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Spillwords.com is the home for all that live and breathe words, spilled or inspired, through literature of every genre, from writers and poets of every walk of life. A place where classic, modern, and contemporary writers and writings thrive.

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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 26m
The Alchemy of Then written by: Jim Bates   Memories oh the memories The old alchemist stirring Magical moment meandering A mother’s stern yet loving look A father’s happy but fleeting smile Brothers running jumping laughing Good #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Literature #Poetry
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The Alchemy of Then
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 2h
All In written by: E. F. Schraeder   As I ask, is all information adequately insightful, artfully, interestingly arranged? Indisputably! alarmists interrupt— Artificial? Indeed. Albeit intriguing, an intelligence? Ahem. #Literature #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Spillwords
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All In
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 4h
No Words written by: Andrea Walker   I don’t recall how I sat down when they rang to tell me you’d shuffled off this mortal coil. Did I flop down? Did my knees buckle? I was near the bed, with a coffee awaiting my return (it never got #Fiction #Literature #Spillwords #Poetry #WritingCommunity
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No Words
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 6h
Lotus written by: Fiza Amir   A mind once a galaxy of thoughts, now merely mist, Hiding from the sun, she sits — beneath the table, fist clenched. While crimson butterflies on her cheeks are in tryst, She holds her knees tight, arms #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords
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Lotus
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 8h
Central Hospital written by: Ray Miller   A knowledge of History and English Lit shone as brightly as candlelight in those mazy and murky corridors. The front wards housed the acute admissions: Jane Austen coupled with Thomas #Fiction #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords #WritingCommunity
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Central Hospital
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 8h
Sea Bled Eyes written by: Johnch   The light grows as the slit widens Letting the day of dull and gloomy Find its way into the dark hallway. Painting the shadows of furniture In low relief, dust held against the wall Of memories #Literature #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Poetry
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Sea Bled Eyes
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 8h
The Path of the Albatross written by: N.A. Johnson   The novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky once scribed that thinking too much was a disease; I pondered if I was dying from it. If a term existed for the ailment, I didn’t have the proper #Spillwords #Poetry #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature
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The Path of the Albatross
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 9h
Blue-eyed American Jesus written by: Richard Wall   I got a blue-eyed, American Jesus, In a picture on my trailer wall, He’s been talking to me while I’m sleepin’, Since I’s baptised in the river, y’all. I don’t believe in no #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Literature #Poetry
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Blue-eyed American Jesus
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 9h
The Cycle of Leaf written by: Carol Bennetts   Along the deserted Galveston beach at the west end of town, a lone animal trots along the sand. The shy creature sniffs the air in the hope of a tasty dinner. The rare coyote-red wolf #Spillwords #Fiction #Literature #Poetry #WritingCommunity
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The Cycle of Leaf
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 10h
What Goes in the Camera written by: Dean Hahnenberg   Joel could smell the woods, the understory. He could almost smell the damp that he felt on his skin. The sounds his boots made crunching into dead leaves. The slight breeze he could #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Literature #Poetry #Fiction
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What Goes in the Camera
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 10h
Two Muses & a Poet written by: Ernest Federspiel   The time spent alone, without you in my head Reveals the space you cluttered and left behind A dam opened up; thoughts began to stream out From Dawgy Daddy's once unpeaceful insane #Poetry #Fiction #Spillwords #Literature #WritingCommunity
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Two Muses & A Poet
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 11h
 first walnut leaf falls written by: Steliana Cristina Voicu   first walnut leaf falls beyond the garden gate… I make a shelter from the old mailbox for my hedgehog   NOTE: Based on the Prompt - The First Leaf To Fall #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Fiction #Literature
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First Walnut Leaf Falls
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 12h
Key written by: Finley Ankrim   I see you through the lens of a fading photograph. My Polaroid camera is collecting dust in the drawer where I keep memories of you. The bracelets we made, the journal I kept of qualities of yours I #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords #Fiction
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Key
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 14h
You Are My Path written by: Jasna Gugić   So often I stand and simply watch you in the silence of life’s temples, as you bless all that lies before me and clear the paths I walk the paths that once led nowhere while your prayers #Spillwords #Poetry #WritingCommunity #Literature #Fiction
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You Are My Path
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 16h
