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Silent Words

Brad Osborne·March 6, 2021

Silent Words written by: Brad Osborne They are unspoken in every wanting glance Adoration and longing Conveyed...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Treasure

Bartholomew Barker·December 17, 2020

Treasure written by: Bartholomew Barker @bartbarkerpoet Small bag of silent coins gold and silver foil-wrapped treasure They...

Poetry Christmas English

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Phoenix

Wolfgang H.·March 12, 2020

Phoenix written by: Wolfgang H. in love we trust and love we lost for reasons hard to...

Poetry English

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Only A Backward Glance Do I Give

Tammy M Darby·February 11, 2020

Only A Backward Glance Do I Give written by: Tammy M Darby Only a Backward Glance do...

Poetry English

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At First Glance

Debra Sasak Ross·December 5, 2019

At First Glance written by: Debra Sasak Ross As a society, We summarize. Often overlooking A deeper...

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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