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When I Was Five

Peggy Gerber·June 15, 2020

When I Was Five written by: Peggy Gerber When I was five, running and skipping down the...

English Poetry

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Afraid

Veronica E Ramirez·June 11, 2020

Afraid written by: Veronica E. Ramirez @VeronicaR1997 Afraid to walk down the streets at night Afraid that...

English Poetry

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Sliver of Time

Charlie Bottle·May 31, 2020

Sliver of Time written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle Today, for a fleeting moment I held in my...

Poetry English

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Free Verse 2

Mubangizi Emmy·April 15, 2020

Free Verse 2 written by: Mubangizi Emmy The songs we sang in the rain The cold green...

Poetry English

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The Giant

Ger White·March 13, 2020

The Giant written by: Ger White It was just a hill field to the neighbours But we...

Poetry English

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My Paso Fino

Joni Caggiano·March 7, 2020

My Paso Fino written by: Joni Caggiano @theinnerchild1 Torrents of rain relentlessly fell from the night’s heavy...

Poetry English

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Those Big Eyes

Nancy Lou Henderson·March 7, 2020

Those Big Eyes written by: Nancy Lou Henderson @nlhende49 Those big eyes, they sparkle and dance, searching...

English Poetry

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I Believe In Christmas

Ivanka Fear·December 15, 2019

I Believe In Christmas written by: Ivanka Fear In the innocence of my childhood I believed in...

Featured Post 12 Days of Christmas English Poetry Christmas

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Innocence

Spillwords·December 1, 2019

Innocence a poem by Patrick Kavanagh They laughed at one I loved – The triangular hill that...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Lonely Loneliness

Irena Ewa Idzikowska·November 10, 2019

Polish English International Poetry

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Our Childhood

Dr Molly Joseph·July 25, 2019

Our Childhood written by: Dr. MOLLY JOSEPH In groups we wandered streaming through the paddy fields that whispered...

English Poetry

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Threading Happiness

Fotoula Reynolds·July 12, 2019

Threading Happiness written by: Fotoula Reynolds Take me back again To simpler times When days smiled Upon...

Poetry English

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Wish You Were Here

Noman Zulfiqar·May 27, 2019

Wish You Were Here written by: Noman Zulfiqar The sky is blue again I can smell the...

English Poetry

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The True Value of Innocence

Charlie Bottle·May 25, 2019

The True Value of Innocence written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle When these vessels return to purity having...

English Poetry

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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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