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.
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Apr 2024 2:23pm
11th Apr 2024 2:23pm
Musical Mayhem
Not long ago, on one fine day,
some musical folk went out to play.
They all found different ways to travel
and lots of fun began to unravel.
By submarine, although submersed,
the string quartet arrived there first.
As if by magic, with a hubble and bubble,
they suddenly saw their numbers double!
A wind octet then joined on foot,
playing while walking - toot, toot, toot!
Rumbling along, as chilled as you like,
some trumpeters on a tandem bike!
Racing each other - get ready, set...
a cor anglais and a bass clarinet.
Not...
some musical folk went out to play.
They all found different ways to travel
and lots of fun began to unravel.
By submarine, although submersed,
the string quartet arrived there first.
As if by magic, with a hubble and bubble,
they suddenly saw their numbers double!
A wind octet then joined on foot,
playing while walking - toot, toot, toot!
Rumbling along, as chilled as you like,
some trumpeters on a tandem bike!
Racing each other - get ready, set...
a cor anglais and a bass clarinet.
Not...
#music
#funny
#NaPoWriMo2024
221 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Apr 2024 3:03pm
10th Apr 2024 3:03pm
What am I?
Am I something
or nothing?
A state of Being,
or just recognised
for my effect on other things?
Theoretically, I exist -
you know that I do.
OK?
Scientifically, I remain
tantalisingly
out of reach.
You can speculate
about how matter behaves
but you're just
not quite there.
Mathematically,
have you factored in
my multiple factors
(both positive and negative) -
accurate to a certain degree,
at least,
in more ways...
or nothing?
A state of Being,
or just recognised
for my effect on other things?
Theoretically, I exist -
you know that I do.
OK?
Scientifically, I remain
tantalisingly
out of reach.
You can speculate
about how matter behaves
but you're just
not quite there.
Mathematically,
have you factored in
my multiple factors
(both positive and negative) -
accurate to a certain degree,
at least,
in more ways...
#science
#music
#PowerOfWords
#philosophical
#NaPoWriMo2024
194 reads
13 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
10th Apr 2024 2:39pm
10th Apr 2024 2:39pm
Wormhole
I want to
wake up
in
another dimension;
anywhere but here.
wake up
in
another dimension;
anywhere but here.
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#despair
185 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Apr 2024 11:18am
9th Apr 2024 11:18am
Musical meanderings 1: A bad café
A café? Gee—
be fed!
Decaf, fadge, egg, beef.
Caged egg: bad.
Bagged fadge: egad!
Decaf: add caf!!
Gad. Bad feed!
Bad café.
Gagged.
Feedbag: add cabbage.
Fab!
Begged a cab;
bagged a cab.
Each cab ebbed.
Cadged a bed—
a beaded bed.
Ace!
Fee added;
cad!
Facade faced,
badge badged
gab gabbed.
Faced a bad deed:
face cabbaged!
Gaffe,
Dabbed face.
Each decade,
age faded,
ebbed,
ceded.
Fade, dada...
a babe!
be fed!
Decaf, fadge, egg, beef.
Caged egg: bad.
Bagged fadge: egad!
Decaf: add caf!!
Gad. Bad feed!
Bad café.
Gagged.
Feedbag: add cabbage.
Fab!
Begged a cab;
bagged a cab.
Each cab ebbed.
Cadged a bed—
a beaded bed.
Ace!
Fee added;
cad!
Facade faced,
badge badged
gab gabbed.
Faced a bad deed:
face cabbaged!
Gaffe,
Dabbed face.
Each decade,
age faded,
ebbed,
ceded.
Fade, dada...
a babe!
