Submissions by Wafflenose (Ellie)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
KALEIDOSCOPE: Poems about life in its glorious technicolour (2022); AWAITING THE DAWN: Poems of hope for life's journey (2023); Both available on Amazon UK, US and Worldwide.
DRUGS POEM
Published
15th Feb 2025 8:47pm
15th Feb 2025 8:47pm
Limbo
I cannot live without you;
there would not be enough left of me to function.
But as your nemesis takes you from me, piece by piece,
I cannot live with you.
there would not be enough left of me to function.
But as your nemesis takes you from me, piece by piece,
I cannot live with you.
#addiction
#alcohol
#motherhood #teens
#motherhood #teens
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10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Oct 2024 10:07pm
28th Oct 2024 10:07pm
Procrastination
I need to do my assignment—
my coursework is lagging behind
but today I just can't seem to start it;
I think I am losing my mind.
I don't want to do it so much
that I've ticked off the rest of my list,
and then I made three Christmas presents—
I simply couldn't resist!
I've washed up, and tidied, and folded,
and then put the laundry away.
Because I have done all the chores,
I've borrowed some from the next day.
Spending hours working on Duolingo
won't get all this college work done,
but I love doing French...
my coursework is lagging behind
but today I just can't seem to start it;
I think I am losing my mind.
I don't want to do it so much
that I've ticked off the rest of my list,
and then I made three Christmas presents—
I simply couldn't resist!
I've washed up, and tidied, and folded,
and then put the laundry away.
Because I have done all the chores,
I've borrowed some from the next day.
Spending hours working on Duolingo
won't get all this college work done,
but I love doing French...
#apathy
#boredom
#funny
178 reads
6 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
29th Sep 2024 6:25pm
29th Sep 2024 6:25pm
The Visitor (5)
I recognise your tactics:
you creep, ninja-like
back into my life and
attack me with the
I-Don't-Want-Tos.
At the risk of sounding like
one of those entitled, vacuous 'celebrities',
Don't You Know Who I Am?
you creep, ninja-like
back into my life and
attack me with the
I-Don't-Want-Tos.
At the risk of sounding like
one of those entitled, vacuous 'celebrities',
Don't You Know Who I Am?
#dark
#MentalHealth
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1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st May 2024 7:43pm
1st May 2024 7:43pm
Answer to 'A Close Encounter' (April 25th)
Clef
Root
Alto
Stave
Tenor
Mute
Minim
Ninth
Brass
Opera
Quaver
Canon
Accent
Score
Flat
Raga
Melisma
Root
Alto
Stave
Tenor
Mute
Minim
Ninth
Brass
Opera
Quaver
Canon
Accent
Score
Flat
Raga
Melisma
#NaPoWriMo2024
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SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2024 9:07pm
30th Apr 2024 9:07pm
Island?
It's not worth the effort,
so never think that
we need other people;
experience has shown that
we can manage alone,
contrary to thinking
relationships are everything,
I choose to believe that
independence
trumps
interdependence
because
I am an island, just like in the song
so I'll stop thinking that
my social skills are broken.
it's just not true that
everybody needs someone
and this is OK:
I rely on myself
and can't honestly say
I need you.
[now read this from bottom to top]
so never think that
we need other people;
experience has shown that
we can manage alone,
contrary to thinking
relationships are everything,
I choose to believe that
independence
trumps
interdependence
because
I am an island, just like in the song
so I'll stop thinking that
my social skills are broken.
it's just not true that
everybody needs someone
and this is OK:
I rely on myself
and can't honestly say
I need you.
[now read this from bottom to top]
#friendship
#NaPoWriMo2024
#relationships #SelfReflection
#relationships #SelfReflection
262 reads
10 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Apr 2024 9:21pm
29th Apr 2024 9:21pm
Recent Answers
Surprise Guests (21st April)
Orca, vole, toad, stag, impala, tiger, pig, stoat, agouti, ibis, emu, yak
STAY POSITIVE
Riddle (28th April)
Breath
Mystery number (28th April)
57
Orca, vole, toad, stag, impala, tiger, pig, stoat, agouti, ibis, emu, yak
STAY POSITIVE
Riddle (28th April)
Breath
Mystery number (28th April)
57
#NaPoWriMo2024
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Apr 2024 9:13pm
29th Apr 2024 9:13pm
Who am I?
I was there in the beginning
and I will be there at the end.
I am present throughout time and space,
and to the ends of the Earth.
I exist in other parts of the universe;
also in heaven and in hell,
inside and outside,
and within everybody.
I am in your home,
although not among the doors and windows,
and I am particular
about the rooms I inhabit.
You cannot see me
and many people do not know of me,
but I exist inside their heart.
Who am I?
and I will be there at the end.
I am present throughout time and space,
and to the ends of the Earth.
I exist in other parts of the universe;
also in heaven and in hell,
inside and outside,
and within everybody.
I am in your home,
although not among the doors and windows,
and I am particular
about the rooms I inhabit.
You cannot see me
and many people do not know of me,
but I exist inside their heart.
Who am I?
