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Pronouns

Brad Osborne·October 5, 2022

Pronouns written by: Brad Osborne What makes “you” and “me” Become the pronoun “we” And how do...

English Poetry

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Waiting For My Doctor

Kawsar Khalil·September 20, 2022

Waiting For My Doctor written by: Kawsar Khalil @KawsarKhalil Mishaps happen, how? We don’t know Or knowingly...

English Poetry

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Reawakening, poetry by Sheila Henry at Spillwords.com

Reawakening The Feminine

Sheila Henry·September 4, 2022

Reawakening the Feminine written by: Sheila Henry @sheila_henry17 When women cry blood with eyes opened wide and...

Poetry English

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My Big Mistake

Eileen Clark·September 3, 2022

My Big Mistake written by: Eileen Clark What did I do to you now, did I do...

Poetry English

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How To Say No

Jahnavi Gogoi·August 14, 2022

How To Say No written by: Jahnavi Gogoi The tip of my tongue Knocked on the roof...

English Poetry

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This House is Not a Home

Ifeanyi Sibling·August 13, 2022

This House is Not a Home written by: Ifeanyi Sibling “Drop your bag; your food is in...

English Literature

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The Color Red

Rakshinda Mujeeb·August 5, 2022

The Color Red written by: Rakshinda Mujeeb @rakshindatweets Something so adverse about adversities, you find yourself awake...

English Poetry

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Breakthrough

Nope, Not Pam·August 1, 2022

Breakthrough written by: Nope, Not Pam @NopePam You built a barricade around your heart A wall, strong...

Poetry English

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Our Immortal Hug

Verity Mason·July 20, 2022

Our Immortal Hug written by: Verity Mason I carry your joy with me. We three had some...

English Poetry

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If We

KJ Hannah Greenberg·July 19, 2022

If We written by: KJ Hannah Greenberg If we are large women, If we are slight girls,...

Poetry English

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This Love

Shelly Wilson·July 17, 2022

This Love written by: Shelly Wilson @ShellyWilsonDQK There’s a love who sees the deepest pains The ones...

English Poetry

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Dido

Katrina Kaye·July 11, 2022

Dido written by: Katrina Kaye @PoetKatrinaKaye It was an accident. I was not a broken woman the...

Poetry English

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Pinwheel

Antonia Wang·July 7, 2022

Pinwheel written by: Antonia Wang @tuttysan The clarinet won’t sing without forced air, and ivory missed the...

English Poetry

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The Hands of Time

Benedict Hurley·June 28, 2022

The Hands of Time written by: Benedict Hurley @musoman11 With love for Jack, Abbie, Sam, and Conor...

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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