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...
a bit of a cliche, really...
and apparently she believed
that I required further pushing
to achieve my potential -
although since at this time
our relationship was going rapidly
downhill anyway...
that I required further pushing
to achieve my potential -
although since at this time
our relationship was going rapidly
downhill anyway...
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the play is, indeed, the thing...
few took seriously his contention -
he was, after all, well known for allowing
his mind to play like a fish in the
strangest of backwaters...
some said that he read
the anglo saxon chronicle as though
it were as current as twitter, or that he
considered Pepys as up to date as
Piers Morgan...
and so of course, when he came
out of the theatre stating that he had
witnessed a murder, well naturally...
and yet past events continued
to occupy him, despite being not a jot
involved directly in what others would
have...
he was, after all, well known for allowing
his mind to play like a fish in the
strangest of backwaters...
some said that he read
the anglo saxon chronicle as though
it were as current as twitter, or that he
considered Pepys as up to date as
Piers Morgan...
and so of course, when he came
out of the theatre stating that he had
witnessed a murder, well naturally...
and yet past events continued
to occupy him, despite being not a jot
involved directly in what others would
have...
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I don't know where this is going, but
I caught the bus at Charing Cross -
and it at least had the decency to look
embarrassed, because
this wasn't the first time...
and it at least had the decency to look
embarrassed, because
this wasn't the first time...
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people are so rude..!
I saw her
walking amongst
the crowd
on the other side of the road
and I waved
and three other people
waved back
and one shouted
something that I wouldn't like
to repeat and well
next time I'll just
ignore her...
walking amongst
the crowd
on the other side of the road
and I waved
and three other people
waved back
and one shouted
something that I wouldn't like
to repeat and well
next time I'll just
ignore her...
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& not wishing to make a fuss...
I was sitting on the ferry
reading my book
when somebody
suddenly said
look why don't you jump
and I did -
although not in the
way they may have meant, but
it was certainly a shock -
it's just that I didn't want to go
overboard
about it...
reading my book
when somebody
suddenly said
look why don't you jump
and I did -
although not in the
way they may have meant, but
it was certainly a shock -
it's just that I didn't want to go
overboard
about it...
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see for yourself...
I looked out of
the bedroom
window this
morning and
saw a gnome
strolling around
the garden
I called quick -
come & see...
he said if you
think I'm coming
up there you
must be crazy...
the bedroom
window this
morning and
saw a gnome
strolling around
the garden
I called quick -
come & see...
he said if you
think I'm coming
up there you
must be crazy...
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curtains...
I
switched
on
the
light
and
the
curtains
shook
as
out
went
the
...
switched
on
the
light
and
the
curtains
shook
as
out
went
the
...
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sick...
his papers were seized
and he was prosecuted
under the not very nice
papers act of 1971...
he later claimed in court
that these papers had been
for private consumption only -
and indeed, when
they eventually raided
his home, he was
actually discovered in the
rather desperate act
of attempting to swallow
the whole of chapter 26,
which was then duly
brought up at the trial...
and he was prosecuted
under the not very nice
papers act of 1971...
he later claimed in court
that these papers had been
for private consumption only -
and indeed, when
they eventually raided
his home, he was
actually discovered in the
rather desperate act
of attempting to swallow
the whole of chapter 26,
which was then duly
brought up at the trial...
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you want to look where, officer..?
so anyway, the policemen
took me to the station and
told me to strip and said they
were searching for drugs
and judging by the rather
intimate places into which
they were peeking they must
have really needed them...
took me to the station and
told me to strip and said they
were searching for drugs
and judging by the rather
intimate places into which
they were peeking they must
have really needed them...
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dear god, not another religion...
there was a
squaddie on the
high street rattling a tin,
which had
"support our boys..!"
written all over it...
so I asked him
what was going on -
at which point
he became
rather aggressive,
shouting things like
"they're
out there dying
for you!"
I thought,
jesus...
...
squaddie on the
high street rattling a tin,
which had
"support our boys..!"
written all over it...
so I asked him
what was going on -
at which point
he became
rather aggressive,
shouting things like
"they're
out there dying
for you!"
I thought,
jesus...
...
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a somewhat cynical view...
the moon said
he would like
to take her out
one night
she said where
were you thinking
of going
he said oh
I don't know -
around the
world
she said don't
be so bloody
ridiculous...
he would like
to take her out
one night
she said where
were you thinking
of going
he said oh
I don't know -
around the
world
she said don't
be so bloody
ridiculous...
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I don't remember...
I don't remember
my parents ever
saying that they loved me
but they may have...
my parents ever
saying that they loved me
but they may have...
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