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Good Ole Days

Tamara Yancosky (BBYCGN)·September 27, 2023

Good Ole Days written by: Tamara Yancosky Each generation has tragedies to face; drudging through countless battlefields...

Poetry English

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Our Own Love Method

Mayumi Yamamoto·September 2, 2023

Our Own Love Method written by: Mayumi Yamamoto Since we love reading and writing, she sends me...

Poetry English

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y Happy Place, poetry by Jacqueline Mead at Spillwords.com

My Happy Place

Jacqueline Mead·July 29, 2023

My Happy Place written by: Jacqueline Mead @Jackiem158 Peace by the water. Canal, river or sea. Here,...

Poetry English

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Wonderstruck Wanderlust

Rob Clark·July 17, 2023

Wonderstruck Wanderlust written by: Rob Clark @HangryPoet197 Into sweet oblivion Skies obsidian Dotted w/shimmering iridescence Her lingering...

English Poetry

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Programmable Coffee

Robyn MacKinnon·June 18, 2023

Programmable Coffee written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat It’s been a pleasure Our programmable coffee of the Galaxy...

Robyn Finds Poetry Robyn MacKinnon Poetry English

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Perpetrator

Parvathi Jayakrishnan·June 1, 2023

Perpetrator written by: Parvathi Jayakrishnan sitting on your lap, I knew whether it was soft or hard,...

Poetry English

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Dirge of The Three Queens

Spillwords·May 28, 2023

Dirge of The Three Queens a poem by: William Shakespeare Urns and odours bring away! Vapours, sighs,...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Chanteuse

Mark Kuglin·May 7, 2023

Chanteuse written by: Mark Kuglin @cr8fiction So sultry voiced the singer The chanteuse up on the stage...

Poetry English

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Rage

Tania Alphonsa George·May 1, 2023

Rage written by: Tania Alphonsa George @taynehyah Acid tears fall upon her cheek, Inability courses through her...

Poetry English

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A Night in My Hostel

Deepti Shakya·February 1, 2023

A Night in My Hostel written by: Deepti Shakya I remember the night in my hostel, When...

Poetry English

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For The Tree

Jackie Harvey·December 2, 2022

For The Tree written by: Jackie Harvey You are running. Running from what you are not sure...

Haunted Holidays English Literature

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Guilty Pleasures

Sharona Reeves·November 26, 2022

Guilty Pleasures written by: Sharona Reeves A lifetime spent in neutral Rollercoaster The over and under Stages...

English Poetry

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A Love Letter to Coffee

Patricia Furstenberg·October 1, 2022

A Love Letter to Coffee written by: Patricia Furstenberg @PatFurstenberg My beloved, It’s been only a few...

Poetry English

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I Often Wonder

Joyce Mary J·September 14, 2022

I Often Wonder written by: Joyce Mary J I often wonder what made God think, To create...

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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