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New Chapter, New Year 2024

Dawn Minott·February 22, 2024

New Chapter, New Year 2024 written by: Dawn Minott In the quiet unveiling of one year’s end...

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The Oil Drum Conundrum

Séimí Mac Aindreasa·February 17, 2024

The Oil Drum Conundrum written by: Séimí Mac Aindreasa The morning of the Oil Drum Conundrum dawned...

Season’s Greetings

Nafisa Shabbir·January 1, 2024

Season’s Greetings written by: Nafisa Shabbir This is the season of gaiety and cheer A time to...

English Poetry

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New Year’s Resolution

D. R. James·December 31, 2023

New Year’s Resolution written by: D.R. James A cliché of sequins staccatos across this first verse of...

English Poetry

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Happy New Year

Michelle Ayon Navajas·December 31, 2023

Happy New Year written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas we drifted apart for years stumbled upon each other...

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New Year!

Shalini Kathuria Narang·December 31, 2023

New Year! written by: Shalini Kathuria Narang @shalinikat Another year coming soon to an end, and a...

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A Dream Of The New Year

Spillwords·December 31, 2023

A Dream Of The New Year a poem by: Olivia Ward Bush-Banks Through the waning hours and...

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Into 2023

Gina Carrillo·January 21, 2023

Into 2023 written by: Gina Carrillo Most life was living in the light Now I enjoy the...

English Poetry

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New Year, New Blessings

Yao Liu·January 17, 2023

New Year, New Blessings written by: Yao Liu @yaopliu A new year, Presents new possibilities, New opportunities,...

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New Year

Christian Ward·January 11, 2023

New Year written by: Christian Ward The streets are wet like spring lawns, days opening like picnic...

English Poetry

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A New Year’s Eve

Julian Lee·January 4, 2023

A New Year’s Eve written by: Julian Lee @julian_lee76 The countdown has begun, Soon the bells will...

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2023, Our Year

Michelle Ayon Navajas·January 3, 2023

2023, Our Year written by: Michelle Ayon Navajas if New Year is for new beginnings what is...

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New Year’s Day

Eric Shelman·January 1, 2023

New Year’s Day written by: Eric Shelman Celebrating New Year’s and our life’s beginnings festively, fun-filled Wishing...

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Here’s to 2023

Shreya Chauhan·January 1, 2023

Here’s to 2023 written by: Shreya Chauhan Here’s to the New Year’s resolution makers. Here’s to the...

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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