremner Nubile ghosts dance...

Poetry English Haunted Holidays

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Dance of The Death

Megha Sood·October 24, 2020

Dance of The Death written by: Megha Sood @meghasood16 “Six feet of earth makes us all equal.”...

English Poetry Halloween

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Pasta Love

Robyn MacKinnon·October 18, 2020

Pasta Love written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat just here to tell you pasta is my everything feel...

English Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry

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Weightless

Gina Gallyot·August 29, 2020

Weightless written by: Gina Gallyot I am Liquid bone Sieved through time Strained against a life Of...

English Poetry

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Sparks Of Life

Michela Zanarella·April 27, 2020

Sparks Of Life written by: Michela Zanarella In these bones I travel and I carry with me...

Poetry English

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Bones

Ash Gallagher·March 30, 2020

Bones written by: Ash Gallagher @beatnikjourno There is a story I must tell you, Behind the coconuts...

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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