Submissions by dartford (Paul S...)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
writing poetry doesn't make me a poet, who hasn't written poetry at some time or other...
fascism, more or less
nationalism is thinking where you
come from is better than anywhere else; you need to get out more ..
it’s good to be proud of your history has told us time and time again that your bloody racism is a mess ..
come from is better than anywhere else; you need to get out more ..
it’s good to be proud of your history has told us time and time again that your bloody racism is a mess ..
#acceptance
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and either way
asked if you’d recognise
the road sweeper who you
pass by every day on
the street, I bet you
couldn’t, but it doesn’t matter,
he wouldn’t you either
the road sweeper who you
pass by every day on
the street, I bet you
couldn’t, but it doesn’t matter,
he wouldn’t you either
#humankind
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poem upon trivia
cheese is best eaten when you’re not drunk, but neither are you sober, something in between I think
oh, such stupid things, as I get older
oh, such stupid things, as I get older
#SelfReflection
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everyone wants to teach
some write poems like sermons
upon how you should think,
or live your life by all means, but I beg you, don’t preach
upon how you should think,
or live your life by all means, but I beg you, don’t preach
#LifeAsAWriter
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clearly
since my stroke three or four years ago I’ve struggled to speak
clearly or to walk, but please walk with me, there’s no need to talk ..
clearly or to walk, but please walk with me, there’s no need to talk ..
#weakness
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and where did it go
used to
stand
on the
bridge
and look
at the
motorway
below
and
wondered
where
it went,
that
curiosity,
you
know .. ?
stand
on the
bridge
and look
at the
motorway
below
and
wondered
where
it went,
that
curiosity,
you
know .. ?
#unicorns
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erotic verse
poems are like curries to
a food critic might like them hot,
but another might not ..
a food critic might like them hot,
but another might not ..
#food
#WritingPoetry
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memories
history is all we have to look back on
#memories
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in the rain
my preferred death would be on the steps of the british museum with a hip flask, if anyone asks
#unicorns
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so back to pen and ink
I look around and shake my head, thinking it’s the right time to go.
my dear wife is no doubt in bed
and there’s no one here that I know ..
my dear wife is no doubt in bed
and there’s no one here that I know ..
#WritingPoetry
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choice
auden famously wrote, “we must love one another or die”, later castigating himself for not writing “and”, instead of “or”, and I don’t know why, since
whilst we live there is always a choice
whilst we live there is always a choice
#unicorns
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too much sauce
bloke in the pub said his
wife had left him
yesterday
he’d gone on about
how happily married he was
drunk
on both occasions,
of course ..
wife had left him
yesterday
he’d gone on about
how happily married he was
drunk
on both occasions,
of course ..
#marriage
#alcohol
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