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Tigger

Phyllis Souza·September 10, 2019

Tigger written by: Phyllis Souza Tigger, an alley cat, lapped milk, hunted mice and leaped through open...

Literature English

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Humanity

Sheri M. Stewart·September 7, 2019

Humanity written by: Sheri M. Stewart I touch your tears I can not stop I find I...

English Poetry

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Am I to Touch the Feet of the Tyrants

Abu Siddik·September 4, 2019

Am I to Touch the Feet of the Tyrants written by: ABU SIDDIK @ASBENM3 I ask you,...

English Poetry

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NON-WAITING

Gosha Kulisiewicz·August 11, 2019

Poetry Polish English International

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Marry Me

Bogpan·August 10, 2019

Marry Me written by: Bogpan @panbog2 Will you break off with me, my beloved, morsel for morsel...

English Poetry

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Marionette Strings

Christina Ciufo·August 6, 2019

Marionette Strings written by: Christina Ciufo @ChristinaCiufo Burgundy curtains rise from our oval stage called relationship. ...

English Poetry

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Confessions

Spillwords·August 4, 2019

Confessions a poem by Robert Browning What is he buzzing in my ears? ‘Now that I come...

Literary Greats Poetry English

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There I Wait

Fallen Engel·July 29, 2019

There I Wait written by: Fallen Engel @BlackEngel3 Daylight vanishes, darkness prevails Old mornings dawn, lost and...

English Poetry

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My Shameful Secrets

Laura Hughes·July 27, 2019

My Shameful Secrets written by: Laura Hughes @SweetPea_1977 Who do you even turn to, if no one...

English Poetry

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ADIEU

Luzviminda G. Rivera·July 10, 2019

ADIEU written by: LUZVIMINDA G. RIVERA sun slowly goes below the horizon cold wind breeze touches the...

Poetry English

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The Stranger

Patricia Elliott·July 3, 2019

The Stranger written by: Patricia Elliot I can dream Of a man who will hold my heart...

Poetry English

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Seagulls

Kashiana Singh·June 26, 2019

Seagulls written by: Kashiana Singh Whites afloat with momentous ballet moves. Screeching sounds of freedom songs. Salty...

Poetry English

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Foreign Sky

Ricky Hawthorne·June 14, 2019

Foreign Sky written by: Ricky Hawthorne @searsjames I can’t remember snow And frosted trees From Autumn’s tow...

English Poetry

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Finally, It All Ends

Tebatjo Malaka·June 2, 2019

Finally, It All Ends. written by: Tebatjo Malaka @RSeedOfAbraham Everything to end is made; To impending loss...

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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