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Season’s Greetings

Nafisa Shabbir·January 1, 2024

Season’s Greetings written by: Nafisa Shabbir This is the season of gaiety and cheer A time to...

English Poetry

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The Inmate of an Old People’s Home …

Stanley Wilkin·November 18, 2023

The Inmate of an Old People’s Home Looking Towards Freedom written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk I looked...

Poetry English Featured Post

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Sickle Moon

Mihaela Melnic·November 2, 2023

Sickle Moon written by: Mihaela Melnic When the dusk seeps through the ivy on the red-walled house,...

Poetry Halloween English

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Hawthorn White

Kenneth Vincent Walker·October 27, 2023

Hawthorn White written by: Kenneth Vincent Walker Behold the lore of Hawthorn White. ‘Twas on a night...

Poetry English Halloween

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Will We Never Learn?

Staci-lee Sherwood·September 28, 2023

Will We Never Learn? written by: Staci-lee Sherwood @RStacilee Out of the darkness creeps a twisted mind...

Poetry English

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Ruth

James Walmsley·September 7, 2023

Ruth written by: James Walmsley Farewell my friends for I am gone, not quite the way I...

The Rub

Taylor Dibbert·August 9, 2023

The Rub written by: Taylor Dibbert He was Supposed to Meet her, The rub Is that Things...

Poetry English

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Enter/Exit

Anna Veress·July 21, 2023

Enter/Exit written by: Anna Veress Curtains open. FATE is already on stage. Enter ME. FATE has already...

English Literature

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The Epstein’s

Lisa Rivers Kiesling·July 17, 2023

The Epstein’s written by: Lisa Rivers Kiesling Who would believe this twist of fate, Dear Irving proposing...

English Poetry

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Unloved

Joni Caggiano·July 5, 2023

Unloved written by: Joni Caggiano @theinnerchild1 born underneath the protective eye of the goat I am a...

Poetry English

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Whispers of Senility

Olaseni Kehinde Precious·June 24, 2023

Whispers of Senility written by: Olaseni Kehinde Precious @theKPrecious Reminiscing an illuminating star Beaming in love and...

Poetry English

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I’m So Tired

Leila Ziari·June 19, 2023

I’m So Tired written by: Leila Ziari I’m tired of partying I’m tired of cocaine Tired of...

Poetry English

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An Empty Threat

Spillwords·June 4, 2023

An Empty Threat a poem by: Robert Frost I stay; But it isn’t as if There wasn’t...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Cornflower

Kate Aranda Nye·May 18, 2023

The Cornflower written by: Kate Aranda Nye And as I lay upon my breast Loves indigo display,...

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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