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Mending A Broken Heart

Aishwariya Laxmi·August 27, 2022

Mending A Broken Heart written by: Aishwariya Laxmi @aishwariya Trust when it’s broken Is the hardest to...

English Poetry

·1 min read

A Letter to My First Car

Jenny Middleton·August 12, 2022

A Letter to My First Car written by: Jenny Middleton Dear Vic – My First Beloved Fiat,...

Poetry English

·2 mins read

Time To Tame

Ila Das·June 18, 2022

Time To Tame written by: Ila Das There’s a right time for everything … This is what...

Literature English

·6 mins read

The Truth of Time

Frank Prem·May 11, 2022

The Truth of Time (As Told by The Pictures) written & performed by: Frank Prem @frank_prem picture...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Blessed Are The Pure in Heart

Dawn DeBraal·May 2, 2022

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart written by: Dawn DeBraal Miss Charlotte was almost as wide as she...

English Literature

·13 mins read

Little One

Sia Morweng·April 15, 2022

Little One written by: Sia Morweng @MorwengSia Father, you forgot to teach me how to ride a...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Asking Goliath

Norberto Franco Cisneros·March 18, 2022

Asking Goliath written by: Norberto Franco Cisneros On an evening filled with autumnal smells The streets lightly...

English Poetry

·1 min read

You Could Disappear Tonight

Eric Danhoff·March 2, 2022

You Could Disappear Tonight written by: Eric Danhoff @troubled_sleep There is a quiet not quite a calm...

English Poetry

·1 min read

My Abuser

Nikki Watson·March 2, 2022

My Abuser written by: Nikki Watson @nikaweez Slightly cold…damp air…dark, it’s hard to see because of the...

English Literature

·3 mins read

Alice in Badland

D.A. Cairns·February 10, 2022

Alice in Badland written by: D.A. Cairns @da_cairns ‘Heated confrontations caused by rash words based upon judgementalism,...

English Literature Featured Post

·19 mins read

Embrace From 2000 Miles

Don Knowles·July 29, 2021

Embrace From 2000 Miles written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 Within your grace And upon your will I...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Evening Walk

Glynn Sinclare·June 30, 2021

Evening Walk written by: Glynn Sinclare @chitanclare Evening walk on empty streets. A ghostlike figure, furtive in...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Odd, poetry written by Farrukh Altaf at Spillwords.com

Odd

Farrukh Altaf·June 17, 2021

Odd written by: Farrukh Altaf Why not write a poem, for ‘odd’, how odd would odd feel,...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Love is Always a Good Choice

Norberto Franco Cisneros·May 27, 2021

Love is Always a Good Choice written by: Norberto Franco Cisneros Love that at a distance seemed...

English Poetry

·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 ...

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