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...
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
436 reads
9 Comments
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
366 reads
5 Comments
play night ..
evening, a slowly ascending
curtain, bringing
revelry, and light, into the day ..
curtain, bringing
revelry, and light, into the day ..
#night
364 reads
2 Comments
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
363 reads
6 Comments
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
346 reads
5 Comments
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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4 Comments
pockets of doubt ..
going out for the evening,
gradually, as does the light,
slowly fading into the night.
you sure you've got everything .. ?
gradually, as does the light,
slowly fading into the night.
you sure you've got everything .. ?
#anxiety
354 reads
4 Comments
pub poetry ..
a bloke in the pub
shows me a poem
over a beer
I ask him is it
his and he says no
I just work here ..
shows me a poem
over a beer
I ask him is it
his and he says no
I just work here ..
#alcohol
358 reads
2 Comments
looking for a fight ..
bloke at the bar
says he doesn't
like my face
agreed, it isn't
one of my better
looking days ..
says he doesn't
like my face
agreed, it isn't
one of my better
looking days ..
#violence
399 reads
3 Comments
always eat where the waiters go ..
asked the waiter what
he could recommend
he said well there's this
place across the road ..
he could recommend
he said well there's this
place across the road ..
#food
406 reads
4 Comments
anon ..
you're hardly the finished article,
she said, thereby putting me down
amidst the largely unread ..
she said, thereby putting me down
amidst the largely unread ..
#LifeAsAWriter
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3 Comments
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