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Once Again, Liberia Bleeds

Ivan S. Fiske IV·June 22, 2022

Once Again, Liberia Bleeds written by: Ivan S. Fiske IV on January 19, 2022, at night, when...

English Poetry

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Call From Within

Puneet Kumar·June 17, 2022

Call From Within written by: Puneet Kumar @authorpuneet I spend my hours In brooding And I sit...

Poetry English

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Dancing With The Devil

Tim Law·June 14, 2022

Dancing With the DeVil written by: Tim Law In the dead of night Or morn’s pale light The...

Poetry English

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Nightfall Truce

Andy Cooper·June 13, 2022

Nightfall Truce written by: Andy Cooper @AC0040 As the night draws to a conclusion, this war between...

English Poetry

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Album de Recuerdo, a poem by Jose Wan Diaz at Spillwords.com

Album de Recuerdos

Jose Wan Diaz·June 5, 2022

Album de Recuerdos written by: Jose Wan Diaz Me imagino que tu cruel fantasma–huésped fiel– viene otra vez...

Poetry Spanish

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Look

Chasity Gaines·June 3, 2022

Look written by: Chasity Gaines @ChasityAnneGai1 Look up Stars twinkle as they dance The moon, a sliver...

English Poetry

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Echoes in The Canyon

Sterling Pohlmann·June 1, 2022

Echoes in The Canyon written by: Sterling Pohlmann @writeratwork1 I have taken this journey of life in...

English Literature

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The Cold Winter Night

Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar·May 31, 2022

The Cold Winter Night written by: Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar @madhumita6 Wintry night embraces, shivering, frigid and piercing,...

Poetry English

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The Writing of a Madman

Jeff Flaig·May 23, 2022

The Writing of a Madman written by: Jeff Flaig To the morning, I hope to travel, till...

English Poetry

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Dead Poets

Flash·May 12, 2022

Dead Poets written by: Flash The silence of a star filled night. A world of in-betweens. A...

Poetry English

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The Telling

David Wagoner·May 7, 2022

The Telling written by: David Wagoner The painted beams overhead, Catch the flickering firelight, In the king’s...

Starry Night

Pardee Lowe Jr.·May 7, 2022

Starry Night written by: Pardee Lowe Jr. Oil swirled on canvas color rioting the eye Reality in...

Poetry English

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Supernova in The Nightsky

Elizabeth Castillo·May 7, 2022

Supernova in The Nightsky written by: Elizabeth Castillo People come into our lives to hold up a mirror,...

Poetry English

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Survived?

Rachit Sharma·May 7, 2022

Survived? written by: Rachit Sharma it’s a lonely night, a simmering one short breaths against the white...

English Poetry

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After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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