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Don’t Fall In Love

Chey Ruble·December 5, 2016

Don’t Fall In Love written by: Chey Ruble It will seem sincere, Honest and true. But in...

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No Warning… No Consent

Maggie Chatterton·November 9, 2016

No Warning… No Consent written by: Maggie Chatterton @Mag_Chatterton They assume the worst from me Based on...

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Warning

Spillwords·July 10, 2016

Warning a poem by Jenny Joseph When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a...

Literary Greats English

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Advertencia

Jose A Gomez·January 23, 2016

Advertencia un poema de José A. Gómez La sociedad que no es conforme A las armas se encamina...

Poetry Jose A Gomez Spanish

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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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