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...
city lights ..
the city at night is never dark,
like a child too afraid to turn off the light,
it lies awake ..
like a child too afraid to turn off the light,
it lies awake ..
#night
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drunk ..
met up in town for a drink
and went to the theatre
to watch her perform but
sorry my friend fell asleep ..
and went to the theatre
to watch her perform but
sorry my friend fell asleep ..
#ImSorry
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us losers lose forever, apparently ..
bloke forcing an argument in the pub,
I say look, this might very well end up
in a fight, which you'll undoubtedly win,
but that won't make you right.
he says, so you don't study history, then ..
I say look, this might very well end up
in a fight, which you'll undoubtedly win,
but that won't make you right.
he says, so you don't study history, then ..
#silence
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ask somebody else ..
don't care what happens after death
I won't be around to see it
he says ..
I won't be around to see it
he says ..
#LifeChangingMoment
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in defence of plants ..
you say eating meat is
morally indefensible
and yet how do you explain
simply picking a daisy ..
morally indefensible
and yet how do you explain
simply picking a daisy ..
#flowers
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ah, but we were younger ..
mature woman on
the bus, she says she can remember
when people like us
used to fall in love ..
the bus, she says she can remember
when people like us
used to fall in love ..
#aging
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alone at night ..
only alternative to
paranoia is to feel safe, but
surely nobody's that
insane, he says to himself ..
paranoia is to feel safe, but
surely nobody's that
insane, he says to himself ..
#anxiety
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and since we needed to move on ..
there's no getting around it
rarely do you see a busker
on the street playing a grand piano
and yet somehow we did ..
rarely do you see a busker
on the street playing a grand piano
and yet somehow we did ..
#city
#music
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city at night
city at night is
myself as a child,
afraid to switch
off the light ..
myself as a child,
afraid to switch
off the light ..
#anxiety
#dreams
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hark at the drunk ..
bloke in the pub says the
only difference between people
is the utter indifference that
some people feel towards other
people, he says, before
falling asleep ..
only difference between people
is the utter indifference that
some people feel towards other
people, he says, before
falling asleep ..
#alcohol
#myself
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searching for a bit of peace & quiet ..
sits on a bench and thinks
back to when he was young
but then he shrugs and thinks
memory hold thy tongue ..
back to when he was young
but then he shrugs and thinks
memory hold thy tongue ..
#peace
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thames nocturne
altogether a different
creature by night, I tend to slink
past the river, wherein it slips
out of sight ..
creature by night, I tend to slink
past the river, wherein it slips
out of sight ..
#nightmares
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