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...
breathless ..
breathing is the most mysterious thing
the more you think about it
the trickier it is
just like love she says ..
the more you think about it
the trickier it is
just like love she says ..
#love
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waiting in the wings ..
I tell her over lunch
that I love her,
whilst she winks at the waiter
that I love her,
whilst she winks at the waiter
#relationships
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well, hardly a success ..
it's the interval, we're in the bar,
the bell rings for the start of act three.
she says so what do you think of it so far ?
I say well, yes, it is quite a nice bar,
but the play, I mean, well, actually ..
the bell rings for the start of act three.
she says so what do you think of it so far ?
I say well, yes, it is quite a nice bar,
but the play, I mean, well, actually ..
#apathy
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your poetry fades, she says ..
my writings might well be ephemeral,
I shout, thumping the table,
that's the thing about writing in pencil,
it's very quickly rubbed out ..
I shout, thumping the table,
that's the thing about writing in pencil,
it's very quickly rubbed out ..
#WritingPoetry
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"damned if you do and damned if you don't .."
every morning I awake
with a headache, thinking
one morning maybe I won't
that be great ? well, nope ..
with a headache, thinking
one morning maybe I won't
that be great ? well, nope ..
#alcohol
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nan, with her dementia ..
nan lived through two
world wars and died
in the nineteen seventies.
what was worse, two world wars
or her latter years ..
world wars and died
in the nineteen seventies.
what was worse, two world wars
or her latter years ..
#war
#peace
#illness
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why some writers drink ..
mid afternoon in the pub
thinking what am I doing
sitting here trying to write
with only the beer to stop
the knowing that I can't ..
thinking what am I doing
sitting here trying to write
with only the beer to stop
the knowing that I can't ..
#WritingPoetry
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not the right moment ..
she lives only
in the moment
kiss me ! he cries
in a moment
she says, but
it never arrives ..
in the moment
kiss me ! he cries
in a moment
she says, but
it never arrives ..
#memories
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play night ..
evening, a slowly ascending
curtain, bringing
revelry, and light, into the day ..
curtain, bringing
revelry, and light, into the day ..
#night
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roads are hell ..
watching a cat attempting
to slink its way through the traffic
and, damn it, it nearly
made it ..
to slink its way through the traffic
and, damn it, it nearly
made it ..
#sadness
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privacy ..
it is never dark enough
down by the river
what with the lights
and the CCTV
to think that the two
of us could ever be alone
together at night
in the city ..
down by the river
what with the lights
and the CCTV
to think that the two
of us could ever be alone
together at night
in the city ..
#love
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upon a suburban poet ..
a train ride away from
getting somewhere,
he would nevertheless embark
upon his own adventure.
fuck the city lights, fuck
the city's temperature !
ignited, reminded of that which
he'd dreamt of her ..
getting somewhere,
he would nevertheless embark
upon his own adventure.
fuck the city lights, fuck
the city's temperature !
ignited, reminded of that which
he'd dreamt of her ..
#city
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