Submissions by captainhuckleberry (Hannah.)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I too was turned to stone, left behind in a deep valley with nothing to do but stare at the sky through the trees
STORY POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2023 1:38am
22nd Apr 2023 1:38am
Mrs. Murdock Hates Frogs
Mrs. Murdock Hates Frogs
She hates them more than she hates bulldogs
Even though she loves cats
I once saw her hit a frog with a baseball bat!
Mrs. Murdock hates liars
She hates them more than the director of the girl’s choir
She told us many times, I’ve written it down
One hundred lines without a frown
And yet there I stood and lied to her face
“There’s nothing moving in my pocket, Ma’am.
With all these rocks I’ve collected, there isn’t space.”
I showed her a rock and she sent me to my desk
Even though she frowned a bit, I think I...
She hates them more than she hates bulldogs
Even though she loves cats
I once saw her hit a frog with a baseball bat!
Mrs. Murdock hates liars
She hates them more than the director of the girl’s choir
She told us many times, I’ve written it down
One hundred lines without a frown
And yet there I stood and lied to her face
“There’s nothing moving in my pocket, Ma’am.
With all these rocks I’ve collected, there isn’t space.”
I showed her a rock and she sent me to my desk
Even though she frowned a bit, I think I...
#secrets
#school
#animals #funny
#animals #funny
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th Apr 2023 5:59pm
18th Apr 2023 5:59pm
Unfurl, Unwind, Untwirl, Unbind
Unfurl, unwind, untwirl, unbind
Coiled like a waiting snake, hidden like your past mistakes
Manic screams and putrid thoughts
Tamped down rage tied up in knots
Take the scissors, cut and pull
Tear out the roots woven thick through your soul
Poison wound tight like a spool of thread
Spills from your throat, colored red
It hurt like hell, the time it took to remove
Years went by yet it seemed it only grew
Now it's ripped out, squirming pathetically on the floor
And you don't see a reason to be afraid anymore
A spool of pain, a...
Coiled like a waiting snake, hidden like your past mistakes
Manic screams and putrid thoughts
Tamped down rage tied up in knots
Take the scissors, cut and pull
Tear out the roots woven thick through your soul
Poison wound tight like a spool of thread
Spills from your throat, colored red
It hurt like hell, the time it took to remove
Years went by yet it seemed it only grew
Now it's ripped out, squirming pathetically on the floor
And you don't see a reason to be afraid anymore
A spool of pain, a...
#MentalHealth
#suffering
#healing #emotions
#healing #emotions
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2023 5:18pm
15th Apr 2023 5:18pm
Songs Best Sung in the Dark
There are songs best sung in the dark
Around midnight when things seem a little softer around the edges
More malleable, more willing to listen, more potent in dimly lit rooms
There are songs best sung in the winter
Lamplit rooms surrounded by a snowy landscape hold more comfort than normal evenings
Music travels farther and with more purpose across the fresh evening snow
There are songs best sung alone
In the quiet spaces of bedrooms and hallways
The serenity of solitude and the careful moments of reflection
There are songs...
Around midnight when things seem a little softer around the edges
More malleable, more willing to listen, more potent in dimly lit rooms
There are songs best sung in the winter
Lamplit rooms surrounded by a snowy landscape hold more comfort than normal evenings
Music travels farther and with more purpose across the fresh evening snow
There are songs best sung alone
In the quiet spaces of bedrooms and hallways
The serenity of solitude and the careful moments of reflection
There are songs...
#moon
#winter
#night
#peace
#music
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2023 5:14pm
15th Apr 2023 5:14pm
A Reiteration of the Forgotten
The old grandfather clock strikes its last chime
A gust of wind follows the curve of the hill down to the mooring dock
Ruffles the feathers of the silver swan sleeping in the reeds
Sit, legs crossed, on the entryway rug
Waiting silently for the door to open, to bang against the broken stopper
A deep gash in the scuffed wooden floors distorts the moonlight seeping down from the clouds
The wind in the aspens howls and groans
It creaks the window panes and strips the paint from the outdoor porch swing
Heaven forbid this is the last time ...
A gust of wind follows the curve of the hill down to the mooring dock
Ruffles the feathers of the silver swan sleeping in the reeds
Sit, legs crossed, on the entryway rug
Waiting silently for the door to open, to bang against the broken stopper
A deep gash in the scuffed wooden floors distorts the moonlight seeping down from the clouds
The wind in the aspens howls and groans
It creaks the window panes and strips the paint from the outdoor porch swing
Heaven forbid this is the last time ...
#grief
#loneliness
#night
#wind
#emptiness
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2023 4:17am
15th Apr 2023 4:17am
A Penny for My Thoughts?
Find a penny, name a penny, leave one by the sink
Find a mirror to traumatize, your face a blotchy pink
Spin a story, scare a story, tell it filthy lies
Headless of the broken glass, sent to terrorize
Your mind’s mind is a mine of slime oozing green and plucked out eyes
Rarely does your mind possess a thought, a word, a clever guess
Live inside a rotting log, you have no time for dialogue
You mindless lump of meat and bones, save my sanity and just-- go home
Find a mirror to traumatize, your face a blotchy pink
Spin a story, scare a story, tell it filthy lies
Headless of the broken glass, sent to terrorize
Your mind’s mind is a mine of slime oozing green and plucked out eyes
Rarely does your mind possess a thought, a word, a clever guess
Live inside a rotting log, you have no time for dialogue
You mindless lump of meat and bones, save my sanity and just-- go home
#rhyming
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Apr 2023 4:00am
15th Apr 2023 4:00am
The World is Different At Dawn
The world is different at dawn
Quieter, simpler
The world is calm at dawn
The birds wake at dawn and sing their warning song, of the bears that woke with the sun and trundle on
The mist rises at dawn
Dew from warming ground, from colored petals, from glowing leaves
It rises to the heavens where it waits before falling back to earth as the afternoon rain
Sunbeams are magical at dawn
They stream over the tips of the mountains, gathering the glow and grace of snowmelt waterfalls, the softness and strength of the evergreens, before streaming into the...
Quieter, simpler
The world is calm at dawn
The birds wake at dawn and sing their warning song, of the bears that woke with the sun and trundle on
The mist rises at dawn
Dew from warming ground, from colored petals, from glowing leaves
It rises to the heavens where it waits before falling back to earth as the afternoon rain
Sunbeams are magical at dawn
They stream over the tips of the mountains, gathering the glow and grace of snowmelt waterfalls, the softness and strength of the evergreens, before streaming into the...
#morning
#dawn
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