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Nostalgic Rain

Charlie Bottle·January 15, 2018

Nostalgic Rain written by: Charlie Bottle @CharlieBottle Dust devils rose in summer’s heat, wispy brown dervishes spiralled,...

English Poetry

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Crickets And Her

Danielle Chua·November 5, 2017

Crickets and Her written by: Danielle Chua @danielle_chua08 In cold summer nights, Crickets sing its tender song....

Poetry English

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Relentless

Jocvaughan·October 16, 2017

Relentless written by: Jocvaughan Relentless heat and the good neighbors on the street perspire under the trim...

Poetry English

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Longing For The Petrichor

TM Arko·October 13, 2017

Longing for the Petrichor written by: TM Arko @terry.arko The dog days are lingering Like bad thoughts...

English Poetry

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The Endless Summer of 1934

Hope Jones·September 28, 2017

The Endless Summer of 1934 written by: Hope Jones @Hope__Jones She opens the creaky, old door to...

English Literature

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Blackberry-Picking

Spillwords·September 24, 2017

Blackberry-Picking a poem by Seamus Heaney Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week,...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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Pegasus

Cindy Medina·September 19, 2017

Pegasus written by: Cindy Medina @Cindy_M65 Great Square of Pegasus what might you portend? Ascending the eastern...

English Poetry

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Summer Scorn

SMiles·September 2, 2017

Summer Scorn written by: SMiles @stephenmiles2 Ribbentrop and Molotov fill Finland’s basket of bread by cluster a...

Poetry Spilled History English

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Cliff

Polly Oliver·August 31, 2017

Cliff written by: Polly Oliver Exactly between the eastward-rising moon And the sorrowful sun, trace the limestone...

English Poetry

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Hampton Beach

Mario William Vitale·August 19, 2017

Hampton Beach written by: Mario William Vitale The smell of fresh fry doe Time had elapsed playing...

Poetry English

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Summer Thrills

LadyLily·August 18, 2017

Summer Thrills written by: LadyLily @AFairymary The first Lark sings, a Clematis, crimson, unravels from its florid...

English Poetry

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Joy

Dharmabum·August 13, 2017

Joy written by: Dharmabum @yogabum2106 The children asleep On lush green summertime grass. Playtime takes its toll....

English Poetry

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Dark Rooms

G. Rod Hamilton·July 24, 2017

Dark Rooms written by: Rando Mithlo @Rodhnoe We’ve been through this To revisit if Those dark room...

Poetry English

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The Island Of The Iron

Sofia Kioroglou·July 20, 2017

The Island Of The Iron written by: Sofia Kioroglou @poet.gr Big and rowdy, loud and lovely, it stands...

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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