#music
#PowerOfWords
#NaPoWriMo2024
151 reads
7 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Apr 2024 4:29pm
8th Apr 2024 4:29pm
hello, hillbillies
hello, hillbillies!
hellhole hobbies:
hobos hobble,
hogs goggle,
geese gobble,
globes glob,
gobs gibe.
oboe solos ooze goos,
solo oboes lose shoes.
obese bees see sieges;
seize silos,
sigh sighs,
hie highs,
lie lies.
legible legs
lob lollies,
log goggles,
hog hollies.
isles slosh soil.
gosh - oil!
sillies sell lilies,
shell eggshells,
gel lobbies.
big bozos bob,
belles boogie - bosh!
eligible elegies ebb,
glib...
hellhole hobbies:
hobos hobble,
hogs goggle,
geese gobble,
globes glob,
gobs gibe.
oboe solos ooze goos,
solo oboes lose shoes.
obese bees see sieges;
seize silos,
sigh sighs,
hie highs,
lie lies.
legible legs
lob lollies,
log goggles,
hog hollies.
isles slosh soil.
gosh - oil!
sillies sell lilies,
shell eggshells,
gel lobbies.
big bozos bob,
belles boogie - bosh!
eligible elegies ebb,
glib...
#surreal
#NaPoWriMo2024
192 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
7th Apr 2024 5:39pm
7th Apr 2024 5:39pm
When in Rome...
Some years ago, a child was born
one April, just before the dawn.
She had huge eyes of navy blue;
her hair: a rusty, reddish hue.
She grew up with a thirst for knowledge
(not just the type you'd learn in college)—
numbers, silly signs, world weather;
puzzles, both absurd and clever.
A woodwind teacher by profession,
she also had in her possession
ocarina, fife, trombone,
piano, Xaphoon, xylophone!
Now, to find her year of birth,
you have the clues, for what that's worth.
You need twelve...
one April, just before the dawn.
She had huge eyes of navy blue;
her hair: a rusty, reddish hue.
She grew up with a thirst for knowledge
(not just the type you'd learn in college)—
numbers, silly signs, world weather;
puzzles, both absurd and clever.
A woodwind teacher by profession,
she also had in her possession
ocarina, fife, trombone,
piano, Xaphoon, xylophone!
Now, to find her year of birth,
you have the clues, for what that's worth.
You need twelve...
#myself
#PowerOfWords
#historical #NaPoWriMo2024
#historical #NaPoWriMo2024
227 reads
12 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
6th Apr 2024 10:27pm
6th Apr 2024 10:27pm
Vortex
Mesmerising whirlpool,
deceptively strong—
your power a source of
fascination and horror
in equal measure.
Time and again,
I've watched others swim—
some remaining on the periphery;
others venturing further in;
but most being drawn,
inexorably,
towards your axis
and their zenith,
or nadir,
depending on your viewpoint.
One thing I do know
is that the inward journey is swift;
spiralling ever faster, by definition,
while the journey out
requires patience, time
and determination.
Then,...
deceptively strong—
your power a source of
fascination and horror
in equal measure.
Time and again,
I've watched others swim—
some remaining on the periphery;
others venturing further in;
but most being drawn,
inexorably,
towards your axis
and their zenith,
or nadir,
depending on your viewpoint.
One thing I do know
is that the inward journey is swift;
spiralling ever faster, by definition,
while the journey out
requires patience, time
and determination.
Then,...
#addiction
#NaPoWriMo2024
202 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
5th Apr 2024 5:33pm
5th Apr 2024 5:33pm
Broken pieces
2009
"Apply beneficial caution!" directed Estelle,
from great hardship
(ice just keeps leaving me nervous!).
"Observe! Please quit running!"
(Snow, tripped under vendor's window—
xtreme yelling zone!)
2024
Zip your x-rayed wound very unassumingly,
to start restoring
quintessential promise
of now-metallic limb.
Know joint injuries have great fallout,
ergo: don't consider
breaking
another!
"Apply beneficial caution!" directed Estelle,
from great hardship
(ice just keeps leaving me nervous!).
"Observe! Please quit running!"
(Snow, tripped under vendor's window—
xtreme yelling zone!)
2024
Zip your x-rayed wound very unassumingly,
to start restoring
quintessential promise
of now-metallic limb.
Know joint injuries have great fallout,
ergo: don't consider
breaking
another!
#LifeStruggles
#MovingOn
#acceptance
#hurt
#NaPoWriMo2024
214 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Apr 2024 8:44pm
4th Apr 2024 8:44pm
Modnar
You could be forgiven for thinking all was well;
for failing to read the signs
that a storm would visit imminently.
