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Stay Deep

RhymeRula·June 30, 2020

Stay Deep written by: RhymeRula @IamtheRhymeRula I can hear simpletons argue at the surface level They’ve become...

English Poetry

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Broken

Kim Willoughby·June 14, 2020

Broken written by: Kim Willoughby Ripples in the water Shards of glass Cracks in the foundation Heart...

Poetry English

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C-19, poetry written by Jane Briganti at Spillwords.com

C-19

Jane Briganti·May 7, 2020

C-19 written by: Jane Briganti afraid annoyed weary tired inconvenienced frazzled confused newspapers television where to turn...

English Poetry

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Gut, short story written by Jacob Greb at Spillwords.com

Gut

Jacob Greb·May 2, 2020

Gut written by: Jacob Greb The madness begins in my gut and spreads like lava through my...

Literature English

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Smelling Like Flowers

Marta Compagnone·April 14, 2020

Smelling Like Flowers written by: Marta Compagnone @martacompagnone Despite the spring darkness grows to cast shadows of...

English Poetry

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IMPULSE

Ibrahim Idris·March 13, 2020

IMPULSE written by: Ibrahim “dreezy” Idris From the echoes of the mourners I feel I’ve lost my...

Poetry English

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Silence!

Adriana Morgan·February 29, 2020

Silence! written by: Adriana Morgan @Adriana39863076 Silence! I said. But she kept talking about her problems, her hopes…...

Poetry English

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Death at Conception

huntersjames·January 24, 2020

Death at Conception written by: huntersjames @huntersjames Chained to the fence poor mutt Your life’s trail a...

Poetry English

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In The Twilight

Robin McNamara·January 20, 2020

In The Twilight written by: Robin McNamara @thewindingroad1 You come here Maddened by the sands of time...

Poetry English

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Introspection

Charlie Bottle·December 31, 2019

Introspection written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle Etherized I lie before me, incising layers of years, feeling each...

Poetry English

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The Mist

Brad Osborne·December 2, 2019

The Mist written by: Brad Osborne Is it cloud that falls so gently When mountain top is...

Poetry English

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What If You Stayed?

Revoullviounne·November 25, 2019

What If You Stayed? written by: Revoullviounne What if you stayed? We could’ve had fought the challenges...

English Poetry

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Murmurs

Jacob Greb·November 12, 2019

Murmurs written by: Jacob Greb The little murmur, the one I can hear in the loudest of...

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This Rare Gift

Kenneth Vincent Walker·November 7, 2019

This Rare Gift written by: Kenneth Vincent Walker This rare gift you’ve been Given was never intended...

English Poetry

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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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