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Why It Is You

Anthony Dim·February 22, 2021

Why It Is You written by: Anthony Dim In the earth of billions Where thy kind and...

English Poetry

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Artist’s Life

Spillwords·February 21, 2021

Artist’s Life a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote, mad...

English Literary Greats Poetry

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Weather Forecast

Carl "Papa" Palmer·February 10, 2021

Weather Forecast written by: Carl “Papa” Palmer Looking like a usual foggy summer morning of our Puget South...

Poetry English

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Summer Afternoon

Dale Adams·January 12, 2021

Summer Afternoon written by: Dale Adams I remember the trancelike stillness of a late summer afternoon walking...

Poetry English

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Solitude

Spillwords·January 3, 2021

Solitude a poem by Alexander Pope I How happy he, who free from care The rage of...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Christmas Aotearoa

Elizabeth Barton·December 21, 2020

Christmas Aotearoa written by: Elizabeth Barton @DestinyAngel25 This place lies far from snow-clad hills, the hush of...

Poetry Christmas English

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A Painful Victory

Lady Margrethe·November 23, 2020

A Painful Victory written by: Lady Margrethe @lady_margrethe Fragments of lies and deceit haunt me like the...

Poetry English

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The Journey

Daniel Day·November 21, 2020

The Journey written by: Daniel Day Mountains, silenced and numbed, lay barren. Sky poured out its tears...

English Literature

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Clouds, Crows and The Owl

Sue Marie St. Lee·November 18, 2020

Clouds, Crows and The Owl written by: Sue Marie St. Lee The searing summer sun is hidden...

Poetry English

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The Fortune Cookie

Thomas R Bates·November 12, 2020

The Fortune Cookie written by: Thomas R Bates This Chinese fortune cookie Has haunted me for many...

English Poetry

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Summer Will Return

Caroline Gauld·November 2, 2020

Summer Will Return written by: Caroline Gauld Autumn foliage begins to fall Coulorful and crinkly amid the...

Poetry English

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Love story #29

Joseph Amendolare·October 6, 2020

Love story #29 written by: Joseph Amendolare I have a lot of things to do and I...

Poetry English

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Dematerialisation

Gabriela M·September 23, 2020

Dematerialisation written by: Gabriela M @shortprose1 It was a sort of dematerialization that left behind the scent...

Poetry English

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The Man of Adria

S.S·September 19, 2020

The Man of Adria written by: S.S Midst the life’s continual tumults, I’ve sought, and found solace,...

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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