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...
'twas ever a mystery...
it's cold tonight
I'll go to bed
when the fire
goes out
although as to
why it goes out
on a night
like this...
I'll go to bed
when the fire
goes out
although as to
why it goes out
on a night
like this...
506 reads
7 Comments
expected it to shut...
the cafe was closed
over christmas
I didn't mind
until somebody said
that it wasn't
over christmas
but their general lack
of hygiene...
over christmas
I didn't mind
until somebody said
that it wasn't
over christmas
but their general lack
of hygiene...
517 reads
6 Comments
it's why the crass get so cross...
it's like social media
has made them even more unsociable than ever
like they're so much more needier
and not nearly so clever...
has made them even more unsociable than ever
like they're so much more needier
and not nearly so clever...
568 reads
5 Comments
I know that nobody's perfect...
and she says
oh I know you really love me
but that isn't enough
because I don't feel the same
and he says
so what on earth do you think is
wrong with you...
oh I know you really love me
but that isn't enough
because I don't feel the same
and he says
so what on earth do you think is
wrong with you...
513 reads
5 Comments
like to think it's nothing serious...
tend to think it's muscular
this pain in my chest
not that my chest is particularly muscular
perhaps it's my vest...
this pain in my chest
not that my chest is particularly muscular
perhaps it's my vest...
420 reads
9 Comments
don't feel right...
bought a horse hair coat in the market
and it made my skin itch
she said well why on earth don't you try
wearing something under it
so I got me a saddle...
and it made my skin itch
she said well why on earth don't you try
wearing something under it
so I got me a saddle...
538 reads
16 Comments
what a night...
read a book on hydrangeas once...
it was just lying around and there wasn't anything
else
I'd have done it...
it was just lying around and there wasn't anything
else
I'd have done it...
476 reads
4 Comments
largest squirrel ever...
grew squirrels
for a living
some as big as houses
although none
as big
as ours is...
for a living
some as big as houses
although none
as big
as ours is...
389 reads
3 Comments
it's the money, stupid..
seems like big business
had suckered you in
to believing that politicians
were the enemy,
instead of them...
had suckered you in
to believing that politicians
were the enemy,
instead of them...
440 reads
4 Comments
twenty sixteen wasn't great...
been a funny old year
what with trump taking over the states
and sleeping with the russians
and britain leaving europe and opening
discussions
on trading with the faeries and the goblins
and the elves...
it's been a funny old year
guess we haven't been ourselves...
what with trump taking over the states
and sleeping with the russians
and britain leaving europe and opening
discussions
on trading with the faeries and the goblins
and the elves...
it's been a funny old year
guess we haven't been ourselves...
524 reads
8 Comments
come on, you've had your go...
maybe people just die
to make room for other people,
I dunno
that people
are quite so altruistic
though...
to make room for other people,
I dunno
that people
are quite so altruistic
though...
468 reads
3 Comments
draining board blues
like to drink alone
helps me to think
get off the phone
head's in the sink...
helps me to think
get off the phone
head's in the sink...
449 reads
5 Comments
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