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Ballatetta

Spillwords·October 5, 2025

Ballatetta a poem by: Ezra Pound The light became her grace and dwelt among Blind eyes and...

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A Song

Spillwords·September 28, 2025

A Song a poem by: Victor Marie Hugo Sitting at His table one day, God and the...

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Autumn Fires

Spillwords·September 21, 2025

Autumn Fires a poem by: Robert Louis Stevenson In the other gardens And all up the vale,...

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Heretics All

Spillwords·September 14, 2025

Heretics All a poem by: Hilaire Belloc Heretics all, whoever you may be, In Tarbes or Nimes,...

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The Fist

Spillwords·September 7, 2025

The Fist a poem by: Derek Walcott The fist clenched round my heart loosens a little, and...

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A Sea Dirge

Spillwords·August 31, 2025

A Sea Dirge a poem by: Lewis Carrol THERE are certain things – as, a spider, a...

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An August Midnight

Spillwords·August 24, 2025

An August Midnight a poem by: Thomas Hardy I A shaded lamp and a waving blind, And...

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Man and Dog

Spillwords·August 17, 2025

Man and Dog a poem by: Edward Thomas ”Twill take some getting.’ ‘Sir, I think ’twill so.’...

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Hate Not – Fear Not

Spillwords·August 10, 2025

Hate Not – Fear Not a poem by: Robert Graves Kill if you must, but never hate:...

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Good And Evil XXII

Spillwords·August 3, 2025

Good And Evil XXII a poem by: Khalil Gibran And one of the elders of the city...

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Freedom

Spillwords·July 27, 2025

Freedom a poem by: Charles Bukowski he drank wine all night of the 28th, and he kept...

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Fatality

Spillwords·July 20, 2025

Fatality a poem by: Ruben Dario The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard...

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Crossing Nation

Spillwords·July 13, 2025

Crossing Nation a poem by: Allen Ginsberg Under silver wing San Francisco’s towers sprouting thru thin gas...

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Freedom

Spillwords·July 6, 2025

Freedom a poem by: Helen Hunt Jackson What freeman knoweth freedom? Never he Whose father’s father through...

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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