Submissions by Spanker
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th May 2024 3:39am
13th May 2024 3:39am
Her Mighty Fortress
And darkness
Met light
In a surreal way
Quite beyond grey
Lovelier than snow-caps
Riskier than lava
Our hands & lands
Stretched out
Reaching
For one another
Like ice
On a lip
Hoping to melt
But impossibly proud
At being
Then, a certain drip
It shines through
Dribbles down
In that peculiar fate
Marking my tunic
Containing
So many hallelujahs
Secret & silent
Glistening
Met light
In a surreal way
Quite beyond grey
Lovelier than snow-caps
Riskier than lava
Our hands & lands
Stretched out
Reaching
For one another
Like ice
On a lip
Hoping to melt
But impossibly proud
At being
Then, a certain drip
It shines through
Dribbles down
In that peculiar fate
Marking my tunic
Containing
So many hallelujahs
Secret & silent
Glistening
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th Oct 2023 4:14am
13th Oct 2023 4:14am
Domestic Bliss
Mr Bombastic
Stretched her elastic
It is tight
And snaps back
She squeals
In cross delight
Then struggles
With a jar
He assists
Loosening the lid
Hands it to her
She smiles
And opens revealing
Sweet preserve
Ready for spreading
On hot buttered buns
Night sets in
With crescent moon
And stars
Winking
They enjoy
Their bounty
The cat purrs
Expectantly
Stretched her elastic
It is tight
And snaps back
She squeals
In cross delight
Then struggles
With a jar
He assists
Loosening the lid
Hands it to her
She smiles
And opens revealing
Sweet preserve
Ready for spreading
On hot buttered buns
Night sets in
With crescent moon
And stars
Winking
They enjoy
Their bounty
The cat purrs
Expectantly
#love
139 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
13th Oct 2023 4:12am
13th Oct 2023 4:12am
Cape of Good Horn
She was back
From the hunt
And let me know
Attention seeking behaviour
I say
She looked, unimpressed
We counted
In our heads
Sweet as clover
The gull was there
Picking at his beak
Unsteady
He hardly matters
Let’s be clear
Except to her
The lady likes
A little filth
Every now & then
Free will
And all that
Giddy up!
From the hunt
And let me know
Attention seeking behaviour
I say
She looked, unimpressed
We counted
In our heads
Sweet as clover
The gull was there
Picking at his beak
Unsteady
He hardly matters
Let’s be clear
Except to her
The lady likes
A little filth
Every now & then
Free will
And all that
Giddy up!
#love
#jealousy
#betrayal
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SELF POEM
Published
26th Jun 2023 2:35am
26th Jun 2023 2:35am
I.D.
Today
I’m identifying
As a fire hydrant
So
If you’re on fire
I’m here
Hose welcome
I’m identifying
As a fire hydrant
So
If you’re on fire
I’m here
Hose welcome
#identity
169 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Jun 2023 2:32am
26th Jun 2023 2:32am
Before the Storm
She predicted
Twenty mils
In the gauge
I said
I’ll do my best
No promises though
Twenty mils
In the gauge
I said
I’ll do my best
No promises though
#rain
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ANGER POEM
Published
27th Feb 2022 9:48am
27th Feb 2022 9:48am
Despotic Dreamer
Vlad the inhaler
Drunk on his own power
But criminals always
Live in fear
Paranoid for so long
His mind wanders
From theory to conspiracy
Who to trust?
He searches for meaning
And what might be
His contribution
His legacy
All those years of
Fighting with himself
Takes its toll
He grows old
Feels time slipping through
His little pink hands and
Soft manicured fingers
He is weary
Too many fools
Cowardly arse-kissers
Just as he once was
Working his way up
Drunk on his own power
But criminals always
Live in fear
Paranoid for so long
His mind wanders
From theory to conspiracy
Who to trust?
