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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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Goodnight Denver

Brand·September 25, 2019

Goodnight Denver written by: Brand Sometimes I miss home. The mountains, the air, The strong familiar scent...

Poetry English

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You Think

Irena Ewa Idzikowska·September 18, 2019

Polish English International Poetry

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Dilemmas Of The Heart

Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak·August 16, 2019

Dilemmas Of The Heart written by: Bozena Helena Mazur-Nowak Each night I return to those green fields...

Poetry English

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The Last Word

Welkin Siskin·August 9, 2019

The Last Word written by: Welkin Siskin Lest I discover you not In the realm of my...

English Poetry

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Eternal Summer

Chasity Gaines·August 8, 2019

Eternal Summer written by: Chasity Gaines @ChasityAnneGai1 Once upon a time Life was easy peasy an adventure...

English Poetry

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Suitcases

Mary Ellen Gambutti·July 28, 2019

Suitcases written by: Mary Ellen Gambutti @melcmg After he died, I went out to help you empty...

Literature English

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All Bottles Hold A Message

Nomiddlename·July 13, 2019

All Bottles Hold A Message written by: Nomiddlename the ocean’s ageless skin crumples beneath my stained glass...

English Poetry

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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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