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Light and Darkness in a Versing Painting

Walid Boureghda·March 17, 2022

Light and Darkness in a Versing Painting written by: Walid Boureghda Under the glooming shade of an...

Poetry English

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We Are All We Ever Dreamed

Wilbert Misingo·March 16, 2022

We Are All We Ever Dreamed written by: Wilbert Misingo @wmisingo We are flames in the darkness...

Poetry English

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Light Amidst Darkness

Bernardo Villela·March 12, 2022

Light Amidst Darkness written by: Bernardo Villela @BernardoVillela Light amidst darkness shines hope into those who see...

English Poetry

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A Meeting With Despair

Spillwords·March 6, 2022

A Meeting With Despair a poem by: Thomas Hardy AS evening shaped I found me on a...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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My Abuser

Nikki Watson·March 2, 2022

My Abuser written by: Nikki Watson @nikaweez Slightly cold…damp air…dark, it’s hard to see because of the...

English Literature

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We All Have A Dark Side

Sajida Haddad·February 26, 2022

We All Have A Dark Side written by: Sajida Haddad @HaddadSajida I can feel the darkness closing...

Poetry English

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If I, a poem written by Ginny M. Jones at Spillwords.com

If I

Ginny M. Jones·February 25, 2022

If I written by: Ginny M. Jones If I offered to you a light for your darkness...

English Poetry

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The Raven

ManRayGun·February 22, 2022

The Raven written by: ManRayGun There’s a Raven on my shoulder I can hear the fat lady...

Poetry English

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Tunnel

Branwen Rhiannon Drew·February 19, 2022

Tunnel written by: Branwen Rhiannon Drew @BranwenDrew Walking through, pitch black. Eyes useless. Feel rough rock walls,...

Day of Reckoning

Michael McCarthy·February 18, 2022

Day of Reckoning written by: Michael McCarthy @FlateyeFiction I was lying on the unmade bed in the...

Michael McCarthy Literature English

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Never To Dream Nomore

Jessica Moore·February 10, 2022

Never To Dream Nomore written by: Jessica Moore She’s lost, cold and starving, running on empty, roaming...

Poetry English

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Kali’s Mandala

Ximena Escobar·February 9, 2022

Kali’s Mandala written by: Ximena Escobar @laximenin A collection of images With no coherent meaning Spun, kaleidoscopic...

Poetry English

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Scorpionic Reprise

Leila Ziari·February 9, 2022

Scorpionic Reprise written by: Leila Ziari Let the darkness have its reign Surrendered to these Scorpionic refrains...

Poetry English

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Cry Me A River

Valli Henry-Boldini·February 8, 2022

Cry Me A River written by: Valli Henry-Boldini I don’t even remember how it all started. At...

Poetry 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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