Moonstone written by: Steliana Cristina Voicu   When the Sky turns his head towards unlit, Sipping from the clouds covering his eyelids, The Moon raises its tremble gaze, Forgetting in the water her silver dress. It’s barely noon. #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Spillwords #Literature
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Moonstone
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 18h
Hand in Hand written by: Fatima Nazifi - My acceptance letter just came. I called you immediately, Grandpa... #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords
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Hand in Hand
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 20h
The Hive written by: Roni Blooms   I don’t know how this happened. I don’t know who awoke my heart at such an inconvenient time. It was peacefully beating as I walked through chaos. It was peacefully beating to the rhythm of #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Fiction #Literature
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The Hive
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mirage written by: Maciej Pająk (Matthew)   Please don’t stop me faceless creature Don’t you see I’m turning eyes? Don’t you see that world behind me Is so shattered and so sliced? Levitation you’ve just broken Like a painter #Poetry #Fiction #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Literature
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Mirage
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This Barn of Barns written by: John Grey   Inside the barn, some stalls remain but there’s no sign of horses and chickens. It’s just a junkyard these days, storage space for tins of paint and thick hard brushes, a tire, a #Fiction #Poetry #Literature #Spillwords #WritingCommunity
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This Barn of Barns
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Childhood An Era to Remember written by: Raaghavi Kalluri   Lacy dress Gold chain with polished pearls around my neck Heels too high like those magical dreams that could graze the stars But never fall safely among the clouds The #Poetry #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature #Spillwords
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Childhood: An Era To Remember
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What Once Was - A Love Letter written by: Grace Elizabeth Renderos   We met on October 22, 2023. That's about three years ago now, two and some months actually, but we know I'm no good at math. Whenever I'm having a hard time, I can't #Literature #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Poetry
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What Once Was – A Love Letter
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nettle Soup written by: Chris Lihou   Times are hard. The twins don’t complain, but I know they feel it too. I’ve given them gloves and sent them to gather young leaves from stinging nettles. Their glum faces and their groans of “Oh #WritingCommunity #Literature #Spillwords #Fiction #Poetry
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Nettle Soup
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just Another Monday written by: Hareem Zeeshan   I know what it feels like to die. To die of shame. To die of pain. I was six years old in my school uniform, wearing a shalwar kameez and a sash across my chest, dolled up with #Poetry #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature
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Just Another Monday
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fata Morgana written by: Jan Niebrzydowski   She stood there grasping so tightly the brilliant, breathtaking balloons The sun shone so brightly, her eyes closed, she did not see the monsoons Each balloon was painted with a thousand #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Fiction #Literature
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Fata Morgana
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I Am Invisible written by: Penny Rogers   for Yayoi Kusama   I am allowed to use the dayroom. There’s enough natural light for me to see the colours, and it’s usually quiet in there. The others don’t use it much, I have no idea #Fiction #Spillwords #Literature #WritingCommunity #Poetry
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I Am Invisible
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
[Redacted] written by: Griffin   i discovered it by sheer accident one day it started as a flash of something painful my father's voice on a Tuesday night and i thought no. i don't want this and it was gone. poof. not gone #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Eerie Subconscious Rendering written by: O'Nika M   In my bed I awake Confused Sweaty Trembling Breathing heavily How did I get here!? Just a minute ago I was alone Standing in a world of darkness Jet black space like the #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Poetry #Spillwords #Literature
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Eerie Subconscious Rendering
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Saint Pulse, Waves Backyard written by: Souvik Sarkar   Saint pulse, waves backyard - god itches too. blank feels witty, when his pages black with ink. Sleep, crack, fall - dance upgraded. #Spillwords #Fiction #Poetry #Literature #WritingCommunity
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Saint Pulse, Waves Backyard
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Past Tense written by: Warren Alexander   In thousands of years, they’ll unearth our trash Which require grants, that elusive academic cash With soft delicate strokes of brushes, as they squat The must discover the remarkable or all #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry
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Past Tense
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You! written by: Dawn Minott   Mirror, mirror—what do you see? No masks, no tales, the truth of me. Full lips, proud nose, skin sun-kissed like earth at dusk. Wearing hair-itage like a crown, a symphony of strength and soul. Let #Fiction #Spillwords #Literature #WritingCommunity #Poetry
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You!
