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String Art, a poem by Rando Mithlo at Spillwords.com

The String Art

G. Rod Hamilton·March 6, 2023

The String Art written by: Rando Mithlo On a board with nails and string Two hounds stare...

Poetry English

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Dew Drops

Nafisa Shabbir·February 27, 2023

Dew Drops written by: Nafisa Shabbir The dew Sparkling on the leaves That hang on the tree...

English Poetry

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Christmas 1958: Promise You Will Come Home

Larry D Tyler·December 22, 2022

Christmas 1958: Promise You Will Come Home written by: Larry D Tyler It was a cold bitter...

English Literature Christmas

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I Go With You

Alan David Gould·December 20, 2022

I Go With You written by: Alan David Gould It was late afternoon on Christmas Eve and...

Literature Christmas English

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Redress

Antonia Wang·November 1, 2022

Redress written by: Antonia Wang @tuttysan This fogged mirror has room for one more ghost. I carry...

English Poetry Halloween

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The Scary House

Jacek Wilkos·October 31, 2022

The Scary House written by: Jacek Wilkos The creaking of steps of old wooden stairs The noise...

English Poetry Halloween

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Busk & Ancho

J. D. Nelson·September 3, 2022

busk & ancho written by: J. D. Nelson @madverse on the planet of the hind legs show...

English Poetry

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Athan

Viviana Benfenati·June 12, 2022

Athan written by: Viviana Benfenati @bunnychernobyl I watched our little Greek town get painted with the colors...

English Literature Featured Post

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Refinishing

Amy J. Markstahler·April 3, 2022

Refinishing written by: Amy J. Markstahler @Ajmarkstahler I walk through my empty house, a house Liam and...

Literature English Featured Post

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Sequoia

Kevin Taylor·September 25, 2021

Sequoia written by: Kevin Taylor @poetkevinjtayl1 Life is wood and then the sky...

English Poetry

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Summer Wood

Nameera Anjum Khan·May 19, 2021

Summer Wood written by: Nameera Anjum Khan Gaping at the summer wood between my teeth My grandmother...

Poetry English

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Making Holes

R. K. Singh·February 12, 2021

Making Holes written by: R. K. Singh @profrksingh making holes in the wooden cross white ants...

Poetry English

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Not Love

Mitch Bensel·January 18, 2021

Not Love written by: Mitch Bensel @MitchRambling overflowing passion onto the table of non the grains of...

Poetry English

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At The Sea-Side

Spillwords·January 17, 2021

At The Sea-Side a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was down beside the sea A...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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Gabriella Balcom writes fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, and more, and has had 551 works accepted for publication. She was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association's Small Press Award, and Clarendon House Publications awarded her a publishing contract after one of her stories was voted best in a novel; her multi-genre anthology, On the Wings of Ideas, was then released. Gabriella won second place in JayZoMon/Dark Myth Company's 2020 Open Contract Challenge, and they published her romance, Worth Waiting For. Black Hare Press put out her sci-fi novella, The Return, and Dark Myth Publicating released her horror anthology, Down with the Sickness and Other Chilling Tales. She also self-published a novelette.

A Christmas Heckler by John Christopher

“With your vote tomorrow—” The Governor raised his hands to quell thunderous applause. “With your vote, we can end this foreign invasion once and for all. America for Americans!”

This wasn’t just a slogan for Governor Bishop DeCulpat. It was a life’s crusade. In his border state, it was his family, his neighbors who’d borne the brunt of the social costs of the flow of migrants across the border. They’d been pushed to a boiling point. Now, it was time for action.

Hearing the signature catchphrase of the campaign, the audience erupted once again, the ovation magnified by the white marble column of the Statehouse rising at the Governor’s back, drowning out The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Christmas is Coming blaring from the speakers...

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