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Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar·May 5, 2020

Longing written by: Madhumita @madhumita6 My soul shakes itself and rises from the depths arises protected, wrapped...

English Poetry

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PRZESTRZEŃ NAD JAŚNIEJĄCYM BRZEGIEM MORZA

Konrad Stawiarski·April 29, 2020

PRZESTRZEŃ NAD JAŚNIEJĄCYM BRZEGIEM MORZA written by: Konrad Stawiarski Perkalu złocisty przyjmij światło światła, kiedy obudzeni nagle...

International Poetry Polish

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RESTLESS DAYS

TM DiSarro·April 12, 2020

RESTLESS DAYS written by: TM DiSarro @tmdisarro Fantasy persuades the senses Keeps us distant ever searching Endless...

Poetry English

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Familiar Tactile World Undone

Angel Edwards·April 10, 2020

Familiar Tactile World Undone written by: Angel Edwards Tactile world Taboo We can not touch each other...

English Poetry

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Raining

Simona Prilogan·March 25, 2020

Raining written by: Simona Prilogan @SCotidian It’s raining again cats and dogs Yet longing is flooding my...

Poetry English

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Quicksand

Julia R. DeStefano·March 24, 2020

Quicksand written by: Julia R. DeStefano @J_DeStefano From breakfast to lunch through nightmare, I trudge along –...

Poetry English

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My Paso Fino

Joni Caggiano·March 7, 2020

My Paso Fino written by: Joni Caggiano @theinnerchild1 Torrents of rain relentlessly fell from the night’s heavy...

Poetry English

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Ode to distance

Pi·March 3, 2020

Ode to distance written by: Pi @microfiction6 Across untamed oceans and unknown lands I see you my...

Poetry English

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Salonnière

Tali Cohen Shabtai·February 27, 2020

Salonnière written by: Tali Cohen Shabtai I live with a vieille dame Among her Prozac and cigarettes...

Poetry English

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To Sing Her On Song, story by Mary Ellen Gambutti at Spillwords.com

To Sing Her Own Song

Mary Ellen Gambutti·December 29, 2019

To Sing Her Own Song written by: Mary Ellen Gambutti @melcmg Questa was five when she ran...

Literature English

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Emptiness

Sunita Paul·November 28, 2019

Emptiness written by: Sunita Paul Empty homes And my lame thoughts roam The deafening silence Makes me...

English Poetry

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Not The End

Magdalena Podobińska·November 15, 2019

Not The End written by: Magdalena Podobińska this love hasn’t been danced yet but in dreams our hands...

English Poetry

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The Dog She Was

JPK·November 12, 2019

The Dog She Was written by: JPK She’s not the dog she was ten years ago, When...

Poetry English

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Sonnet 2

Mubangizi Emmy·November 8, 2019

Sonnet 2 written by: Mubangizi Emmy Estrella dear So far from here How I long to have...

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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