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Beyond the Border Line written by: Ratan Ghosh   Beyond the Border Line No line No line No line I wish to see again I know the pain While my home was dragged and slain In every corner of hills and plains Thousand fears drowned #Spillwords #Literature #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Fiction
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Beyond the Border Line
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Art of Everything written by: Tahira Y. - Some days, when the sun rises, I remember that the moon has risen... #Literature #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Poetry #Fiction
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The Art of Everything
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Buddha written by: Sachi Muzamba   The moss is eating the stone Buddha’s face. He doesn’t mind. It’s much easier to be a mountain than it is to be a god. #Poetry #Fiction #Spillwords #Literature #WritingCommunity
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Buddha
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Still I Am Here written by: Sherry Healy and Tad Calwell   In one tear is a memory of my entire life A tide flowing outward away into the sea I am Soft echoes gently pass over shore Into the depth of the ocean Foam wildly Twirls #Literature #Fiction #Spillwords #Poetry #WritingCommunity
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Still I Am Here
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And Things Unwound written by: Jerome Berglund and Christina Chin   the pink petals of spring’s first blush chicory in her coffee steam curls the cat yawns clink of one cent in the sunbeam skulking wasp lifts nightcrawler and #WritingCommunity #Literature #Spillwords #Poetry #Fiction
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And Things Unwound
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jilly written by: Mitchel Montagna   In a Jeep with Jilly, a love tale on the make. She said, you wanna cop some weed I know the road to take. You see that flight of stairs, she said, that leans like it might fall. That’s the #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity
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Jilly
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ritual written by: Ali Ashhar   It’s the month of October and the transition is up for the day, the chirping birds witness desolate leaves at the onset of fall season. Beyond the aloof horizon belies a vibrant ray of hope; the #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Fiction #Literature
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Ritual
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sonata Berlińska Dla Ewy written by: Konrad Stawiarski   I. Allegro – Miasto dźwięków, miasto wspomnień. W berlińskim deszczu odbija się szyba, W niej twarz — jak z nut zapomnianych sonat. Tramwaj jak wiolonczela przyspiesza, Gra w #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Poetry #Literature #Spillwords
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Sonata Berlińska Dla Ewy
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
 A Residue written by: Genesio Zenone   There is a special kind of madness that arrives in Montreal every September. It slithers in with the students, the late heat, and the renewed belief that indulgence is forgivable before the leaves #Literature #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Poetry
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A Residue
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Descent Into Darkness written by: David C Russell - My short-term memory is of the past couple days. It begins on a Monday... #Poetry #Literature #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Fiction
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Descent Into Darkness
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not Alone written by: Insha Naqvi   The school hallway smells like rotting oranges. Or antiseptic. (The janitor says both come from the same tree. But no one believes him. Or me) She said I was lonely. Helen said that, the one with #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry
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Not Alone
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fall and Memories written by: Dawn DeBraal   Hanging so tightly Avoiding the breeze I feel comfortable here On my branch, but I freeze My stem tears And I am aloft How will I land? I hope it is soft. Spinning around, #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Literature #Fiction #Poetry
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Fall and Memories
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Her Reputation Only Lives On In Your Imagination written by: Lindsay Soberano Wilson   Snickers, whispers, rumours about “her” reputation (oh, the humiliation!) that comes of a woman who wears her sex on her sleeve. When have we #Poetry #Spillwords #Literature #WritingCommunity #Fiction
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Her Reputation
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
News Agency written by: Peter Cowlam   Reports of a fracture come I know as more in those endless variants from a new schismatic group, whose island is mid-estuary. What they map, they say, is the ‘mental meteorology’, the state #Spillwords #Literature #Poetry #Fiction #WritingCommunity
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News Agency
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
 Butterflies written by: Edna Aphek translated by: Robert S. Kissel   A thousand butterflies, They touch, yet barely touch, They carry around A floral dust, Together And as one. A thousand little ones, At children's games, #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity
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Butterflies
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Art - A History written by: Sushree Sangita   Land of the free, Home of the brave, Where the present intersects with HISTORY. All the amazing monuments, All those timeless sagas, Began with a belief— A subject called history, #Literature #Fiction #Poetry #Spillwords #WritingCommunity
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Art – A History
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Chege's Cow written by: Steven Earle   “We have to help lift Chege’s cow.” “What?” “One of Chege’s cows is down, and he needs help to get it back up.” “Whoa, slow down, David,” I’m shaking my head and frowning, “who is Chege, #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords #Fiction
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Chege’s Cow
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Feast of Hers written by: MQ - When one is no longer alive but didn’t fully corrupt, when that face is stiffened... #Literature #Poetry #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Spillwords
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The Feast of Hers
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I Wish written by: Ayushman   I wish I spent more time with friends, I wish those days would never end. I wish I had more friends to call, So I won't feel so lonely after all. I wish I watched more anime shows, And played more #Fiction #Literature #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Spillwords
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I Wish
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SPILLWORDS.COM @spillwordspress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Outbreak Breakout written by: Stephen Kingsnorth   His route began with pot bound plant, till terracotta ripped apart, roots overcoming what held tight, trapped filament now blooming tap. But ten years on, Kent student days, the #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Poetry #Literature #Fiction
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Outbreak Breakout
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