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“My Last Payments”

Poem by Susan Crawford

Not death I fear but life’s loss —

   smells of earth,

   quiet’s words,

   sleeping shades of winter’s gray,

   things sole, uneven, fey.

These I shall not lightly give away.

Not death but sadness I fear losing —

   unpaid labors, loves renounced,

   neglected moments, misplaced ardors,

   hopes not brought to breath,

   and time — the tolls of time we pay.

Such are life’s legal costs for living. These too I shall not lightly give away.

From fellow Scrivener, Susan Crawford

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Sometimes it seems everyone is an aspiring writer. May be. Everyone has a story. Everyone has something to say. Although not everyone makes the effort to share it. The Spirited Scriveners exists to encourage that effort. Pen to paper, as it were. Fingertip to keyboard. However it happens.

Here you will encounter the results of our own efforts. Sometimes serious. Sometimes comedic. Sometimes romantic. This group of authors operate in very different worlds. Yet, find it mutually supportive. Whether creating science fiction or romance, children’s picture book or young adult, medical or architectural history, we all look to improve the telling of the tale. We teach each other as we teach ourselves and we navigate the dusky, ever-changing paths of publishing together.

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