literary great Archives

Home

literary great

The Lifeguard

Spillwords·January 26, 2020

The Lifeguard a poem by: James Dickey In a stable of boats I lie still, From all...

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

Life

Spillwords·January 19, 2020

Life a poem by: George Herbert I made a posie, while the day ran by: Here will...

English Literary Greats Poetry

·1 min read

An Old Life

Spillwords·January 12, 2020

An Old Life a poem by: Donald Hall Snow fell in the night. At five-fifteen I woke...

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Those Winter Sundays

Spillwords·January 5, 2020

Those Winter Sundays a poem by Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up early And put...

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

The Year

Spillwords·December 29, 2019

The Year a poem by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s...

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

Ring Out, Wild Bells

Spillwords·December 22, 2019

Ring Out, Wild Bells a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson Ring out, wild bells, to the wild...

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

The Darkling Thrush

Spillwords·December 15, 2019

The Darkling Thrush a poem by: Thomas Hardy I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was...

English Literary Greats Poetry

·1 min read

Sailing to Byzantium

Spillwords·December 8, 2019

Sailing to Byzantium a poem by William Butler Yeats I That is no country for old men....

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Innocence

Spillwords·December 1, 2019

Innocence a poem by Patrick Kavanagh They laughed at one I loved – The triangular hill that...

Literary Greats Poetry English

·1 min read

The Harvest Moon

Spillwords·November 24, 2019

The Harvest Moon a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanes...

English Literary Greats Poetry

·1 min read

Frost At Midnight

Spillwords·November 17, 2019

Frost At Midnight a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by...

English Literary Greats Poetry

·2 mins read

The Man He Killed

Spillwords·November 10, 2019

The Man He Killed a poem by: Thomas Hardy “Had he and I but met By some...

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

Fast Rode The Knight

Spillwords·November 3, 2019

Fast Rode The Knight a poem by Stephen Crane Fast rode the knight With spurs, hot and...

Poetry English Literary Greats

·1 min read

The Hollow Men

Spillwords·October 27, 2019

The Hollow Men a poem by T.S. Eliot Mistah Kurtz-he dead A penny for the Old Guy...

English Literary Greats Poetry

·1 min read

Rick is a husband, father of twins, brother to two sisters and a brother, and son of parents who emigrated to the United States from Austria after World War II. A graduate of the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) with an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin, Rick spent over forty years in the corporate world, specializing in Human Resources.
Rick writes when a story hits him, and his work can be found in Spillwords, The Last Line, Books and Pieces, and Horrortree, along with a book titled “Clarence Earns His Wings Again.” His wife Kate, two dogs, Bailey and Sawyer, and sometimes their daughters (when not in school), Katie and Chloe, make their home in Illinois

Features

Interviews

literary great