rejection Archives - Spillwords

FEAR

Slice LucasApril 24, 2019

FEAR written by: Slice Lucas @SliceLucas If You Could Let Go Of Fear, You Can Go To A Place Unfamiliar At First But Such A Beautiful Space If You C...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Death To A Writer

Mark KuglinMarch 10, 2019

Death To A Writer written by: Mark Kuglin @cr8fiction What most people would consider delusions of grandeur or wishful thinking at best, Lewis C...

EnglishLiterature11 min read

Only A Phone Call

Sarojkanta DashDecember 14, 2018

Only A Phone Call written by: Sarojkanta Dash Whether to receive my call or reject was your choice But I had no way out But to call And I did. ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

In The End

Doug DonnanAugust 30, 2018

In The End written by: Doug Donnan In the end, God in his omnipotence, turned his back on me My heart and soul sank to the bottom of an indifferent s...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

She Moves Like Woven Silken Strands

Rick HoweJuly 25, 2018

She Moves Like Woven Silken Strands written by: Rick Howe She moves like woven silken strands Hair catching air, and in her grace Becomes that ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Shunned

Antony KingJune 13, 2018

Shunned written by: Antony King I am the child that is always picked last, Who wants to be liked, But is often looked past. I am the one... W...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Full

Moxie McMurderJune 1, 2018

Full written by: Moxie McMurder @MoxieMcMurder Fill me up I want it all To take up space after allowing myself to shrink I want to be full I am g...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

It Is Better To Know Than Not To Know

Julie ErshadiJanuary 29, 2017

It Is Better to Know Than Not to Know written by: Julie Ershadi @jershadi Contentment in your words, desire in your voice. It is better to know than ...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Final Meeting

Stanley WilkinAugust 30, 2016

FINAL MEETING written by: Stanley Wilkin @catalhuyuk It was our final day together During an awkward time, strolling purposely in the woods Beyond t...

EnglishPoetry2 min read

La Moza

Jose A GomezJanuary 14, 2016

La Moza A Poem by José A Gómez Si! Asi fue como comenzó La moza diciendo, lo quiero, por mil razón Aunque mi madre lo diga Que no tiene aspiració...

Jose A GomezPoetrySpanish3 min read

No more articles

Gabriela M. was born in Europe and presently lives in the United States where she is a university professor. She published three novels in her native language. In 2017 she started writing poetry in English. Since then her poetry has been published in various journals and newspapers. Her favorite poets are the symbolists and the surrealists, and her favorite novelist is Lawrence Durrell. She is a fluent speaker of three languages. She spends her time teaching, researching, leading a university-wide organization, working on her novel, and writing poetry. She mostly spends her vacations in Miami, Southern California, and Southern Europe.
Christina Schwarz, the author of the New York Times bestseller Drowning Ruth, after reading Gabriela M’s poetry manuscript stated:
“With lush language and lavish imagery, Gabriela M. evokes a fantastic world ripe with emotion.”

Anatomy of A Heartbreak by Henna Johansdotter

February: He’s left you a wishbone on your pillow. You’re not sure what to do with it so you stick it between your ribs, feeling the sharp end shift with every move, scraping against the aorta. You hold your breath while sleeping and do not stir as the dreams pass by like headlights, colliding into the mist.

May: You pull out your teeth as not to hurt him anymore. He says your silence is ugly and suggests you keep your mouth open.
...