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Fortune

Spillwords·November 29, 2020

Fortune a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer This wrecched worldes transmutacioun, As wele or wo, now povre and...

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Thoughts of Thanksgiving

Spillwords·November 22, 2020

Thoughts of Thanksgiving a poem by Charles Frederick White Thanksgiving day is coming soon, That long remembered...

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Common Cold

Spillwords·November 8, 2020

Common Cold a poem by Ogden Nash Go hang yourself, you old M.D.! You shall not sneer...

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The Vampire

Spillwords·October 25, 2020

The Vampire a poem by: Conrad Aiken She rose among us where we lay. She wept, we...

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There Is Another Sky

Spillwords·October 18, 2020

There Is Another Sky a poem by: Emily Dickinson There is another sky, Ever serene and fair,...

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The Buried Life

Spillwords·October 11, 2020

The Buried Life a poem by: Matthew Arnold Light flows our war of mocking words, and yet,...

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The Frog

Spillwords·October 4, 2020

The Frog a poem by: Christina Rossetti Contemptuous of his home beyond The village and the village...

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A Little Poem

Spillwords·September 27, 2020

A Little Poem a poem by: George Orwell A happy vicar I might have been Two hundred...

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Magdalen Walks

Spillwords·September 20, 2020

Magdalen Walks a poem by: Oscar Wilde The little white clouds are racing over the sky, And...

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Before The Cask of Wine

Spillwords·September 13, 2020

Before The Cask of Wine a poem by: Li Bai The spring wind comes from the east...

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This Be The Verse

Spillwords·September 6, 2020

This Be The Verse a poem by: Philip Larkin They fuck you up, your mum and dad....

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The Book of The Dead

Spillwords·August 30, 2020

The Book of The Dead a poem by: Muriel Rukeyser These roads will take you into your...

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Trees

Spillwords·August 23, 2020

Trees a poem by: Joyce Kilmer I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as...

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Errata

Spillwords·August 16, 2020

Errata a poem by: Kevin Young Baby, give me just one more hiss We must lake it...

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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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