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Obstacles

Seorin Kae·July 29, 2016

Obstacles written by: Seorin Kae @SeorinKae Courage is a word that lingers on every brave heart’s lips It...

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ADE

Deborah Jane·March 10, 2016

ADE micro poetry by Deborah Jane don’t care what we call this spade card deck of low grade...

English

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Still I Rise

Spillwords·January 17, 2016

Still I Rise written by: Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter,...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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SON

Anne G·September 15, 2015

SON Poetry by Anne G Son radiates the warmth of day, with every sweet encouraging smile. His brilliance...

Anne G English

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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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