haiku Archives - Spillwords

Home

haiku

Defending Seneca Lake

Barbara Pease·May 28, 2016

Defending Seneca Lake written by: Barbara Pease @muskratchatter I defend my lake a jagged outcrop of rock...

English

·1 min read

In The Sunshine and Dirt

Robyn MacKinnon·May 27, 2016

In The Sunshine and Dirt found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat in my neighbourhood out in the...

Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English

·1 min read

A Shadow Cast

Dragonsilk·May 25, 2016

A shadow cast written by: Dragonsilk @dragons1lk A shadow cast by an outstretched hand, yearns to touch...

English

·1 min read

Between Tower Blocks

Joe Woodhouse·May 25, 2016

by London Haiku Project #Haiku #Hackney...

Poetry English London Haiku Project Joe Woodhouse

·1 min read

Climate Change Gremlins

Barbara Pease·May 23, 2016

Climate Change Gremlins written by: Barbara Pease @muskratchatter greed does not mix well with gas in the...

English

·1 min read

Delayed Train

Joe Woodhouse·May 18, 2016

by London Haiku Project #Haiku #Hackney...

Poetry English London Haiku Project Joe Woodhouse

·1 min read

Shadows creep

Dragonsilk·May 18, 2016

Shadows creep written by: Dragonsilk @dragons1lk As the shadows creep across the sand the seas kiss cools...

English

·1 min read

A Quiet Rite

Hunter Keough·May 18, 2016

a quiet rite written by: Hunter Keough @Hunter-Keough-the-Vampire-Poett-1376497349257011 When I write, I feel God; covered in topaz...

English

·1 min read

Ate a Monoply Board by Robyn MacKinnon at Spillwords.com

Ate a Monopoly Board

Robyn MacKinnon·May 18, 2016

Ate a Monopoly Board found poetry written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat into the kitchen ate a monopoly board...

Robyn MacKinnon Featured Post Poetry English Robyn Finds Poetry

·1 min read

Saving Seneca Lake

Barbara Pease·May 17, 2016

Saving Seneca Lake written by: Barbara Pease @muskratchatter a crow’s haunting call compressors pound near the shore...

English

·1 min read

L’heure Verte

Leanne Yeoman·May 14, 2016

l’heure verte written by: Leanne Yeoman @lmyeoman70 a green-eyed vision taste of absinthe on her lips flavor...

English

·1 min read

mantis

Kay Gardner·May 11, 2016

mantis written by: Kay Gardner @kaygardnersdp arms folded, head bowed he sits serene in prayer the devil’s own...

English

·1 min read

Spring afternoon

Joe Woodhouse·May 11, 2016

by London Haiku Project #Haiku...

Poetry English London Haiku Project Joe Woodhouse

·1 min read

Life’s Verse #2

Adam Wessel·May 10, 2016

Life’s Verse #2 written by: Adam Wessel @killaluck713...

Life's Verse Featured Post Poetry English Adam Wessel

·1 min read

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 ...

Features

Interviews

haiku