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Coney Island

Spillwords·January 16, 2022

Coney Island a poem by Sara Teasdale Why did you bring me here? The sand is white...

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Christmas Carol

Spillwords·December 26, 2021

Christmas Carol a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar Ring out, ye bells! All Nature swells With gladness...

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As The Time Draws Nigh

Spillwords·December 12, 2021

As The Time Draws Nigh a poem by Walt Whitman As the time draws nigh, glooming, a...

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I Dreamed My Genesis

Spillwords·December 5, 2021

I Dreamed My Genesis a poem by Dylan Thomas I dreamed my genesis in sweat of sleep,...

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Just A Glance

Spillwords·November 28, 2021

Just A Glance a poem by Amir Khusro You’ve taken away my looks, my identity, by just...

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Thanksgiving

Spillwords·November 21, 2021

Thanksgiving a poem by James Whitcomb Riley Let us be thankful—not only because Since last our universal...

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Flower

Spillwords·November 14, 2021

Flower a poem by Rabindranath Tagore Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear...

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November

Spillwords·November 7, 2021

November a poem by Thomas Hood No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon –...

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Theme in Yellow

Spillwords·October 24, 2021

Theme in Yellow a poem by Carl Sandburg I spot the hills With yellow balls in autumn....

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Spillwords·October 17, 2021

Nothing Gold Can Stay a poem by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue...

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Night of The Scorpion

Spillwords·October 10, 2021

Night of The Scorpion a poem by Nissim Ezekiel I remember the night my mother was stung...

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Risk

Spillwords·October 3, 2021

Risk a poem by Anais Nin And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight...

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Sea Fever

Spillwords·September 26, 2021

Sea Fever a poem by John Masefield I must go down to the seas again, to the...

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Old Ironsides

Spillwords·September 19, 2021

Old Ironsides a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has...

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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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