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Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep

Spillwords·June 3, 2018

Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep a poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye Do not stand at...

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Who Am I

Charlie Bottle·February 14, 2018

Who Am I written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle I am the shadow, that worships her footsteps, I...

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Seasons

Ipsita Banerjee·July 26, 2017

Seasons written by: Ipsita Banerjee @ipsyb You are the first leaf bud of spring I am the...

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Who Am I?

Gayl Wright·May 1, 2017

Who Am I? written by: Gayl Wright @GaylWright I am the colors of the sunset, ablaze with...

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I Am A Poet

Iban·April 7, 2017

I Am A Poet written by: Ibán I am a poet and I have a self destructive soul...

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I AM written by The Quiet Quill at Spillwords.com

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The Quiet Quill·March 21, 2017

I AM written by: The Quiet Quill @TheQuietQuill I am a web of anger, A mass of...

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Me, We and Be

Dru Free·March 10, 2017

Me, We and Be written by: Dru Free @Dru131 I am full of lies, but not living...

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Camille·March 1, 2017

I am….. written by: Camille @gowerrichelle75 I am the sum of all that is….. Within me a...

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I Am written by Susan Marie at Spillwords.com

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Susan Marie·December 22, 2016

I Am written by: Susan Marie @SusanMarie_NY I am that which cannot be caged, tamed, tried, understood,...

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Love Superior

Taru Of Hearts·September 6, 2016

Love Superior written by: Taru Of Hearts @taruofhearts I am myself here And I am there too...

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I Am written by Jessikalynn1980 at Spillwords.com

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Jessikalynn1980·September 4, 2016

I Am written by: Jessikalynn1980 @jessikalynn1980 I am beauty I am life I have endured Many toils...

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Today I Am

Anne G·January 29, 2015

Today I Am written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth This day, today, if some what gray, I heard...

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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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