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Twilight Market

Charlie Bottle·November 16, 2019

Twilight Market written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle I am the worthless one anna coin, that you lost...

Please Forgive Us

Don Knowles·October 26, 2019

Please Forgive Us written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 Please forgive us There in the future If you’re...

Poetry English

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Spectres Amongst Us

Mike Turner·October 21, 2019

Spectres Amongst Us written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper Ghosts of past unpunished crimes Stalk our waking nightmares...

English Poetry Halloween

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Man’s Greed

hedgehog·September 14, 2019

Man’s Greed written by: hedgehog Clouds shield the stars As fire casts its darkened wing Over the...

English Poetry

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THE SHADOW STEALER

Dilip Mohapatra·August 2, 2019

THE SHADOW STEALER written by: Dilip Mohapatra @dilipmo Come let me take you on a guided tour of...

Poetry English

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Watercourses

Aurora Kastanias·July 3, 2019

Watercourses written by: Aurora Kastanias Primeval drops concealed in meteorites cascading on a coagulating planet where temperatures...

English Poetry

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Our Ignorance

Bernard Harris A.K.A. BenkkuPoems·April 1, 2019

Our Ignorance written by: Bernard Harris/Benkku Poems @poems_benkku We must never Give up Never lie down But...

English Poetry

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XYZ, poetry written by Iqra Aslam at Spillwords.com

XYZ

Iqra Aslam·March 19, 2019

XYZ written by: Iqra Aslam X ways to find this Y tips to get that Z things...

English Poetry

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Power Politics

Jose A. Tovar·January 2, 2019

Power Politics written by: Jose A. Tovar Unsatisfying political greed, hunger that grows like a spreading fungus...

English Poetry

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Doug’s Place

Jim Bartlett·December 4, 2018

Doug’s Place written by: Jim Bartlett Six months earlier… The woman, her makeup as thick as icing...

MASQUERADE OF LIES

Aida·November 5, 2018

MASQUERADE OF LIES written by: Aida Why you wear a mask? Reveal your true color, or you’re...

Poetry English

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Corporate Chaos

Bipul Banerjee ('Dusk')·October 24, 2018

Corporate Chaos written by: Bipul Banerjee Steel elevators swiftly ferrying Lifeless puppets Floor to floor To cold...

English Poetry

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The World

Arnit Dey·September 26, 2018

The World written by: Arnit Dey @ArnitDey207 I once sat down on the cold hard grass, And...

English Poetry

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THERE IS NO EXIT IN HELL

Norberto Franco Cisneros·September 20, 2018

THERE IS NO EXIT IN HELL written by: Norberto Franco Cisneros There are people who believe others...

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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