He searches for meaning
And what might be
His contribution
His legacy
All those years of
Fighting with himself
Takes its toll
He grows old
Feels time slipping through
His little pink hands and
Soft manicured fingers
He is weary
Too many fools
Cowardly arse-kissers
Just as he once was
Working his way up
#corruption
#politics
#war #responsibility
#war #responsibility
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Feb 2022 3:55am
21st Feb 2022 3:55am
Sylvia, Ted & Us
None of you know
Where I go
Or what it means
Alone & done
She took a chunk from his cheek
Oh he probably deserved it
After ravaging her
With all that brutality
Thinking it was what they wanted
In the back of someone’s house
Books stacked up on shelves
Theirs yet to join them
Where I go
Or what it means
Alone & done
She took a chunk from his cheek
Oh he probably deserved it
After ravaging her
With all that brutality
Thinking it was what they wanted
In the back of someone’s house
Books stacked up on shelves
Theirs yet to join them
#love
#lust
#WritingPoetry #PopCulture
#WritingPoetry #PopCulture
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Jan 2022 3:46am
29th Jan 2022 3:46am
40 Degrees Below
Smirchnoy, smirchnoy
Are you giving me the ticket or not?
Shall we go hard-core German romantic instead?
Whose organ is larger?
Smirchnoy, smirchnoy
Are you giving me the ticket or not?
Shall we go hard-core German romantic instead?
Whose organ is larger?
Smirchnoy, smirchnoy
#travel
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LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jan 2022 3:43am
29th Jan 2022 3:43am
Not Wanting To Spoil It
Herald you
Herald much anxiety
Herald my thighs around your lies
Herald your lies around my thighs
She was seven credits
And definitely the business
I’d just dialed her up
Extras included
‘Lucky seat’
I was just agreeing
For the ledger
It finished up about even
She was … well
Shall we say prone?
To indecision & silence
Allowing it to proceed
Despite the … unsaid
But implied violence
The part they both dread
As the credits duly fell
On a worried sky
Through...
Herald much anxiety
Herald my thighs around your lies
Herald your lies around my thighs
She was seven credits
And definitely the business
I’d just dialed her up
Extras included
‘Lucky seat’
I was just agreeing
For the ledger
It finished up about even
She was … well
Shall we say prone?
To indecision & silence
Allowing it to proceed
Despite the … unsaid
But implied violence
The part they both dread
As the credits duly fell
On a worried sky
Through...
#love
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LOVE POEM
Published
25th Jan 2022 3:10am
25th Jan 2022 3:10am
Smudge
You’re an animal
She said
Smiling
I of course
Agreed
She said
Smiling
I of course
Agreed
#love
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DRUGS POEM
Published
25th Jan 2022 3:08am
25th Jan 2022 3:08am
Weights & Measures
There are people
Dragging anvils around
On ropes & chains
Attached to necks
They make a most ungodly sound
As the anvils bounce
And bang
Into this & that
And through the dirt they go
Making lines & furrows
Of the sods
Like ploughs
And the heaviness
Weighs them down
And holds them back
Today & tomorrow
Sometimes they tangle
With other draggers & pullers
Chains & ropes & anvils
Through the dirt & snow
Up & down the hills &...
Dragging anvils around
On ropes & chains
Attached to necks
They make a most ungodly sound
As the anvils bounce
And bang
Into this & that
And through the dirt they go
Making lines & furrows
Of the sods
Like ploughs
And the heaviness
Weighs them down
And holds them back
Today & tomorrow
Sometimes they tangle
With other draggers & pullers
Chains & ropes & anvils
Through the dirt & snow
Up & down the hills &...
#addiction
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Jan 2022 2:33am
21st Jan 2022 2:33am
Sure Baby
I bite my tongue
At the thought of you
There’s blood
As there should be
As there was
And it flowed
Subjective
In our underground
Of tunneled shame
Timely & conducive
And the ads flashed by
So well-constructed
So well placed
Little vignettes
To wet our minds
And sure
You were really something
In my field
As my playgirl
Taking me away
I wore my robe
You bought me
Just like Heff
You did it well
With bunny ears
And rabbit smile
You did...
At the thought of you
There’s blood
As there should be
As there was
And it flowed
Subjective
In our underground
Of tunneled shame
Timely & conducive
And the ads flashed by
So well-constructed
So well placed
Little vignettes
To wet our minds
And sure
You were really something
In my field
As my playgirl
Taking me away
I wore my robe
You bought me
Just like Heff
You did it well
With bunny ears
And rabbit smile
You did...
#love
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