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Blanket Me

Gina Maria Manchego·August 1, 2023

Blanket Me written by: Gina Maria Manchego @GiUknit That weekend would prove to give me a deep...

Joven Caudillo

Santiago Aguado·July 31, 2023

Joven Caudillo written by: Santiago Aguado @SantiagoAguad5 Para un joven caudillo, todo empieza y termina con el...

Poetry Spanish

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y Happy Place, poetry by Jacqueline Mead at Spillwords.com

My Happy Place

Jacqueline Mead·July 29, 2023

My Happy Place written by: Jacqueline Mead @Jackiem158 Peace by the water. Canal, river or sea. Here,...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Rest in Peace

Lynda Lee·July 28, 2023

Rest in Peace written by: Lynda Lee Weekend morning drinking coffee thumbing through a Sunday sheet. A...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Marbles

Jim Bates·July 28, 2023

Marbles written by: Jim Bates The names said it all for those marbles. Flames, patches, and corkscrews....

Literature English

·1 min read

SIC (to attack)

Damilola Oyedeji·July 26, 2023

SIC (to attack) written by: Damilola Oyedeji @OyedejiDamilol5 Spread out like the world’s lid- Sometimes engulfed in...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Birthmark

Elly Smith·July 25, 2023

Birthmark written by: Elly Smith Memory path leads us over moss tufted slabs of grey granite slippery...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Stop The Night

Karima Hoisan·July 22, 2023

Stop The Night written by: Karima Hoisan Stop the night from breaking into dawn. I need the...

Poetry English Featured Post

·1 min read

Fragments of the Past, A Pleasurable Shattering

Matt Theodoro·July 22, 2023

Fragments of the Past, A Pleasurable Shattering written by: Matt Theodoro Giving a warm embrace soothes the...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Checkmate

Pauline Milner·July 20, 2023

Checkmate written by: Pauline Milner @PaulineRMilner Shannen Taylor kicked a stone along the dirt road as he...

Literature Featured Post English

·12 mins read

Not Another Dream

Arzu Deniz·July 15, 2023

Not Another Dream written by: Arzu Deniz @denizired How long has it been since I left my...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Prisoners

Alan David Gould·July 12, 2023

Prisoners written by: Alan David Gould Our comprehensive wisdom is gathered here. The hand on the arm...

Poetry English

·1 min read

The Music of The Spheres

R.C. Morgan·July 10, 2023

The Music of The Spheres written by: R.C. Morgan Elanor Tarrant wished she was in the bush,...

Literature English

·4 mins read

Ten Years

Deirdre Carney·July 10, 2023

Ten Years written by: Deirdre Carney Ten years now Since I saw your face Touched your hand...

Poetry English

·1 min read

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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