Submissions by Lozzamus
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I compare poetry to painting, believing that I lack any drawing/painting skills but believing my imagination and training in writing has enabled me to transfer my love of visual art to the written word
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Apr 2019 8:55pm
26th Apr 2019 8:55pm
Sunset In The Garden
Dusk sneaks up after another long and hot day
Silent and calming
A breeze seeps through the garden hedges
Cooling and refreshing
A plane hums in the distance
Steady, reassuring
And then the sound fades away
Stillness
The darkness is complete
Night
Silent and calming
A breeze seeps through the garden hedges
Cooling and refreshing
A plane hums in the distance
Steady, reassuring
And then the sound fades away
Stillness
The darkness is complete
Night
#summer
#night
#nature
487 reads
6 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
19th Apr 2019 7:06pm
19th Apr 2019 7:06pm
A Vivid Nightmare, And The 2003 Film Identity
A stranger approaches two people,
A so-called good Samaritan.
He follows them down the narrow corridors of a rectangular hotel,
Conversing, filling them with unease.
Person One says to their friend, ‘I’m scared.
Do you think we should sleep barricaded against the door?’
Person Two says: ‘I don’t know.
That might trap us and there’ll be no way of escape.’
The scene changes; the two people are in a different corridor.
Newspaper articles materialise, each denouncing the Stranger,
...
A so-called good Samaritan.
He follows them down the narrow corridors of a rectangular hotel,
Conversing, filling them with unease.
Person One says to their friend, ‘I’m scared.
Do you think we should sleep barricaded against the door?’
Person Two says: ‘I don’t know.
That might trap us and there’ll be no way of escape.’
The scene changes; the two people are in a different corridor.
Newspaper articles materialise, each denouncing the Stranger,
...
#anxiety
#dreams
380 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2019 11:10pm
15th Apr 2019 11:10pm
The Wooden Hut
Deep in the forest
a coat of snow
an outline of sun
peeping through branches
Zero temperature
static stillness
a wooden hut
surrounded by snow
Shelter
a coat of snow
an outline of sun
peeping through branches
Zero temperature
static stillness
a wooden hut
surrounded by snow
Shelter
#winter
#nature
469 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Apr 2019 9:03pm
8th Apr 2019 9:03pm
The Wanderer Fantasy
The man wanders year upon year
guided by blind hope
driven by restlessness
always seeking the unobtainable
hiding from the past
running from the images
escaping the torment, though in vain
never knowing where he will reach next.
Each place is a paradise at first
then restlessness strikes
tempting him with promises of greener grass
leading him in search of a new home
another empty desert where he will reside alone
the seasons pass
...
guided by blind hope
driven by restlessness
always seeking the unobtainable
hiding from the past
running from the images
escaping the torment, though in vain
never knowing where he will reach next.
Each place is a paradise at first
then restlessness strikes
tempting him with promises of greener grass
leading him in search of a new home
another empty desert where he will reside alone
the seasons pass
...
#homelessness
#despair
483 reads
7 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2019 8:44pm
2nd Apr 2019 8:44pm
The Apple Pond
The apple pond sits at the bottom of a field
circled by hedges and trees
its water gloomy and muddy and still
sprinkled with leaves and twigs
The apples mature
only to tumble into the pond one at a time
where they rest on the water rotting and fermenting
decade after decade
Spring has come early this year
helping the apples blossom
filling the air with the scent of sun and grass
painting the pond different shades, different hues
circled by hedges and trees
its water gloomy and muddy and still
sprinkled with leaves and twigs
The apples mature
only to tumble into the pond one at a time
where they rest on the water rotting and fermenting
decade after decade
Spring has come early this year
helping the apples blossom
filling the air with the scent of sun and grass
painting the pond different shades, different hues
#spring
#nature
474 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Mar 2019 8:19pm
27th Mar 2019 8:19pm
The Lighthouse, And A Storm At Sea
The lighthouse stands alone on a bouldered mound.
Waves smash against rocks as the temperature plummets and the sea turns deadly, matching the blackness of the sky.
Lightning. Thunder. A crescendo of waves.
A deafening roar as the waves rush forward to pound the rocks in the icy cold.
Waves smash against rocks as the temperature plummets and the sea turns deadly, matching the blackness of the sky.
Lightning. Thunder. A crescendo of waves.
