Submissions by James_A_Knight
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
ANGER POEM
Published
27th Dec 2022 8:41pm
27th Dec 2022 8:41pm
The Silent Whip
#inequality
578 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Dec 2022 6:44pm
16th Dec 2022 6:44pm
RAVEN LIGHT
#dreams
#sea
#night #shadows
#night #shadows
469 reads
2 Comments
FICTIONAL PROSE
Published
10th Dec 2022 8:30pm
10th Dec 2022 8:30pm
THE EXAMINATION DESK
It was the day of nine o’clock G.C.S.E math’s exam. We lined up outside the lunch hall like conscripts awaiting basic training. The black painted mesh of the bike shed was flaking. I picked at it. I felt sick. I snuck into the drama block to smoke a roll up. It made me even sicker. I came back, I took my tie off, and then my jumper.
‘Where’s your tie?’ said Mr. Clumper.
‘I don’t feel well, you don’t need to a tie to pass an exam,’ I said.
‘Rules are rules. Put your tie back on.’
I obeyed. I looked at my friend. He was browsing a revision book. He was...
‘Where’s your tie?’ said Mr. Clumper.
‘I don’t feel well, you don’t need to a tie to pass an exam,’ I said.
‘Rules are rules. Put your tie back on.’
I obeyed. I looked at my friend. He was browsing a revision book. He was...
#teens
#school
#college #fear
#college #fear
332 reads
7 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
5th Dec 2022 5:13pm
5th Dec 2022 5:13pm
Public Travel Gloom (Depressing poem warning)
#city
#UnrequitedLove
#travel
439 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Nov 2022 2:05pm
21st Nov 2022 2:05pm
Autumn's Rain
#rain
602 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
1st Nov 2022 1:33pm
1st Nov 2022 1:33pm
The Gruesome Night
#sun
#night
#dawn
660 reads
8 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
19th Oct 2022 10:27pm
19th Oct 2022 10:27pm
GRATITUDE competition entry
I’m grateful for the smell of wet leafy mud
When sun warms the graveyard
For the mud I walk above
For the sea’s mercy
When laughter melts misery
For artists who suffered for us
For musicians that warned and warmed and thrilled us
The way trees sway in the wind
When sun warms the graveyard
For the mud I walk above
For the sea’s mercy
When laughter melts misery
For artists who suffered for us
For musicians that warned and warmed and thrilled us
The way trees sway in the wind
#trees
#gratitude
#graveyard
664 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
18th Oct 2022 9:21pm
18th Oct 2022 9:21pm
Oceans
#love
#sea
505 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Oct 2022 1:19pm
11th Oct 2022 1:19pm
The Frost Lioness
#winter
#fall
#homelessness
515 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
6th Sep 2022 12:52pm
6th Sep 2022 12:52pm
The sound of the Rain
#love
#rain
623 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Apr 2022 8:45pm
20th Apr 2022 8:45pm
The Paisley River - and other poems of 2022
The Paisley River
The sun comes down to dance on the river
Its colours attract a band of nude bathers
Looking to wash the dirt
From their sweating sun-browned bodies
The river doesn’t discriminate
Like the righteous dead
Paisley currents spin and swirl
All the way from the Persian sand
Across the seas to California
They wanted to get closer to the gods
Before the sun falls behind the hills
The Leaves that fall and Grow back again
Do not sink when your sunshine fades
The joy you felt...
The sun comes down to dance on the river
Its colours attract a band of nude bathers
Looking to wash the dirt
From their sweating sun-browned bodies
The river doesn’t discriminate
Like the righteous dead
Paisley currents spin and swirl
All the way from the Persian sand
Across the seas to California
They wanted to get closer to the gods
Before the sun falls behind the hills
The Leaves that fall and Grow back again
Do not sink when your sunshine fades
The joy you felt...
#river
#sun
#water
406 reads
6 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
3rd Mar 2022 11:52pm
3rd Mar 2022 11:52pm
It was a Beautiful Night
#dogs
#birds
#night #alcohol
#night #alcohol
898 reads
13 Comments
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