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Self-Forgiveness

Grace Y. Estevez·February 5, 2024

Self-Forgiveness written by: Grace Y. Estevez @GraceoftheSun1 With lowered eyes and a hushed mouth, silence my sighs,...

Poetry English

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Speaking in Tongues

Joseph Amendolare·January 23, 2024

Speaking in Tongues written by: Joseph Amendolare In a broken place, amongst melting asphalt and splinters of...

English Literature

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Beggar of Love

Ishita Dutta·January 16, 2024

Beggar of Love written by: Ishita Dutta Now I get to know It’s too hard to lie...

Poetry English

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Season’s Greetings

Nafisa Shabbir·January 1, 2024

Season’s Greetings written by: Nafisa Shabbir This is the season of gaiety and cheer A time to...

English Poetry

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What is Christmas

Benedict Hurley·December 24, 2023

What is Christmas written by: Benedict Hurley @musoman11 For all those living in the shadow of war...

Poetry English Christmas

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Christmas Kindness

Robin Joy Bell Nobles·December 14, 2023

Christmas Kindness written by: Robin Joy Bell Nobles In the still of this night, a feeling of...

English Christmas Poetry

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Uncle Ben

Harold Stetler·December 12, 2023

Uncle Ben written by: Harold Stetler I miss my Uncle Ben I miss him every day I...

English Poetry

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I Wrapped in Heart

Simona Prilogan·December 9, 2023

I Wrapped in Heart written by: Simona Prilogan I wrapped in heart the golden thoughts Uprooted from...

Poetry English

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On a Windy, Dark Night

Francisco Bravo Cabrera·November 1, 2023

On a Windy, Dark Night written by: Francisco Bravo Cabrera It’s dark… The curious glances of yellow...

Halloween English Poetry

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1 AM, poetry by Natalia Aeschliman at Spillwords.com

1 AM

Natalia Aeschliman·October 1, 2023

1 AM written by: Natalia Aeschliman The world sleeps. My mind awakened by sweaty sheets, Wondering, thinking,...

English Poetry

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It Comes and Goes in Waves

Abdiel John Wilson·September 12, 2023

It Comes and Goes in Waves written by: JaWiL @theWilsonAbdiel In depths of sorrow’s murky sea I...

Poetry English

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Ruth

James Walmsley·September 7, 2023

Ruth written by: James Walmsley Farewell my friends for I am gone, not quite the way I...

This One Life

JahArt Kushite·September 7, 2023

This One Life written by: JahArt Kushite @JahartK I face this life, this cruel life and give...

Poetry English

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My Dead Piggy: A Tormented Boy

Professor JPJ·August 26, 2023

My Dead Piggy: A Tormented Boy written by: Professor JPJ Eons ago, right after the last dinosaur...

Literature 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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