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A Farewell

Roshni Kapoor·July 23, 2020

A Farewell written by: Roshni Kapoor Sleep, my little one, beneath those dark wings Cares not this...

English Poetry

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I Am Awake

Sophia Behal·May 11, 2020

I Am Awake (thoughts of a Vampire) written by: Sophia Behal performed by: Sean van Dutch I...

English Poetry

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Tired

Ximena Escobar·May 10, 2020

Tired written by: Ximena Escobar @laximenin I want to be tired, and make you tired, Rest together...

English Poetry

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Rock Me To Sleep

Spillwords·May 10, 2020

Rock Me To Sleep a poem by: Elizabeth Akers Allen Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Perchance To Dream

Michael Danese·May 5, 2020

Perchance To Dream written by: Michael Danese @danesemc The warm early morning light was streaming through a...

English Literature Featured Post

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A Poet’s Prayer

Sue Marie St. Lee·April 15, 2020

A Poet’s Prayer written by: Sue Marie St. Lee Forgive me, poor heart the quest I encounter,...

English Poetry

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Blankets

Ricky Hawthorne·April 7, 2020

Blankets written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames Love has left these pitiless threads, these pillow-less Discarded piles, slumped...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Sleep

Jill Sharon Kimmelman·March 23, 2020

Sleep written by: Jill Sharon Kimmelman This night i slept beautifully…deeply…oblivious to all no new poems were...

English Poetry

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The Giant

Ger White·March 13, 2020

The Giant written by: Ger White It was just a hill field to the neighbours But we...

Poetry English

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I Haven’t Said Goodbye

Magdalena Podobińska·March 9, 2020

I Haven’t Said Goodbye written by: Magdalena Podobińska I’m moved he found the time to come and give...

English Poetry

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A Clear Midnight

Spillwords·February 16, 2020

A Clear Midnight a poem by: Walt Whitman This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Sisyphean Strivings

Supriya Rakesh·January 23, 2020

Sisyphean Strivings written by: Supriya Rakesh I Striving to reach somewhere I know I need to get...

English Poetry

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Watching You Sleep

Jenny Middleton·January 16, 2020

Watching You Sleep written by: Jenny Middleton Sometimes I watch you sleep, Your mind deserted of day...

Poetry English

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To Live and Die

Anne G·November 29, 2019

To Live and Die written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth Born to live destined to die deafening cries...

Poetry Anne G 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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