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A Poem For My Dad

Benjamin J. Sams·June 19, 2022

A Poem for My Dad written by: Benjamin J. Sams Of all the times you comfort me, Of...

English Poetry

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Good Wishes

Marg Smith·June 7, 2022

Good Wishes written by: Marg Smith I wish, I wish to have a good wish or two...

Poetry English

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Ergonomics

P.A. O'Neil·June 3, 2022

Ergonomics written by: P.A. O’Neil The other day while opening a new box of toothpaste, I harkened back...

English Literature

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Smile

Mitch Bensel·April 26, 2022

Smile written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling Sip a little beverage with me Talk of this and that...

Poetry English

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Midnight Passing

Ashley Sawyer·April 15, 2022

Midnight Passing written by: Ashley Sawyer The child who sleeps next to me knows great pain. She...

Poetry English

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Knowing

JJ Moonchild·March 7, 2022

Knowing written by: JJ Moonchild This body formed like an ill-fitting, Corsets around borrowed lungs. I find...

English Poetry

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Here’s To The Quiet Ones

Tamara Buber·March 4, 2022

Here’s to the Quiet Ones written by: Tamara Buber Be more outgoing! – they say You’re such a...

Poetry English

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New Year’s Blessing

Xenia Tran·January 20, 2022

New Year’s Blessing written by: Xenia Tran inside your heart I wish you peace anew those parts...

English Poetry

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Birds & Angels

Edward L. Canavan·January 13, 2022

Birds & Angels written by: Edward L. Canavan @Ed_Leo71 boxes of dust beneath the bed somehow inherent...

Poetry English

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Death Worn

Kelli J Gavin·November 27, 2021

Death Worn written by: Kelli J Gavin @KelliJGavin I am worn Some would say death worn I...

English Poetry

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All I Need

Gail Constable·November 26, 2021

All I Need written by: Gail Constable I want to hear the Ocean kiss the sandy Shore,...

English Poetry

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In The Stillness of The Morning

Mike Turner·November 22, 2021

In The Stillness of The Morning written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper I am comforted By the stillness...

English Poetry

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November

Spillwords·November 7, 2021

November a poem by Thomas Hood No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon –...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Opinions

Maggie O'Brien·September 18, 2021

Opinions written by: Maggie O’Brien @MaggieMobrules A silent voice familiar I can’t identify but well know Softly...

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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