But against the backdrop of a curious calm
was a sense that something had shifted.
The sky crackled with a strange electrical charge
just moments before torrential rain
began to pulverise the buildings;
an urgent hammering,
while the wind howled in anguish.
We stood resolute, silent, through the hideous squall,
unable to take cover inside;
powerless to arrest it in its tracks.
Finally, the worst was over.
Hand...
for failing to read the signs
that a storm would visit imminently.
But against the backdrop of a curious calm
was a sense that something had shifted.
The sky crackled with a strange electrical charge
just moments before torrential rain
began to pulverise the buildings;
an urgent hammering,
while the wind howled in anguish.
We stood resolute, silent, through the hideous squall,
unable to take cover inside;
powerless to arrest it in its tracks.
Finally, the worst was over.
Hand...
#LifeStruggles
#rain
#storm
#wind
#NaPoWriMo2024
166 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Apr 2024 5:38am
4th Apr 2024 5:38am
Rush hour
I'm in a pit of rising anxiety.
Every lane is rammed.
Nobody is cooperating
and rain beats down.
The engine thrums, driving my panic
(pun intended).
Clearly I know
that it's rush hour,
and it continues to worsen.
Add dehydration
and its sinking, metallic sensation to the mix.
Naturally, every light is red
and your reaction is going to
fuel the day-old headache.
It's easy to see why
I'm feeling complete panic
with all this mental noise.
I can already sense your angry words;
the thought...
Every lane is rammed.
Nobody is cooperating
and rain beats down.
The engine thrums, driving my panic
(pun intended).
Clearly I know
that it's rush hour,
and it continues to worsen.
Add dehydration
and its sinking, metallic sensation to the mix.
Naturally, every light is red
and your reaction is going to
fuel the day-old headache.
It's easy to see why
I'm feeling complete panic
with all this mental noise.
I can already sense your angry words;
the thought...
#anxiety
#cars
#frustration #NaPoWriMo2024
#frustration #NaPoWriMo2024
177 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
2nd Apr 2024 5:51pm
2nd Apr 2024 5:51pm
alien game
dangerous company;
cadaver explosion.
hide down low.
rotten ruin, despise us.
stop chaos; burn anguish instead.
can a hostile world
assume knowledge;
promise more?
delight is our treasure box
or wish to attain
elaborate power revolt.
high chemical charge,
evolve heat.
require art.
go robustly;
apply influence;
forge spirit today.
cadaver explosion.
hide down low.
rotten ruin, despise us.
stop chaos; burn anguish instead.
can a hostile world
assume knowledge;
promise more?
delight is our treasure box
or wish to attain
elaborate power revolt.
high chemical charge,
evolve heat.
require art.
go robustly;
apply influence;
forge spirit today.
#surreal
#dystopian
#NaPoWriMo2024
200 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Apr 2024 1:48pm
1st Apr 2024 1:48pm
The Schrödinger's Cat in Ralph's Hat
Poor Ralph is a stick man
who's looking annoyed;
your attention is all that
keeps him from the void.
But Ralph does have a cat
(whose condition's unknown);
it's shut in a box
so let's leave it alone.
If Ralph is not here
then he must be out there.
He's wearing a hat
but his bottom is bare!
Quick! Call the police!
And instruct them to dash—
if we don't intervene,
he's going to flash!
There goes Ralph down the street;
do you think he'll get caught?
If not, he'll just vanish— ...
who's looking annoyed;
your attention is all that
keeps him from the void.
But Ralph does have a cat
(whose condition's unknown);
it's shut in a box
so let's leave it alone.
If Ralph is not here
then he must be out there.
He's wearing a hat
but his bottom is bare!
Quick! Call the police!
And instruct them to dash—
if we don't intervene,
he's going to flash!
There goes Ralph down the street;
do you think he'll get caught?
If not, he'll just vanish— ...
#funny
#philosophical
#NaPoWriMo2024
239 reads
4 Comments
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