The Vampire

SpillwordsOctober 25, 2020

The Vampire a poem by: Conrad Aiken   She rose among us where we lay. She wept, we put our work away. She chilled our laughter, stilled our play; A...

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There Is Another Sky

SpillwordsOctober 18, 2020

There Is Another Sky a poem by: Emily Dickinson   There is another sky, Ever serene and fair, And there is another sunshine, Though it be darkness th...

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The Buried Life

SpillwordsOctober 11, 2020

The Buried Life a poem by: Matthew Arnold   Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet, Behold, with tears mine eyes are wet! I feel a nameless s...

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The Frog

SpillwordsOctober 4, 2020

The Frog a poem by: Christina Rossetti   Contemptuous of his home beyond The village and the village pond, A large-souled Frog who spurned each byew...

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A Little Poem

SpillwordsSeptember 27, 2020

A Little Poem a poem by: George Orwell   A happy vicar I might have been Two hundred years ago To preach upon eternal doom And watch my walnuts gro...

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Magdalen Walks

SpillwordsSeptember 20, 2020

Magdalen Walks a poem by: Oscar Wilde   The little white clouds are racing over the sky, And the fields are strewn with the gold of the flower of Mar...

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Before The Cask of Wine

SpillwordsSeptember 13, 2020

Before The Cask of Wine a poem by: Li Bai   The spring wind comes from the east and quickly passes, Leaving faint ripples in the wine of the golden b...

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This Be The Verse

SpillwordsSeptember 6, 2020

This Be The Verse a poem by: Philip Larkin   They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they...

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The Book of The Dead

SpillwordsAugust 30, 2020

The Book of The Dead a poem by: Muriel Rukeyser   These roads will take you into your own country. Seasons and maps coming where this road comes int...

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Trees

SpillwordsAugust 23, 2020

Trees a poem by: Joyce Kilmer   I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet ...

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Errata

SpillwordsAugust 16, 2020

Errata a poem by: Kevin Young   Baby, give me just one more hiss We must lake it fast morever I want to cold you in my harms & never get lo I...

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Mock Orange

SpillwordsAugust 9, 2020

Mock Orange a poem by: Louise Glück   It is not the moon, I tell you. It is these flowers lighting the yard. I hate them. I hate them as I hate ...

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The Red Wheelbarrow

SpillwordsAugust 2, 2020

The Red Wheelbarrow a poem by: William Carlos Williams   so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens...

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The Listeners

SpillwordsJuly 26, 2020

The Listeners a poem by: Walter de la Mare   "Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence ...

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