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Boston

Spillwords·June 2, 2019

Boston a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson The rocky nook with hill-tops three Looked eastward from the...

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Listen

Spillwords·May 19, 2019

Listen a poem by Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky Listen, if stars are lit it means – there is...

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To My Mother

Spillwords·May 12, 2019

To My Mother a poem by Edgar Allan Poe Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,...

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The Other

Spillwords·May 5, 2019

The Other a poem by Rosario Castellanos Why say the names of gods, stars, spray from an...

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Between Going and Staying The Day Wavers

Spillwords·April 28, 2019

Between Going and Staying The Day Wavers a poem by Octavio Paz Between going and staying the...

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Easter Wings

Spillwords·April 21, 2019

Easter Wings a poem by George Herbert Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly...

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Piano

Spillwords·April 14, 2019

Piano a poem by D.H. Lawrence Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me; Taking...

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A Certain Lady

Spillwords·April 7, 2019

A Certain Lady a poem by Dorothy Parker Oh, I can smile for you, and tilt my...

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Time Is

Spillwords·March 31, 2019

Time Is a poem by Henry van Dyke Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too...

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Riposte

Spillwords·March 24, 2019

Riposte a poem by William Carlos Williams Love is like water or the air my townspeople; it...

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Oily Weather

Spillwords·February 24, 2019

Oily Weather a poem by Ernest Hemingway The sea desires deep hulls— It swells and rolls. The...

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Ravenna

Spillwords·February 17, 2019

Ravenna a poem by Oscar Wilde I. A year ago I breathed the Italian air,– And yet,...

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Wishes

Spillwords·February 10, 2019

Wishes a poem by Dora Sigerson Shorter I wish we could live as the flowers live, To breathe...

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Transfiguration

Spillwords·February 3, 2019

Transfiguration a poem by Louisa May Alcott Mysterious death! who in a single hour Life’s gold can so...

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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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