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The Cloud

Mark Scrivener·May 14, 2018

The Cloud written by: Mark Scrivener @orpheus777 I am a cloud and I fly on far sky, White...

Poetry English

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Galaxy

Mark Scrivener·March 30, 2018

Galaxy written by: Mark Scrivener @orpheus777 The artificial light has faded from The cardboard skyline. Now pale points...

Poetry English

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WOMEN

mdtaslim·March 8, 2018

WOMEN written by: mdtaslim Women are the best poem of the creator Each word of his poem is...

Poetry English

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My Dear Child

Sravani Singampalli·February 16, 2018

My Dear Child written by: Sravani Singampalli @Sravanisingamp1 You had the most amazing eyes Twinkling with innocence...

Poetry English

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Ode to Edgar A. Poe

Brittany L. Scott·November 12, 2017

Ode to Edgar A. Poe written by: Brittany L. Scott @BrittanyLScott He vanished into thin air O!...

English Poetry

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Ode To The Spark That Still Lives Inside My Chest

Valentyna Holloway·October 25, 2017

Ode To The Spark That Still Lives Inside My Chest written by: Valentyna Holloway @valentynedreams You’ll do...

Poetry English

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Ode to the United States Military

Phyllis P. Colucci·July 4, 2017

Ode to the United States Military written by: Phyllis P. Colucci @FictionTarot Happy 4th of July America!...

Poetry Phyllis P. Colucci English

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Decade

Spillwords·May 28, 2017

Decade a poem by Amy Lowell When you came, you were like red wine and honey, And...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Ode to Peter Steele – The Green Man

Fallen Engel·May 4, 2017

Ode to Peter Steele – The Green Man written by: Fallen Engel @BlackEngel3 Electric green turning solid...

Literature English

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You Bend The Air

Don Knowles·April 13, 2017

You bend the air written by: Don Knowles @DonKnowles3 Straight from the womb Right At your birth...

Poetry English

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The Ode

Houda Laabadi·February 21, 2017

The Ode written by: Houda Laabadi @Houdas_Crib Of all the things in this universe, Kindness and smiles...

Poetry English

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Ode To A Kurdish Child

Sue Gratton·November 21, 2016

Ode to a Kurdish Child written by: Sue Gratton @SueMGratton Little child lying still Among the lifeless...

English

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An Ode To Shapes

Alexa Cleasby·November 15, 2016

An ode to shapes written by: Alexa Cleasby @Lexicon_Fuse In the negative spaces there is a quiet...

English Poetry

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Ode To A Dead Racoon

S.K. Clarke·November 12, 2016

Ode to a Dead Racoon written by: S.K. Clarke @skcwriter O, your body fills me with such...

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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