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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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I Took The Plunge

Magdalena Podobińska·October 17, 2019

I Took The Plunge written by: Magdalena Podobińska I rose my head and saw you were staring Swallowing...

Poetry English

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Little Doll

Mary Bone·July 24, 2019

Little Doll written by: Mary Bone Fractal rhythmic patterns dresses from silk presses, pretty ribbons and bows...

Poetry English

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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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