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Thanatopsis

Spillwords·September 12, 2021

Thanatopsis a poem by William Cullen Bryant To him who in the love of nature holds Communion...

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Crossing The Bar

Spillwords·September 5, 2021

Crossing The Bar a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson Sunset and evening star, And one clear call...

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A Tear and A Smile

Spillwords·August 29, 2021

A Tear and A Smile a poem by Khalil Gibran I would not exchange the sorrows of...

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A Galloway Song

Spillwords·August 22, 2021

A Galloway Song a poem by John Keats Ah! ken ye what I met the day Out...

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Fairyland

Spillwords·August 15, 2021

Fairyland a poem by Rabindranath Tagore If people came to know where my king’s palace is, it...

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Cinderella

Spillwords·August 8, 2021

Cinderella a poem by Anne Sexton You always read about it: the plumber with the twelve children...

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Gulliver

Spillwords·August 1, 2021

Gulliver a poem by Kenneth Slessor I’LL kick your walls to bits, I’ll die scratching a tunnel,...

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Lines On Ale

Spillwords·July 25, 2021

Lines on Ale a poem by Edgar Allan Poe Filled with mingled cream and amber, I will...

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A Night Thought

Spillwords·July 18, 2021

A Night Thought a poem by William Wordsworth Lo! where the Moon along the sky Sails with...

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Sonnet 116: ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds…’

Spillwords·July 11, 2021

Sonnet 116: ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds…’ a poem by William Shakespeare Let...

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Concord Hymn

Spillwords·July 4, 2021

Concord Hymn a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their...

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Dreamland

Spillwords·June 27, 2021

Dreamland a poem by Lewis Carroll When midnight mists are creeping, And all the land is sleeping,...

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Father

Spillwords·June 20, 2021

Father a poem by Edgar Albert Guest My father knows the proper way The nation should be...

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Rural Reflections

Spillwords·June 13, 2021

Rural Reflections a poem by Adrienne Rich This is the grass your feet are planted on. You...

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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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