A deafening roar as the waves rush forward to pound the rocks in the icy cold.
#loneliness
#beach
#storm
423 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Mar 2019 11:11pm
25th Mar 2019 11:11pm
Another Sunset Over The City
The old railway bridge sits halfway up a hill,
No longer a train track, but a nature walk,
Nestled in between houses and shops,
With a garage in the arches below.
From the bridge, one can see the city sights,
The office blocks in the distance,
Hills and marshland further on.
A palace to the left.
The sun sets over the city,
Painting the sky a myriad of colours.
Shades of light that ebb away as evening falls,
Another sunset over the city.
No longer a train track, but a nature walk,
Nestled in between houses and shops,
With a garage in the arches below.
From the bridge, one can see the city sights,
The office blocks in the distance,
Hills and marshland further on.
A palace to the left.
The sun sets over the city,
Painting the sky a myriad of colours.
Shades of light that ebb away as evening falls,
Another sunset over the city.
#city
#sun
#night
472 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2019 10:08pm
22nd Mar 2019 10:08pm
The Month Of March
Spring beckons
Dusk, fading daylight
Trees and leaves, vibrant with life
A choir of birdsong, like tiny piccolos
The scent of flowers, the fragrance of perfume
Chilled wine and a table set for two
Dinner
Dusk, fading daylight
Trees and leaves, vibrant with life
A choir of birdsong, like tiny piccolos
The scent of flowers, the fragrance of perfume
Chilled wine and a table set for two
Dinner
#relationships
#spring
453 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
19th Mar 2019 9:49pm
19th Mar 2019 9:49pm
Trapped In A Cave
A cave, damp with no light
Rocky and narrow, like a tunnel
No way out
The large chamber led to nowhere, except a wall
And now you wished you’d reconsidered
Must keep the claustrophobia at bay
Stay calm. Don’t panic
Your voice echoes through unseen space
No one calls back
You hear the trickle of water
A bat in the distance maybe guided by the dark.
Then silence
Rocky and narrow, like a tunnel
No way out
The large chamber led to nowhere, except a wall
And now you wished you’d reconsidered
Must keep the claustrophobia at bay
Stay calm. Don’t panic
Your voice echoes through unseen space
No one calls back
You hear the trickle of water
A bat in the distance maybe guided by the dark.
Then silence
#anxiety
#FeelingTrapped
514 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th Mar 2019 9:06pm
13th Mar 2019 9:06pm
Missing In The 1970s
Summer storms
Dark skies in the middle of the day
Rain blowing in gales across fields
Wind tearing at fences and telegraph poles.
Police officers with torches, trudging through bleak countryside in boots
Searching — praying silently perhaps? — for the two young lovers who’d gone missing.
Dark skies in the middle of the day
Rain blowing in gales across fields
Wind tearing at fences and telegraph poles.
Police officers with torches, trudging through bleak countryside in boots
Searching — praying silently perhaps? — for the two young lovers who’d gone missing.
#countryside
#storm
#lover
407 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th Mar 2019 10:14pm
8th Mar 2019 10:14pm
Agitation
A cauldron of doubts and anxieties
Simmering away, bubbling
A growl that gets louder
Paranoia or distrust propelling a person along
Driving them in a blind rage towards the edge of a cliff.
Agitation, a crescendo of fury like an overpowering light
Drowning out all rational thought
Simmering away, bubbling
A growl that gets louder
Paranoia or distrust propelling a person along
Driving them in a blind rage towards the edge of a cliff.
Agitation, a crescendo of fury like an overpowering light
Drowning out all rational thought
#anger
#anxiety
#despair
505 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Mar 2019 9:45pm
5th Mar 2019 9:45pm
The Peaceful Night
The moon, near but distant, full and brooding.
The mysterious glow of light that rests upon the surface of a lake,
Casting shadows on the water.
Shapes.
Tones of colour.
The whisper of a breeze, the rustle of hedges.
The moon hides behind a cloud.
All is still.
The observer walks away.
The mysterious glow of light that rests upon the surface of a lake,
Casting shadows on the water.
Shapes.
Tones of colour.
The whisper of a breeze, the rustle of hedges.
The moon hides behind a cloud.
All is still.
The observer walks away.
#moon
#night
#nature
403 reads
2 Comments
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