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...
this ship's going down...
there's simply no point in arguing.
I mean, alright, so you've stated your position
over and over again
in the hope that somebody might
get the message,
but I tell you we're
going to
drown...
I mean, alright, so you've stated your position
over and over again
in the hope that somebody might
get the message,
but I tell you we're
going to
drown...
600 reads
5 Comments
simply dying to know...
rang the surgery and
the receptionist said the doctor
can see you next week.
I said great, how
am I looking ?
the receptionist said the doctor
can see you next week.
I said great, how
am I looking ?
565 reads
4 Comments
couldn't we stay in a hotel...
she asks if I could
put up the tent
and I say I'm sorry I just haven't
got the room...
put up the tent
and I say I'm sorry I just haven't
got the room...
568 reads
9 Comments
I've been asleep...
just seems
like everyone's
angry
about
something
must
have
happened...
like everyone's
angry
about
something
must
have
happened...
638 reads
14 Comments
you know..?
and for much of my life
I've worried about stuff
that I can't even remember
anymore, you know...
I mean really ? well don't
bloody remind me...
I've worried about stuff
that I can't even remember
anymore, you know...
I mean really ? well don't
bloody remind me...
573 reads
10 Comments
writers of the passed...
seems like death is
the only thing you can
write about without
the benefit of hindsight -
although, looking
back...
the only thing you can
write about without
the benefit of hindsight -
although, looking
back...
513 reads
12 Comments
when did we arrange that..?
was looking forward
this evening
to meeting
you,
however,
had quite clearly
forgotten...
...
this evening
to meeting
you,
however,
had quite clearly
forgotten...
...
530 reads
7 Comments
cafe politics...
at the next table they were
discussing the merits of the current
political situation over
very large plates of
bacon and eggs -
when you suddenly
leaned over and said that from where
you were sitting the bacon and
eggs appeared infinitely
preferable...
discussing the merits of the current
political situation over
very large plates of
bacon and eggs -
when you suddenly
leaned over and said that from where
you were sitting the bacon and
eggs appeared infinitely
preferable...
454 reads
6 Comments
thanks, mate...
watched the old guy on
the train struggle to open a packet
of sandwiches
and offered to give him
a hand which he gratefully
ate...
the train struggle to open a packet
of sandwiches
and offered to give him
a hand which he gratefully
ate...
612 reads
15 Comments
it's all there, apparently...
spent the day lying in bed
trying to figure out the meaning
of existence, when if I'd simply opened
the bloody dictionary...
trying to figure out the meaning
of existence, when if I'd simply opened
the bloody dictionary...
656 reads
15 Comments
philosophy over lunch...
life, she said...
I mean, nobody actually
knows why they're
here...
not really
anybody else's business,
I wouldn't have
thought...
I mean, nobody actually
knows why they're
here...
not really
anybody else's business,
I wouldn't have
thought...
586 reads
9 Comments
funny, although I wouldn't bank on it...
don't worry we'll get
through all this and the city
will simply move
on" - look there it goes...
through all this and the city
will simply move
on" - look there it goes...
511 reads
8 Comments
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