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Barren Woman

Spillwords·March 7, 2021

Barren Woman a poem by Sylvia Plath Empty, I echo to the least footfall, Museum without statues,...

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Artist’s Life

Spillwords·February 21, 2021

Artist’s Life a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote, mad...

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A Blue Valentine

Spillwords·February 14, 2021

A Blue Valentine a poem by Joyce Kilmer For Aline Monsignore, Right Reverend Bishop Valentinus, Sometime...

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I Have Loved Flowers That Fade

Spillwords·February 7, 2021

I Have Loved Flowers That Fade a poem by Robert Bridges I have loved flowers that fade,...

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An Old Story

Spillwords·January 31, 2021

An Old Story a poem by Robert W Service They threw him in a prison cell; He...

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A Winter Night

Spillwords·January 24, 2021

A Winter Night a poem by Robert Burns When biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro’...

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At The Sea-Side

Spillwords·January 17, 2021

At The Sea-Side a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the sea A...

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A Writer of the First Rank

Satis Shroff·January 10, 2021

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A Writer of the First Rank written by: Satis Shroff @satisshroff21 Johann Wolfgang...

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A Fantasy

Spillwords·January 10, 2021

A Fantasy a poem by James Whitcomb Riley A fantasy that came to me As wild and...

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Solitude

Spillwords·January 3, 2021

Solitude a poem by Alexander Pope I How happy he, who free from care The rage of...

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There For The Making

Spillwords·December 27, 2020

There For The Making a poem by Elyse May The New Years comes to bring change into...

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Christmas Eve 1836

Spillwords·December 20, 2020

Christmas Eve 1836 a poem by Henry Alford The stars are clear and frosty, and the Earth...

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As On A Holiday

Spillwords·December 13, 2020

As On A Holiday a poem by Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes...

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The Mad Lover

Spillwords·December 6, 2020

The Mad Lover a poem by Washington Allston At the Grave of his Mistress Stay, gentle Stranger,...

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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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