Submissions by CarlHalling (Carl Halling)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
SONG LYRICS
Published
3rd Aug 2020 11:56am
3rd Aug 2020 11:56am
Time Travel (Got a Hook in Me)
Time travel, baby,
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
Time travel, baby,
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
In disguise as a young man in the city,
But the bright young life
No longer belongs to me,
I ain’t no London dude,
I'm just a carbon copy,
Doing some travelling,
Time travel, baby
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
Time travel, baby,
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
Seeing places that I knew in ’77,
When I was young
And in love with...
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
Time travel, baby,
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
In disguise as a young man in the city,
But the bright young life
No longer belongs to me,
I ain’t no London dude,
I'm just a carbon copy,
Doing some travelling,
Time travel, baby
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
Time travel, baby,
Set me free,
Time travel got a hook in me,
Seeing places that I knew in ’77,
When I was young
And in love with...
#sadness
#regret
#loneliness #bittersweet
#loneliness #bittersweet
380 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Dec 2019 10:44pm
15th Dec 2019 10:44pm
Seems You Found Love
#happiness
#love
#depression
#loneliness
#FeelingLost
872 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Dec 2019 1:07pm
15th Dec 2019 1:07pm
Something Precious Had To Fade
#sadness
#regret
#romantic
#memories
#nostalgia
698 reads
0 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
10th Sep 2018 1:04pm
10th Sep 2018 1:04pm
Oblivion in Recession
The legs started going,
Kept awake with water,
Breathing,
Arrogantly telling myself
I’d stay straight.
Drank gin and wine,
Went out,
Tried to buy more,
Unshaven,
Filthy white shorts,
Lost, rolling on lawn,
Somehow got home.
Monday, waiting for offie,
Looked like death,
Fear in eyes
Of passers-by,
Waiting for drink,
Drink relieved me.
Drank all day,
Next day,
Double brandy
Just about settled me,
Drank some more,
Thought constantly
I’d collapse;
Then what?
Fit?...
Kept awake with water,
Breathing,
Arrogantly telling myself
I’d stay straight.
Drank gin and wine,
Went out,
Tried to buy more,
Unshaven,
Filthy white shorts,
Lost, rolling on lawn,
Somehow got home.
Monday, waiting for offie,
Looked like death,
Fear in eyes
Of passers-by,
Waiting for drink,
Drink relieved me.
Drank all day,
Next day,
Double brandy
Just about settled me,
Drank some more,
Thought constantly
I’d collapse;
Then what?
Fit?...
#dark
#music
#alcohol
541 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Sep 2018 10:48am
8th Sep 2018 10:48am
The Wicked Cahoots of Bedford Park
When he made
his first personal appearance
in the dirty alley
on someone else’s rusty bike,
screaming along
in a cloud of dust,
it rendered us all
speechless and motionless.
But I was amazed
that despite his grey-faced surliness,
he was very affable with us...
the bully with a naive
and sentimental heart.
He was so happy
to hear that I liked his dad,
or that my mum liked him,
and he was welcome
to come to tea
with us at five twenty five...
Our adventures were spectacular:
chasing after other...
his first personal appearance
in the dirty alley
on someone else’s rusty bike,
screaming along
in a cloud of dust,
it rendered us all
speechless and motionless.
But I was amazed
that despite his grey-faced surliness,
he was very affable with us...
the bully with a naive
and sentimental heart.
He was so happy
to hear that I liked his dad,
or that my mum liked him,
and he was welcome
to come to tea
with us at five twenty five...
Our adventures were spectacular:
chasing after other...
#children
#childhood
#memories
#nostalgia
#Britain
482 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Sep 2018 3:04pm
7th Sep 2018 3:04pm
The Woodville Halls Soul Boys
Soon after I’d paid
My sixty
Or seventy pence,
I found myself
In what I thought
Was a miniature London.
I saw girls
In chandelier earrings,
In stiletto heels,
Wearing evening
Dresses,
Which contrasted with
The bizarre
Hair colours
They favoured:
Jet black
Or bleach blonde,
With flashes of
Red, purple
Or green.
Some wore large
Bow ties,
Others unceremoniously
Hanged
Their school ties
Round their
Necks.
Eye make-up
Was exaggerated.
The boys all had ...
My sixty
Or seventy pence,
I found myself
In what I thought
Was a miniature London.
I saw girls
In chandelier earrings,
In stiletto heels,
Wearing evening
Dresses,
Which contrasted with
The bizarre
Hair colours
They favoured:
Jet black
Or bleach blonde,
With flashes of
Red, purple
Or green.
Some wore large
Bow ties,
Others unceremoniously
Hanged
Their school ties
Round their
Necks.
Eye make-up
Was exaggerated.
The boys all had ...
#teens
#music
#Britain
#dance
#culture
499 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
27th Aug 2018 10:22am
27th Aug 2018 10:22am
Stevie B and Me
#childhood
#friendship
#school
#music
#freedom
772 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
26th Jul 2018 7:15pm
26th Jul 2018 7:15pm
Yes, I Regret
#sadness
#love
#regret
#ImSorry
#memories
883 reads
0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
17th Jul 2018 9:46am
17th Jul 2018 9:46am
To see You at Every Time of Day
#love
#rejection
#morning
#night
#UnrequitedLove
952 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
8th Jul 2018 10:34am
8th Jul 2018 10:34am
Toilers of the Sea
#loneliness
#romantic
#dreams #sea
#dreams #sea
1066 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
30th Jun 2018 9:23am
30th Jun 2018 9:23am
See That the Summer's Come
#happiness
#sadness
#loneliness
#summer
#winter
809 reads
0 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
29th Jun 2018 3:47pm
29th Jun 2018 3:47pm
My Travels
#sun
#rain
#peace
#music
#travel
718 reads
0 Comments
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