Submissions by Umm
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Getting back into writing 💖
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
13th Sep 2022 9:05pm
13th Sep 2022 9:05pm
Falling: 9/13/2022
..instead of going straight to sleep at 3:00 am in the morning, no doubt exhausted, you, in the most quiet-gentle way possible, made your way under the duvet, taking care not to wake me, though I must admit I was half awake - somewhere between a dream and reality, i felt your arms gently wrap around me, your body curl up around my body, and your quiet quiet voice whisper to the nape of my neck "I love you, i love you...i love you" ..as if you didn't for the world of you want to stir my sleep, but just couldn't not tell me ..and i don't think i've ever felt the full force of those words from a...
#gratitude
#admiration
#respect
115 reads
14 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
15th Jul 2022 9:54pm
15th Jul 2022 9:54pm
For the Poets & Physicists
How to write love
without writing
"love"
& what does being at the edge
of the universe taste like?
without writing
"love"
& what does being at the edge
of the universe taste like?
#universe
207 reads
17 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
25th Apr 2022 6:12am
25th Apr 2022 6:12am
April. 25 2022
smell of daisies rising from skin
soft as peaches
..bruised easily as apples from
grandma's garden
leaving eruptions of violet-blue-red constellations
specked with pores
reminiscent of stars
. . . .
soft as peaches
..bruised easily as apples from
grandma's garden
leaving eruptions of violet-blue-red constellations
specked with pores
reminiscent of stars
. . . .
#stars
407 reads
22 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
18th Mar 2021 8:04pm
18th Mar 2021 8:04pm
18/03/2021
much like the shameless sun
which sets withought the slightest twinge of remorse
you shall press hearts like spring flowers
in a book, steadily decorating its chapters
at most a glimmer of color
your only farewell
which sets withought the slightest twinge of remorse
you shall press hearts like spring flowers
in a book, steadily decorating its chapters
at most a glimmer of color
your only farewell
#love
883 reads
23 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Sep 2020 9:49am
27th Sep 2020 9:49am
Oath
From now on I will be good,
sow seeds of daisies and daffodils
into the bedrock of this war.
Nurture vitality from ash.
I will grow love in the pit of my
stomach, in the back of my mouth.
When you kiss me, you'll find god.
& this glass,
will no longer be half empty or full,
but just a glass
cheers.
sow seeds of daisies and daffodils
into the bedrock of this war.
Nurture vitality from ash.
I will grow love in the pit of my
stomach, in the back of my mouth.
When you kiss me, you'll find god.
& this glass,
will no longer be half empty or full,
but just a glass
cheers.
#love
#relationships
#romantic #bittersweet
#romantic #bittersweet
811 reads
50 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
12th Feb 2020 2:35pm
12th Feb 2020 2:35pm
Feb. 12. 2020
And just like a warm breeze, I felt you.
Let the storm of you wash over me,
temper me, and eventually
let the love wash away too.
Let the storm of you wash over me,
temper me, and eventually
let the love wash away too.
#forgiveness
1236 reads
37 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
8th Feb 2019 9:54pm
8th Feb 2019 9:54pm
2/08/2019
(you said i was a gift, the universe owed you one)
cover my eyes with daisies,
make me feel like i'm choking on daffodils
say "thank you; you may have her back now"
cover my eyes with daisies,
make me feel like i'm choking on daffodils
say "thank you; you may have her back now"
#love
1629 reads
49 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
30th Jan 2019 6:31pm
30th Jan 2019 6:31pm
winter birds
One of the sparrow's tiny legs hung like a broken branch from halfway up its length, I found myself no longer comfortable taking pictures of the dear creature, albeit he seemed as undaunted..as single-mindedly focused on filling up his downy tummy as his comrades (if not more so)
#animals
#birds
1048 reads
37 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
24th Nov 2018 10:04am
24th Nov 2018 10:04am
on becoming a monument
He said this place has grown old & I have grown old with it as we walked into the deep and shallow sea
...
life feels so full, yet there doesn't seem to be much to write about
...
life feels so full, yet there doesn't seem to be much to write about
#art
1116 reads
37 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
25th Nov 2016 7:41am
25th Nov 2016 7:41am
..
Sometimes I feel like my heart's about to explode
and I might die in his presence
and how embarrassing would that be..
and I might die in his presence
and how embarrassing would that be..
1808 reads
49 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Aug 2016 7:42am
19th Aug 2016 7:42am
No..
If I was a sunflower
And you were the sun
I'd refuse to bloom
And you were the sun
I'd refuse to bloom
#flowers
#nature
2315 reads
84 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
22nd Jan 2016 5:46pm
22nd Jan 2016 5:46pm
a prose poem
I will trade warmth for safety
this nothing for a better nothing
a less painful nothing
where forgiveness is no longer
an option and mistakes
aren't possible
this nothing for a better nothing
a less painful nothing
where forgiveness is no longer
an option and mistakes
aren't possible
1645 reads
35 Comments
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