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Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

Spillwords·March 4, 2018

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers a poem by Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Desiderata

Spillwords·February 25, 2018

Desiderata a poem by Max Ehrmann Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Mending Wall

Spillwords·February 18, 2018

Mending Wall a poem by Robert Frost Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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How Did You Die?

Spillwords·February 4, 2018

How Did You Die? a poem by Edmund Vance Cooke Did you tackle that trouble that came...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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America

Spillwords·January 28, 2018

America written by: Allen Ginsberg America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing. America two dollars...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Away Above A Harborful

Spillwords·January 21, 2018

Away Above A Harborful… written by: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Away above a harborful of caulkless houses among...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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The Bath

Spillwords·January 14, 2018

The Bath written by: Gary Snyder Washing Kai in the sauna, The kerosene lantern set on...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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1959

Spillwords·January 7, 2018

1959 written by: Gregory Corso Uncomprising year—I see no meaning to life. Though this abled self is...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Death Is Nothing At All

Spillwords·December 31, 2017

Death Is Nothing At All A Poem by Henry Scott Holland Death is nothing at all. It...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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At Christmas

Spillwords·December 24, 2017

At Christmas a poem by Edgar Albert Guest A man is at his finest towards the finish of...

English Literary Greats Poetry Christmas

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Winter Branches

Spillwords·December 17, 2017

Winter Branches a poem by Margaret Widdemer When winter-time grows weary, I lift my eyes on high...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Second Coming

Spillwords·December 3, 2017

The Second Coming A Poem by William Butler Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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I Taught Myself To Live Simply

Spillwords·November 26, 2017

I Taught Myself To Live Simply by Anna Akhmatova I taught myself to live simply and wisely,...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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The Broken Heart

Spillwords·November 19, 2017

The Broken Heart by William Barnes News o’ grief had overteaken Dark-eyed Fanny, now vorseaken; There she...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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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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