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...
not a peep ..
so the ghosts of the town
wandering aimlessly about
time that they all settled down
for the night is for sleep ..
wandering aimlessly about
time that they all settled down
for the night is for sleep ..
#ghosts
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asked the priest ..
what did they do
at christmas before
christ, he says,
how should I know ..
at christmas before
christ, he says,
how should I know ..
#religion
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this mess we're in ..
beneath the rubble of the city
lie the tunnels
through which we shall attempt to
dig our way out ..
lie the tunnels
through which we shall attempt to
dig our way out ..
#politics
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another year ahead ..
midnight passed
with little fuss in
"our house,
in the middle
of our street".
we watched madness
on the telly,
fireworks
over the river.
yes, and mother
had a sherry,
neat ..
with little fuss in
"our house,
in the middle
of our street".
we watched madness
on the telly,
fireworks
over the river.
yes, and mother
had a sherry,
neat ..
#MovingOn
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henry does impressions ..
henry was a goat,
thought he was a man about town
with his little goatee beard,
but damn it, henry was a goat
to be feared ..
thought he was a man about town
with his little goatee beard,
but damn it, henry was a goat
to be feared ..
#acceptance
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cunning bastards ..
the enemy of the people
has breakfast in bed
thinking I don't much like people
I'll eat foxes instead ..
has breakfast in bed
thinking I don't much like people
I'll eat foxes instead ..
#politics
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of course, it might all be nonsense ..
the clouds are full of fish
hiding the untoward smiles of sausages
beneath their towels
which I think maybe is just how it is ..
hiding the untoward smiles of sausages
beneath their towels
which I think maybe is just how it is ..
#WritingPoetry
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a very personal question ..
this whole getting older thing,
how will it end ? I guess
I'm aware of what's what, but
what I really mean is when ..
how will it end ? I guess
I'm aware of what's what, but
what I really mean is when ..
#death
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ghost story ..
the vapours that arose from the river
confused my eyes,
but it was all in the papers,
mostly lies ..
confused my eyes,
but it was all in the papers,
mostly lies ..
#ghosts
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what the dickens ..
christmas is for ghosts
M R James wrote the most ..
M R James wrote the most ..
#Christmas
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the buried city ..
we're in the crypt of st brides on fleet st.
studying the roman and saxon remains;
everything is quiet, everything is stone.
I love the city that lies under ones feet ..
studying the roman and saxon remains;
everything is quiet, everything is stone.
I love the city that lies under ones feet ..
#historical
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poem inspired by my wife ..
dickens was horrible to his wife
and yet he showed great compassion
with regard to other peoples lives.
who'd be a wife .. ?
and yet he showed great compassion
with regard to other peoples lives.
who'd be a wife .. ?
#love
#wife
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DU Poetry : Submissions by dartford (Paul S...)