door Archives - Spillwords

Death

JahArt KushiteMarch 3, 2020

Death written by: JahArt Kushite you knocked on my door uninvited sneaked into my home unnoticed turned my world upside down dressed in your bla...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

A Knock at The Door

Jim BartlettNovember 21, 2019

A Knock at The Door written by: Jim Bartlett Maggie stares at the two plastic bags sitting atop the coffee table through bloodshot eyes narrowed to ...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature9 min read

A Mlouse In MY House, a poem by Glynn Sinclare at Spillwords.com

A Mouse In My House

Glynn SinclareNovember 8, 2019

A Mouse In My House written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare I try to sleep, but toss and turn My mind is racing, fit to burn Absurd as it may seem ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Halloween Haiku

Vincent O'ConnorOctober 31, 2019

Halloween Haiku written by: Vincent O'Connor @Vince_Writes neighborhood children patiently wait at Death's door to shout "trick or treat!"...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry0 min read

Demands of Life

Patrick DoranOctober 18, 2019

Demands of Life written by: Patrick Doran The practicalities of life grab you by the throat demanding you explain all those words that you wrote, ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Tigger

Phyllis SouzaSeptember 10, 2019

Tigger written by: Phyllis Souza Tigger, an alley cat, lapped milk, hunted mice and leaped through open car windows to nap. One day he picked the wr...

EnglishLiterature0 min read

Bear In There

SpillwordsJuly 7, 2019

Bear In There a poem by Shel Silverstein There's a Polar Bear In our Frigidaire-- He likes it 'cause it's cold in there. With his seat in t...

EnglishLiterary GreatsPoetry0 min read

The Door

Meghashri DalviJuly 5, 2019

The Door written by: Meghashri Dalvi The big metal door opens quietly. The view outside is familiar. It's what we watch from the inside. The vast...

EnglishLiterature0 min read

A Bad Neighborhood

Jose Wan DiazJune 29, 2019

A Bad Neighborhood written by: Jose Wan Diaz “... the mysterious disappearances of two young men from the Highland section of the city still have...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

Kitty Amour

Verona JonesMay 7, 2019

Kitty Amour written by: Verona Jones @VeronaJ57 It's a glorious spring day as Helios smiles upon the earth. The windows are open wide to welc...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

The Intergalactic Burn of Metaphysical Intuition

James Dennis Casey IVApril 26, 2019

The Intergalactic Burn of Metaphysical Intuition written by: James Dennis Casey IV @LouisianaJames crystal visions fill the air exposing secrets o...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Black Magic

Fallen EngelMarch 30, 2019

Black Magic written by: Fallen Engel @BlackEngel3 So, you want to play with black magic. Cover your face with your guilty hands. Submit to my dark d...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Nirvana

SMilesMarch 5, 2019

Nirvana written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Trapped beneath the weight of my expectation I gasp for eluding breath a self incarceration choking smo...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Black

Siva WrightJune 30, 2018

Black written by: Siva Wright She was standing near the large, open window, looking at the grass field outside the house. The long strands of grass ...

EnglishLiterature6 min read

“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 ...