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Long Play

Mike Turner·March 2, 2021

Long Play written by: Mike Turner @SchoonerSkipper First notes of music Waft from the stage Bring us...

Poetry English

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I Have Loved Flowers That Fade

Spillwords·February 7, 2021

I Have Loved Flowers That Fade a poem by Robert Bridges I have loved flowers that fade,...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Bliss

Vidya Venkataramanan·February 6, 2021

Bliss written by: Vidya Venkataramanan A crescent moon hung in the sky A smudgy sun Tried to...

English Poetry

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Two Thousand Years and More

Blessing Chiamaka·February 1, 2021

Two Thousand Years and More written by: Blessing Chiamaka @goody_blessing Two thousand years and more, Joyful melodies...

English Poetry

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Purple Rain

Andy Houstoun·January 4, 2021

Purple Rain written by: Andy Houstoun @Madmax69425310 A pound coin clatters down the slot. I scroll through...

English Literature

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Sing To Me

Genie Nakano·January 1, 2021

Sing To Me written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini sing to me sweet bird of happiness so small...

Poetry English

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A Song For Christmas

Steve Carr·December 13, 2020

A Song For Christmas written by: Steve Carr @carrsteven960 I was sixteen. Ma’s upright piano stood against...

Christmas Featured Post English 12 Days of Christmas Literature

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As On A Holiday

Spillwords·December 13, 2020

As On A Holiday a poem by Friedrich Holderlin As on a holiday, when a farmer Goes...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Obligato

Linda Imbler·December 10, 2020

Obligato written by: Linda Imbler I loved to sit on the lake shore and watch the soft...

English Poetry

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She Moved Through The Fair

Nigel de Costa·November 28, 2020

She Moved Through The Fair written by: Nigel de Costa “When dew falls on meadow and moths fill...

Poetry English

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A Songbird

Hagit Carmel·November 18, 2020

A Songbird written by: Hagit Carmel It rose in the distance of blue skies On a background...

Poetry English

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Echoes

Mary Daurio·November 15, 2020

Echoes written by: Mary Daurio I accompanied my mother to reside at my grandfather’s secluded house in...

The Ache of An Ocean

TheHumanAnvil·November 9, 2020

The Ache of An Ocean written by: THEHUMANANVIL @TheHumanAnvil I was running through the poppy fields, Knee...

English Poetry

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Halloween

Thaddeus Hutyra·October 20, 2020

Halloween written by: Thaddeus Hutyra @teddy9999 Hi, ladies and gentlemen, I am a joker Halloween is coming...

Poetry Halloween 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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