#mystery
#NaPoWriMo2024
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2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Apr 2024 8:52pm
28th Apr 2024 8:52pm
Mystery number
I am a mystery number
between one and ninety nine;
in fact, I have two digits,
and I am not a prime.
When you add me to the number
of spots upon two dice,
divide me by eleven
and add on two score (twice),
subtract a baker's dozen,
times the days within one week,
minus days in a leap year,
it just adds to the mystique.
Halve your current total,
then subtract three score and ten;
if the answer's quite unlucky,
what is MY name then?
between one and ninety nine;
in fact, I have two digits,
and I am not a prime.
When you add me to the number
of spots upon two dice,
divide me by eleven
and add on two score (twice),
subtract a baker's dozen,
times the days within one week,
minus days in a leap year,
it just adds to the mystique.
Halve your current total,
then subtract three score and ten;
if the answer's quite unlucky,
what is MY name then?
#funny
#NaPoWriMo2024
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4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Apr 2024 8:51pm
28th Apr 2024 8:51pm
Riddle
My first is in bath but not in shower;
my second in strength, and also in power.
My third is in sister and also in brother;
my fourth is in father but never in mother.
My fifth is in short and also in tall;
my sixth is in shout but never in call.
My whole can be found in the land of the living.
though not in the dead, for its gift is life-giving;
stirs music to being, yet can kill a flame;
you have all your clues now, so what is my name?
my second in strength, and also in power.
My third is in sister and also in brother;
my fourth is in father but never in mother.
My fifth is in short and also in tall;
my sixth is in shout but never in call.
My whole can be found in the land of the living.
though not in the dead, for its gift is life-giving;
stirs music to being, yet can kill a flame;
you have all your clues now, so what is my name?
#NaPoWriMo2024
#PowerOfWords
162 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Apr 2024 8:04pm
26th Apr 2024 8:04pm
To-do list, silo dot
My family had so much to do, I thought that I'd assist,
and so I just sat down and wrote them each a little list.
But strangely, as the lists went on, I could not write a word
without employing palindromes. It's really quite absurd!
MUM
(shopping list):
naan,
taco, cat,
evil olive,
no melons? no lemon!
hmm. Mmh...
yam? I may.
tuna, a nut,
UFO tofu,
dessert (stressed!)
DAD
(jobs):
Run rotor. Nur!
Repaper.
Reward drawer:
eye level. EYE!
Nip rotator pin.
Racecar: ...
and so I just sat down and wrote them each a little list.
But strangely, as the lists went on, I could not write a word
without employing palindromes. It's really quite absurd!
MUM
(shopping list):
naan,
taco, cat,
evil olive,
no melons? no lemon!
hmm. Mmh...
yam? I may.
tuna, a nut,
UFO tofu,
dessert (stressed!)
DAD
(jobs):
Run rotor. Nur!
Repaper.
Reward drawer:
eye level. EYE!
Nip rotator pin.
Racecar: ...
#LifeAsAWriter
#NaPoWriMo2024
#PowerOfWords
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0 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
25th Apr 2024 11:39pm
25th Apr 2024 11:39pm
A Close Encounter
My uncle, for my birthday, takes me to the local zoo.
I want to see the tigers and the baby kangaroo!
There's loads of stuff to do here; which mammal to see first?
I'm so very excited that I feel like I might burst!
First, a very handsome camel is majestic yet aloof;
then some cheerful dolphins splash me; glad I have my waterproof!
Ten orangutans are playing on some rope that has been strung;
we sit and watch an emu, tending to her precious young.
We see a gorgeous possum, in impressive form;
then cool down in the reptile house, because...
I want to see the tigers and the baby kangaroo!
There's loads of stuff to do here; which mammal to see first?
I'm so very excited that I feel like I might burst!
First, a very handsome camel is majestic yet aloof;
then some cheerful dolphins splash me; glad I have my waterproof!
Ten orangutans are playing on some rope that has been strung;
we sit and watch an emu, tending to her precious young.
We see a gorgeous possum, in impressive form;
then cool down in the reptile house, because...
#animals
#birds
#NaPoWriMo2024
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0 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Apr 2024 9:45pm
24th Apr 2024 9:45pm
The Relay Race/ Teacherly Era/ Archery Elate
I felt left alone
in my dusty study,
but my aide had an idea.
We asked a friend to refind
her sporting form, from years before.
We had to layer up early for the relay.
We filed into a field.
It was a pest to step around pets,
coming to a stop at the right spot;
We had to be silent, listen, then enlist
other athletes for the race, with care;
those who would begin by being fair,
for to live under the veil of evil is vile!
Starting off on a good note set the right tone.
When hewn
from stone, a trophy hits all the right...
in my dusty study,
but my aide had an idea.
We asked a friend to refind
her sporting form, from years before.
We had to layer up early for the relay.
We filed into a field.
It was a pest to step around pets,
coming to a stop at the right spot;
We had to be silent, listen, then enlist
other athletes for the race, with care;
those who would begin by being fair,
for to live under the veil of evil is vile!
Starting off on a good note set the right tone.
When hewn
from stone, a trophy hits all the right...
#NaPoWriMo2024
#sports
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3 Comments
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