Submissions by dartford (Paul S...)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
writing poetry doesn't make me a poet, who hasn't written poetry at some time or other...
ain’t what I want
you know you’re getting old
when your wife’s daughter is celebrating her fiftieth, it’s not really what you want
even worse, when she wants to celebrate over dinner in a restaurant
so I could sit here toying with
an omelette, pretending getting old
is precisely what you want,
but I can’t ..
when your wife’s daughter is celebrating her fiftieth, it’s not really what you want
even worse, when she wants to celebrate over dinner in a restaurant
so I could sit here toying with
an omelette, pretending getting old
is precisely what you want,
but I can’t ..
#aging
10 reads
1 Comment
a discussion down the pub
the scientific mind
finds everything
interesting, but not necessarily
relevant or
important
you don’t forget
the imagination,
I think ..
finds everything
interesting, but not necessarily
relevant or
important
you don’t forget
the imagination,
I think ..
#art
#science
23 reads
1 Comment
don’t ignore the river, mate
on his phone he describes to her
what he’s seeing.
“I’m on a hill overlooking the river ..”
let me stop you there,
she says
to overlook the river’s a mistake
what he’s seeing.
“I’m on a hill overlooking the river ..”
let me stop you there,
she says
to overlook the river’s a mistake
#river
38 reads
3 Comments
memories of ourselves
rarely re-read books that meant a great deal to me once, fearing if I did
I might not feel them quite as much, and yet they still remain on my shelves
I might not feel them quite as much, and yet they still remain on my shelves
#books
#dreams
27 reads
2 Comments
boring
love castles and cathedrals and museums and books on castles and cathedrals and museums, and I know how it looks
#historical
23 reads
0 Comments
something else we have in common ..
she came home surprisingly drunk,
my wife, in her seventies, appearing like a far younger woman,
saying sorry, it was just a night out with some friends; but why be sorry, being young never ends ..
my wife, in her seventies, appearing like a far younger woman,
saying sorry, it was just a night out with some friends; but why be sorry, being young never ends ..
#love
40 reads
0 Comments
skinny old invalid
scared a gust of wind
will knock me over,
how weak am I
pretty weak, I reply
will knock me over,
how weak am I
pretty weak, I reply
#weakness
38 reads
1 Comment
being married for so long
both a little more worn, but that’s good, each other’s favourite
old cardigan, in fact I could have sworn we were Savile Row suited
old cardigan, in fact I could have sworn we were Savile Row suited
#marriage
29 reads
1 Comment
there’s something still to do
like to keep a book
by the bed
I wish to read, although
maybe
not
yet
I think
I’ll continue to live
whilst I have something
still to do
by the bed
I wish to read, although
maybe
not
yet
I think
I’ll continue to live
whilst I have something
still to do
#reading
42 reads
3 Comments
over breakfast, nothing else mattered
turn off the radio, darling, I’d
rather not hear the news
this morning, I’d quite like to eat my breakfast in
peace,
like my eggshell is so easily
shattered
rather not hear the news
this morning, I’d quite like to eat my breakfast in
peace,
like my eggshell is so easily
shattered
#anxiety
#war
23 reads
0 Comments
he says, what have I done ..
he writes for money
firstly begging letters, and then some rather seedy journalism,
and eventually,
a few pornographic pieces for
the less
discerning papers and,
as his circulation increases,
he thinks, is this what I intended
when I was young ..
firstly begging letters, and then some rather seedy journalism,
and eventually,
a few pornographic pieces for
the less
discerning papers and,
as his circulation increases,
he thinks, is this what I intended
when I was young ..
#LifeAsAWriter
68 reads
8 Comments
whodunnit without a twist
professor made it quite clear that he
thought the conclusion they’d reached was complete poppycock, but they’d reached it, so there’s an end to it, he said
thought the conclusion they’d reached was complete poppycock, but they’d reached it, so there’s an end to it, he said
#prose
23 reads
0 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by dartford (Paul S...)