darkness Archives - Spillwords

COVID-19

JahArt KushiteApril 3, 2020

COVID-19 written by: JahArt Kushite there is a dark cloud hovering over mother earth she is clasped in dark hands of death the eyes of darkness hav...

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Around The Fire

Peg PrendevilleApril 1, 2020

Around The Fire written by: Peg Prendeville Around the fire we sat each night Chairs pulled together nice and tight Dad made sure the turf was in M...

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Fire

Mehreen AhmedMarch 30, 2020

Fire written by: Mehreen Ahmed @MehreenAhmed2 Laura stood at her window in the forest hut, watching a jaundiced sky. The bats and the crows flew in...

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The Traffic

Yogesh MaliMarch 25, 2020

The Traffic written by: Yogesh Mali @TennisCoaching2 “Get off my lane, you idiot” I said while accelerating my 2030 Toyota Camry. The man gave me a...

EnglishLiterature15 min read

Desamar Esta Oscuridad De Luces

Romulaizer PardoMarch 25, 2020

Desamar Esta Oscuridad De Luces written by: Romulaizer Pardo @RomulaizerPardo Encendido-apagado. No, la vida no es eso. Despertar a la consciencia...

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Loneliness

L.M.GiannoneMarch 24, 2020

Loneliness written by: L.M. Giannone @LISAGNO Counting hours of loneliness sitting in the dark melancholy days meander away aches my slow healing...

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Through The Darkness

Sue Marie St. LeeMarch 8, 2020

Through The Darkness written by: Sue Marie St. Lee The road looked like spilled ink, black and wet, reflecting a lone streetlight in the far-off dis...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

A New Day

Andrew NdambukiMarch 6, 2020

A New Day written by: Andrew Ndambuki @ndambuki_andrew I see a new day That breaks at full dawn. It makes mother nature yawn And sunshine stretch ...

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The Hell

Jyoti KalitaMarch 6, 2020

The Hell written by: Jyoti Kalita @inkandpoesy Darkest hour of night Profanity spits on addiction For the murder of Summer vibes Somber flicker Rays of ...

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A Dark Fairy Tale

Yasmin HemmatMarch 4, 2020

A Dark Fairy Tale written by: Yasmin Hemmat She lived in a fairyland, the land of dreams, Among crimson flowers and golden streams. But the wicked m...

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Love Conquers All

Sharona ReevesFebruary 29, 2020

Love Conquers All written by: Sharona Reeves He says my heart is made of pure gold I explain his love is real My evil he's killed Yet there's still...

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Sisyphean Strivings

Supriya RakeshJanuary 23, 2020

Sisyphean Strivings written by: Supriya Rakesh I Striving to reach somewhere I know I need to get somewhere get somewhere in time the alarm c...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

Heaviness

Glen McKenzieJanuary 21, 2020

Heaviness written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther darkness absolute, oppressive debilitating, torment, unending existence for so many depressi...

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Fireflies

Sunita SahooJanuary 21, 2020

Fireflies written by: Sunita Sahoo lost in the dark . . . from a distance, I see fireflies...

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“Lock down, lock down. We are now on lock down.” The receptionist’s voice came over the school intercom over the incessant buzzing of the alarm bells located in every hall of every phase of the building. I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t in my regular classroom with my fourth period of thirty-one freshmen. I was teaching my last class of the day in the computer lab of phase five, one of the more isolated wings of the large oddly-shaped school where I’d been teaching for years. There were only seven students in class that day, it being a Friday afternoon ...