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Fruit of Knowledge

Marian Dziwisz·February 6, 2023

Fruit of Knowledge written by: Marian Dziwisz -O! Word! Thou art a child of man without a body thou art but a sigh...

English Poetry Polish International

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A Walk After Dark

Spillwords·February 5, 2023

A Walk After Dark a poem by: W H Auden A cloudless night like this Can set...

Literary Greats English Poetry

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Random Dreams

Destiny·January 30, 2023

Random Dreams written by: Destiny Throw your anguish to heavens high, traumatize them with your soul’s outcry...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Please Don’t

Yasleh Hani Wati Mat Yassin·January 28, 2023

Please Don’t written by: Yasleh Hani Wati Mat Yassin Please don’t tell me you’re hurting, cause tonight...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Persistency Matters

George Koshy·January 24, 2023

Persistency Matters written by: George Koshy @georgekoshy Sometimes you don’t get noticed ‘coz you don’t stick out...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Starve

K Meeks·January 23, 2023

Starve written by: Keiran Meeks Down I climb the mountain’s edge, down, and down, through the angry...

English Literature

·6 mins read

Learning From a Moth

Lopa Banerjee·January 21, 2023

Learning From a Moth written by: Lopa Banerjee @rooafza “Yet, because he was so small, and so...

English Literature

·6 mins read

My Pain, My Strength

Ma. Karenina Galang Patac·January 18, 2023

My Pain, My Strength written by: Ma. Karenina Galang Patac Standing all alone In a field full...

Poetry English

·1 min read

Dawn

Mark Kuglin·January 17, 2023

Dawn written by: Mark Kuglin @cr8fiction By far and away, nights were the worst. Each one a...

Literature English

·1 min read

Never Alone

Damian Laounaros·January 17, 2023

Never Alone written by: Damian Laounaros @damian_laou Wherever you go it’s always there Whatever you do it...

English Poetry

·1 min read

Her Rootless Garden of Hope

Nazam Riar·January 15, 2023

Her Rootless Garden of Hope written by: Nazam Riar in my heart amidst titanic psychosis blooms a...

English Poetry

·1 min read

The Well

MTB Mum·January 14, 2023

The Well written by: MTB Mum You know that place we all go from time to time....

Poetry English

·1 min read

My Last Goodbye

J. Robbins-Clacema·January 14, 2023

My Last Goodbye written by: J. Robbins-Clacema Who will be there? Who will come to pay their...

Poetry English

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Till Death Do Us Part

Toni Kelly·January 13, 2023

Till Death Do Us Part written by: Toni Kelly Who was that guy that said hello? You...

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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