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Hostel Neotiations, poem by Jordan Trethewey at Spillwords.com

Hostel Negotiations

Jordan Trethewey·July 23, 2020

Hostel Negotiations written by: Jordan Trethewey @bizarre_quotes I beat a stumbling retreat— Celtic dance beats on George...

English Featured Post Poetry

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Opening The Space

Cheyenne Marcelus·May 21, 2020

Opening The Space written by: Cheyenne Marcelus I bruised my shins and scraped my elbows trying to...

Poetry English

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Perchance To Dream

Michael Danese·May 5, 2020

Perchance To Dream written by: Michael Danese @danesemc The warm early morning light was streaming through a...

English Literature Featured Post

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When This Ends

Eoghan Lyng·May 2, 2020

When This Ends written by: Eoghan Lyng @eoghanlyng When this ends, I hope to travel Killarney’s passageway,...

Poetry English

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Dora The Intergalactic Explorer

Jake Cosmos Aller·April 27, 2020

Dora The Intergalactic Explorer written by: Jake Cosmos Aller @Jakecaller Dora the intergalactic explorer Is traveling to the...

English Poetry

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Lifeboat Earth

Brian Rihlmann·April 13, 2020

Lifeboat Earth written by: Brian Rihlmann I get my coffee at the drive-thru because the store’s closed...

English Poetry

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Life In Times of Corona

Rana Preet Gill·April 5, 2020

Life In Times of Corona written by: Rana Preet Gill @DrRanaPreetGill The air is glum. It reeks...

Article English

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Wooing The Sun

Mona Lisa·February 17, 2020

Wooing The Sun written by: Mona Lisa She is not sure yet, If she is a poet...

Poetry English

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Major in the Land of Giants

Asad Mian·January 12, 2020

Major in the Land of Giants A Travelogue (of sorts) written by: Asad Mian @amian74 My trip...

Article English

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Dreams

Elaine Marie Carnegie-Padgett·December 30, 2019

Dreams written by: Elaine Marie @ElaineMarieCar1 My feet feel the grain of the sand underneath and my...

English Poetry

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A Cuckoo Clock Christmas

Lee Dunn·December 23, 2019

A Cuckoo Clock Christmas written by: Lee Dunn @66human I brought you a present ‘Twas an old...

Poetry Christmas English

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Chasing Cars

Mileva Anastasiadou·December 21, 2019

Chasing Cars written by: Mileva Anastasiadou @happymil_ It was the night before Christmas when I met him...

Christmas English Literature

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My Hidden Desires

Hemu Aggarwal·September 28, 2019

My Hidden Desires written by: Hemu Aggarwal @hemuaggarwal15 My drained efforts to dig out my bones, and...

English Poetry

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Explanations

Sonali Majumdar·September 24, 2019

Explanations written by: Sonali Majumdar Explanations are rivers Of our carefully crafted thoughts Of mindful set of...

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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