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Joan Spilman

Joan Spilman

Literary Women's and Appalachian Fiction and Fantasy Author

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    Category: general fiction

    Conditional by Richard Spilman

    let him burn the house down

    March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by joanspilman

    Come here by John Holland

    And let the dance begin

    March 23, 2022 by joanspilman

    Broken Wings by John Holland

    This world is hard and heavy. Most often darkness rules; but in the sunlight somewhere sings every bird with broken wings. Broken Wings is part of an… Read more “Broken Wings by John Holland”

    March 17, 2022 by joanspilman

    If I Only Could by John Holland

    Time . . . every now and then take out a pinch and breathe it in real slow.

    March 2, 2022March 1, 2022 by joanspilman

    Abuse by John Holland

    She trembles inside the silence of flesh vaults.

    February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by joanspilman

    Any Town by John Holland

    … tanned legs so beautiful they make your heart ache.

    February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 by joanspilman

    In This Season, by Richard Spilman

    The snake splits open, unpeeling its old self against an exposed root.

    February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 by joanspilman

    Anniversary, by Richard Spilman

    Our love . . . an age freckled map.

    February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 by joanspilman

    ICE STORM, by Richard Spilman

    Trees like old men, bent with the burden of their bones.

    February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 by joanspilman

    Lobsters, by Richard Spilman

    He clung to the edge, he beat the sides. What a terrible clanging!

    January 28, 2022January 27, 2022 by joanspilman

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