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You Will Hear Thunder, a poem by Anna Akhmatova at Spillwords.com

You Will Her Thunder

Spillwords·June 29, 2025

You Will Hear Thunder a poem by: Anna Akhmatova You will hear thunder and remember me, And...

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Adelstrop, a poem by Edward Thomas at Spillwords.com

Adlestrop

Spillwords·June 22, 2025

Adelstrop a poem by: Edward Thomas Yes, I remember Adlestrop – The name, because one afternoon Of...

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My Father was a Farmer

Spillwords·June 15, 2025

My Father was a Farmer a poem by: Robert Burns I. My father was a farmer Upon...

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Bayonet

Spillwords·June 8, 2025

Bayonet a poem by: Anne Sexton What can I do with this bayonet? Make a rose bush...

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The Retreat

Spillwords·June 1, 2025

The Retreat a poem by: Henry Vaughan Happy those early days! when I Shined in my angel...

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Finis

Spillwords·May 25, 2025

Finis a poem by: Dorothy Parker Now it’s over, and now it’s done; Why does everything look...

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A Strange Wild Song

Spillwords·May 18, 2025

A Strange Wild Song a poem by: Lewis Carrol He thought he saw an Elephant, That practised...

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Mothering Sunday

Spillwords·May 11, 2025

Mothering Sunday a poem by: George Hare Leonard It is the day of all the year, Of...

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Afton Water

Spillwords·May 4, 2025

Afton Water a poem by: Robert Burns Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently,...

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Futurity

Spillwords·April 27, 2025

Futurity a poem by: Elizabeth Barrett Browning AND, O beloved voices, upon which Ours passionately call because...

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Departmental

Spillwords·April 13, 2025

Departmental a poem by: Robert Frost An ant on the tablecloth Ran into a dormant moth Of...

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April Song

Spillwords·April 6, 2025

April Song a poem by: Sara Teasdale Willow in your April gown Delicate and gleaming, Do you...

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Love in a Mist

Spillwords·March 30, 2025

Love in a Mist a poem by: Jessie Pope Beneath an Ilfracombe machine, While thunderstorms were raging,...

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Now Fades the Last Long Streak of Snow

Spillwords·March 23, 2025

Now Fades the Last Long Streak of Snow a poem by: Alfred Lord Tennyson Now fades the...

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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