breakup Archives - Spillwords

Home

breakup

Writing Curves in Breakups

Andy Cooper·June 15, 2023

Writing Curves in Breakups written by: Andy Cooper @AC0040 I lit her letter in a bin of...

Poetry English

·1 min read

I Cry As You Lie

Jessica Moore·December 1, 2020

I Cry As You Lie written by: Jessica Moore I cry, As you lie, With all your...

English Poetry

·1 min read

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

·1 min read

Broken

Karen Mooney·July 13, 2020

Broken written by: Karen Mooney @1karenmooney I found you this morning all folded up, tucked in at...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Our Funeral

Karen Mooney·March 14, 2020

Our Funeral written by: Karen Mooney @1karenmooney There were no flowers or cards of condolence Yet there...

Santa Please Stop Here

Jazzcat·December 15, 2018

Santa Please Stop Here written by: Catherine Lee We were speaking of transition You asked, of my previous...

English Poetry Christmas

·1 min read

Let Us Re-Commit Again

Sham Kumar Monger·November 14, 2018

Let Us Re-Commit Again written by: Sham Kumar Monger @sham_monger Let us re-commit again Replaying the enlivening...

English Poetry

·1 min read

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 ...

Features

Cast Off

Mercury

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Darryl B

Spotlight On Writers – Maliya Denise Wilmore

Spotlight On Writers – John Neff

Cast Off

Bonfire of Resolve

The Leap

Buttermere

The Watch

The Lore of Love

Abby’s Story

Left Without a Cue

breakup

Writing Curves in Breakups

I Cry As You Lie

I’m Fine, Everything Is Fine

Broken

Our Funeral

Santa Please Stop Here

Let Us Re-Commit Again

Bonfire of Resolve

Mercury

A Little Book About Trees – by Tim Burr

SHIMLA

Grandchild

Cast Off

Every Day, at Five A.M.

Cracks of Marble

Still Standing Tall

The Trip

Autumn Cozy

Missing Her