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A Samhain Sequence

Linda Marie Hilton·October 29, 2020

A Samhain Sequence written by: Linda Marie Hilton I Orange is the new black The black of...

Halloween English Poetry

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Jack-o’-Lantern

Ingrid Wilson·October 25, 2020

Jack-o’-Lantern written by: Ingrid Wilson @Experimentsinfc This Halloween The sky may well appear The colour of the...

Halloween English Poetry

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October Performance

Angel Edwards·October 24, 2020

October Performance written by: Angel Edwards In nights lonely long vigil overtone Through the dark, darkness is...

English Poetry Halloween

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America Is Dying

Peggy Gerber·October 15, 2020

America Is Dying written by: Peggy Gerber America is burning from sea to shining sea. The ocean...

Poetry English

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She Walks Where The Wild Things Are

Lady C. E. Miller·October 12, 2020

She Walks Where The Wild Things Are written by: Lady C. E. Miller Astride a mighty mare...

Poetry English

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Imagining A Blue Sky

Krysia Pytlik Oxmind·October 8, 2020

Imagining A Blue Sky written by: Krysia Pytlik Oxmind Imagine the taste of an orange sky full...

Poetry English

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My Hidden Beauty

Walid Boureghda·September 24, 2020

My Hidden Beauty written by: Walid Boureghda There’s some magic in the air, Willing to take me...

Poetry English

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Magdalen Walks

Spillwords·September 20, 2020

Magdalen Walks a poem by: Oscar Wilde The little white clouds are racing over the sky, And...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Moments

Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar·September 12, 2020

Moments written by: Madhumita @madhumita6 I want to nestle in the warmth of your arms Your hands...

Poetry English

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You Emerge…

Dr Molly Joseph·August 21, 2020

You Emerge… written by: Dr. Molly Joseph Out of life’s furnace you emerge cleansed, pure, unalloyed… the...

Poetry English

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Rivers of Gold

CJ Delous·August 15, 2020

Rivers of Gold written by: CJ Delous Fading embers still remember the fire, ...

English Poetry

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Hope Leans

Away with Words·July 6, 2020

Hope Leans written by: Away With Words @CreatrixPE hope walks through fire but faith leaps over it...

English Poetry

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Deliverance

Ann Christine Tabaka·June 10, 2020

Deliverance written by: Ann Christine Tabaka @TabakaChris Link missing, chain broken. Connections pass beyond repair. Anchor sinks,...

Poetry English

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Beacon

Edward McCloud·May 9, 2020

Beacon written by: Edward McCloud Keep a fire burning For soon I’ll be returning From my journey...

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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