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Reverie

Imeon504·July 24, 2021

Reverie written by: imeon504 …and so i move my gaze to another place, yet another face …with...

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They Headed Away

Magdalena Podobińska·February 27, 2021

They Headed Away written by: Magdalena Podobińska @Madzia33 the people who used to be around her they headed...

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Soiled White

Oluyemi Elisha·January 21, 2021

Soiled White written by: Oluyemi Elisha Quivering alone in the murk, Letting out pain in warm drips,...

Poetry English

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Man of Worth

Ginny M. Jones·January 4, 2021

Man of Worth written by: Ginny M. Jones What is it that makes a “man of worth”?...

Poetry English

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Amends

Daisy King·November 11, 2020

Amends written by: Daisy King @stormsinteacups I want to tell all in my family that I am...

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The Million Dollar Poem

Edward McCloud·November 9, 2020

The Million Dollar Poem written by: Edward McCloud Excuse me while I cut into the front of...

Poetry English

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Money

Phlammes·August 10, 2020

Money written by: Phlammes The route to evil it seems, but the very tool for actualization it...

English Poetry

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A Very Satisfactory Life Indeed

Anne G·March 12, 2020

A Very Satisfactory Life Indeed written by: Anne G @TheInkTruth Many the days of delectation gratification and...

Anne G English Poetry

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Aqueduct

Eliza Segiet·February 5, 2020

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Journey to Worth

Janice M. Resendez·January 27, 2020

Journey to Worth written by: Janice M. Resendez @JaniceMResendez She rose facing the wreckage Purpose dismembered Loyalty,...

English Poetry

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Uncomfortable

K. Exum·January 20, 2020

Uncomfortable written by: K. Exum @k_exum I always felt uncomfortable around her Because I just didn’t know...

English Poetry

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To Her Father with Some Verses

Spillwords·June 16, 2019

To Her Father with Some Verses a poem by Anne Bradstreet Most truly honoured, and as truly...

Poetry English Literary Greats

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FEAR

Slice Lucas·April 24, 2019

FEAR written by: Slice Lucas @SliceLucas If You Could Let Go Of Fear, You Can Go To...

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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