A Summer Waits Beyond My Rusty Gate
written by: Simona Prilogan
 

A summer waits beyond my rusty gate,
And still I guard the tiny flame you gave.
Through dusk and thorn, I choose to trust in fate.

The sky bears colours sorrow can’t #Fiction #Literature #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Spillwords

I Carried You Into the Sunset and Called It Growing Up
written by: Dibyangana
 

The golden hour has always felt honest to me. Maybe because it doesn’t hide anything. It lies gold over the world, and suddenly the ordinary becomes #Literature #Poetry #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Spillwords

The Stain written by: Jacqueline Erasin - Detective Sergeant Lewis lay down his pen, waiting for the young woman sitting opposite... #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Literature #Fiction #Poetry

Fear of Sailing? written by: H.E. Ross - Every time I cast off the last line and make my move toward the water... #Spillwords #Poetry #Literature #Fiction #WritingCommunity

Transit
written by: Adelino Carbonera
 

I felt genuine joy. The sky was an intense blue as the ferry entered the canal that divided the lagoon in half. We were sailing between two dawns: on one side, the moon was setting; on the other, #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Literature #Poetry #Fiction

A Sleeping Lantern
written by: Edward Wraith
 

In the hush where half-truths turn,
a whispered secret stirs the air.
A sleeping lantern begins to glow,
behind the veil of a stoic stare.

A thread unspools in a shuttered room,
a #Poetry #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Literature #Fiction

It's Never the Clothes
written by: Liz Dickinson
 

Nana wore second-wave feminism, like a favourite knitted shawl.
Mafioso: medusa stare, cut from no fucks left to give.

Slay the patriarchy: at the very least — teach your daughters #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Fiction #Literature #Spillwords

Winter of Yesteryear
written by: Madhu Gangopadhyay
 

Winters and crepes
She would light the oven;
The flaming red coal fire
No she didn’t use the gas oven
LPG was not so abundant those days
With only single cylinder connection
No #Poetry #Spillwords #Fiction #WritingCommunity #Literature

Fall Again
written by: Ash Douglas
 
October is here
memories a certain hue
orange colour most #Literature #Poetry #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Fiction

Amygdala
written by: Alice Blackwell
 

I do not feel safe within the confines of my brain
But there is a process preventing progression
I’ve never felt safe before
How am I supposed to feel?
What sounds should vibrate my inner ear? #Fiction #Spillwords #Poetry #Literature #WritingCommunity

Blessing or a Curse
written by: Maggie Watson
 

What a cursed, wretched thing.
To feel with such magnitude.
Bearing emotions that carve indentations
on the walls of my chest.
Before breaking my ribs.
When that same cage is meant to protect #Fiction #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry

Periphrasis
written by: Shaun Tenzenmen
 

The fragile beating organ pretends
it is more than heart—
can it be bought?

This time of conflict and sorrow
was just war from the start—
one without thought.

Whether economical with #Poetry #Fiction #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Literature

I am ME
written by: Jane Bradshaw
 
I am ME
You wanted me to shatter
I could feel it
In every cold stare you sent my way
You expected me to shatter
I could sense it
In the shivers of your ice-cold rage
You assumed I would shatter #Literature #Fiction #Poetry #WritingCommunity #Spillwords

The Pedestal
written by: S. Rin
 

I hear the echoes of all things I avoided, and the pain I tried to predict.

“You haven't lost hope in love. If you had, you wouldn't be talking to me, you have lost hope in safety. He can be a #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Spillwords #Literature #Fiction

Time Line
written by: Angela Huskisson
 

Yesterday
The heat had driven the narrative,
Where Autumn began in August
And the leaves all fell as one.
Where the first flutter became a
Tapestry

Today
The crows circle, agitated by #Fiction #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Literature #Poetry

 You Were the Storm That Came Through
written by: Kewayne Wadley
 

by another name
one not known by meteorologist
or category.
when you arrived,
I expected a couple of minutes,
but you lasted for months.
you toppled my car,
you #Fiction #Literature #Poetry #WritingCommunity #Spillwords

Tears in the Lines
written by: Aileen D. Tacbalan
 

In a world where hearts can still reason,
I penned your name, delicate as feathers.
Every character held a myriad of realities.
Ones that went shamelessly unaddressed, which was #Poetry #WritingCommunity #Literature #Fiction #Spillwords

The Confession at Golden Hour written by: Phyllis Souza - I’m nineteen, newly married, and sitting at my uncle’s table with my husband... #Fiction #Literature #WritingCommunity #Spillwords #Poetry

Pablo
written by: Ryan Wade Biller
 
me and the vaulted ceilings
bantering
with Picassos #Literature #Spillwords #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Poetry

Interview Q&A with Sarah Kelleher
 
We present our first exclusive Q&A Interview with Sarah Kelleher, whose literary works have graced our #Spillwords pages and earned her the title of September's 2026 Author of the Month.
 

What does it mean to be selected as #WritingCommunity #Literature