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A Damphyr Knows Need

Linda M. Crate·January 13, 2020

A Damphyr Knows Need written by: Linda M. Crate @thysilverdoe always, you ignored my light. you want...

Poetry English

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Entropia

Romulaizer Pardo·January 8, 2020

Entropia written by: Romulaizer Pardo @RomulaizerPardo Anterior a los soles existía un ruido, un incensante movimiento. Su...

Poetry Spanish

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Dreamer’s Nightmare

Glen McKenzie·December 18, 2019

Dreamer’s Nightmare written by: Glen McKenzie @justabitfurther a nightmare lived inside an illusion the horror of unfinished...

English Poetry

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Small Things Changed

Anshika Sharma·December 3, 2019

Small Things Changed written by: Anshika Sharma Bare bricks sneak From the cracks on the wall, The...

Poetry English

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Midnight Walk

Ann Christine Tabaka·November 16, 2019

Midnight Walk written by: Ann Christine Tabaka @TabakaChris It was around midnight, but isn’t that usually when...

English Literature

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Caramel Creams, Make Me Scream!

Alisa Guttadauro·October 29, 2019

Caramel Creams, Make Me Scream! written by: Alisa Guttadauro Superstitions Trick or Treat, My heart is racing,...

Halloween English Poetry

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Nightmare #50

R. Bremner·October 28, 2019

Nightmare #50 written by: R. Bremner Foul odors emanate from … I know not where! Ah, behind...

13 Days of Halloween English Poetry Halloween Featured Post

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DEMISE

Steven Fortune·July 18, 2019

DEMISE written by: Steven Fortune Demise of my eyes Census-takers of the senses Who among you wears...

Poetry English

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Mare of The Night

Lee Dunn·July 15, 2019

Mare of The Night written by: Lee Dunn To bed I went, brooding on my have-nots, marked for...

English Poetry

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The Reckoning (River of Pain)

Jose A. Tovar·June 3, 2019

The Reckoning (River of Pain) written by: Jose A. Tovar While I slept While I dreamt Deep...

Poetry English

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Spectred Drums

Eoghan Lyng·June 1, 2019

Spectred Drums written by: Eoghan Lyng @eoghanlyng I drove out the ghostlands, As the guns went off...

Poetry English Featured Post

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Beyond The Door

Fotoula Reynolds·May 21, 2019

Beyond The Door written by: Fotoula Reynolds For three consecutive nights, the raven-haired woman haunts me in...

Literature English

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Fearful Moments of Tranquility

George Gad Economou·May 10, 2019

Fearful Moments of Tranquility written by: George Gad Economou calm before the storm, as drinks are poured,...

English Poetry

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XII, a poem written by Dewayne Alexander Adams at Spillwords.com

XII

Dewayne Alexander Adams·April 18, 2019

XII written by: Dewayne Alexander Adams @Surewhy7 Knife held and threatened Against me if I speak. I...

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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