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...
the argument
you can’t accuse me of living in the past, since it’s not an accusation but the truth is, I’ve lived most of my life in the past and only now in the present.
#nonfiction
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a deadly serious piece upon two well respected essayists, with a side dish of food ..
charles lamb
was more loved
than hazlitt,
although haslet
tastes better than
spam ..
was more loved
than hazlitt,
although haslet
tastes better than
spam ..
#prose
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little jack horner grew up
bloke in the pub buys a pint
and a sandwich, sits in the corner, looks at his newspaper, wonders
if this is all there is to his life
and a sandwich, sits in the corner, looks at his newspaper, wonders
if this is all there is to his life
#apathy
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and at poetry he nibbles
I only write free verse because
it saves all the bother of counting
the syllables, to be honest,
he said, in one of his scribbles ..
it saves all the bother of counting
the syllables, to be honest,
he said, in one of his scribbles ..
#WritingPoetry
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poem without meaning
sitting in his room reading anything else into it
would be silly
would be silly
#surreal
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the game
let’s take the next train that pulls
in at paddington, and disembark at
the fifth station it stops at, and
do the same there, and at the next stop and the next, and see where we eventually end up, I don’t care ..
in at paddington, and disembark at
the fifth station it stops at, and
do the same there, and at the next stop and the next, and see where we eventually end up, I don’t care ..
#travel
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nineteen sixties
donkeys are nicer than hotels
that clog up the scenery of the beaches as they carry kids along the
sand upon which
the hoteliers will never never understand
that clog up the scenery of the beaches as they carry kids along the
sand upon which
the hoteliers will never never understand
#holiday
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he always kept his head
he always wore a trilby and
a raincoat whatever the weather
was appalling
that morning he kept his trilby and
his raincoat on in bed ..
a raincoat whatever the weather
was appalling
that morning he kept his trilby and
his raincoat on in bed ..
#rain
#sleep
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hay fever
wish I could have invited noel coward
to dinner, but not
knowing him
he’d have probably declined
to dinner, but not
knowing him
he’d have probably declined
#admiration
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there’s always some kerfuffle
& I simply wanted, lord emsworth like, a little peace and quiet, for him to read his book upon the rearing of pigs, and for me to stay up writing half the night.
#peace
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eventually rotting
over ripe for dying now
those on television we admired as children
it will be our turn next
the only time
we’ll ever get
picked
those on television we admired as children
it will be our turn next
the only time
we’ll ever get
picked
#aging
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dunno why you bothered
sorry
I wasn’t
“in”
when you called
I was
never
fashionable
I wasn’t
“in”
when you called
I was
never
fashionable
#PopCulture
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DU Poetry : Submissions by dartford (Paul S...)