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What Have I Seen?

Robert Ronnow·April 27, 2024

What Have I Seen? written by: Robert Ronnow I Sunrise, late winter skunk smell turkey flock playful...

English Poetry

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EM, an epic poem by Lê Vĩnh Tài at Spillwords.com

EM

Lê Vĩnh Tài·April 15, 2024

EM written by: Lê Vĩnh Tài translated by: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm 1. the awful feeling of...

Poetry English

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By Choice, I Live Alone

Jackie Oldham·April 13, 2024

By Choice, I Live Alone written by: Jackie Oldham By choice, I live alone in the house...

English Poetry Featured Post

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Smoked Screen Over The Border

Stephen Izevbekhai·April 10, 2024

Smoked Screen Over The Border written by: Stephen O. Izevbekhai @IzevbekhaiS Our hearts are a gallery of...

English Poetry

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Hiraeth

Violet Dolui·April 4, 2024

Hiraeth written by: Violet Dolui When I close my eyes in the middle of the day to...

Poetry English

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One Saturday

Ash Douglas·April 2, 2024

One Saturday written by: Ash Douglas @Written_In_Ash One Saturday an old used-up weekend in my life back...

Poetry Featured Post English

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Gates

Eoghan Lyng·April 2, 2024

Gates written by: Eoghan Lyng We walked by Lancaster Gates, Your hair glistening to the summer sun,...

English Poetry

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Oh! You are Home

Annah Atane·March 30, 2024

Oh! You are Home written by: Annah Atane I am, defying my eyes of sleep standing at...

Poetry English

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I Do Not Care About These Things

Miruna Marin·March 29, 2024

I Do Not Care About These Things written by: Miruna Marin I do not care about these...

Poetry English

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Returning Home…

Steliana Cristina Voicu·March 20, 2024

Returning Home… written by: Steliana Cristina Voicu returning home… grandfather meets his grandson...

English Poetry

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Whispering Peonies

HilLesha O'Nan·March 13, 2024

Whispering Peonies written by: HilLesha O’Nan @HilLesha As I lay on the sterile hospital bed, I close...

Poetry English

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Decades

Andy Edge·March 12, 2024

Decades written by: Andy Edge There’s an enduring bond between souls who’ve traversed every chapter of life...

Poetry English

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Clint’s

Michael McCarthy·March 11, 2024

When Olivia met K Chapter VIII Clint's written by: Michael McCarthy @FlateyeFiction - Clint’s was full...

Literature English Michael McCarthy When Olivia met K

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Give Me Your Best Shot

Roy Eisenstein·February 20, 2024

Give Me Your Best Shot written by: Roy Eisenstein @eyezenmedia Stick and knuckle kisses raised me hard...

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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