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...
and as the bus pulled out he turned to her and said
I always knew
we'd get on...
we'd get on...
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I mean life, you know...
just because I make
light of it all
still frightens me...
light of it all
still frightens me...
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Waterloo Station...
he could only smile, as the guy at the
counter asked single or return,
as if there was any way
back...
counter asked single or return,
as if there was any way
back...
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a metaphysical point, I admit, but...
without you
don't know what
that's like...
don't know what
that's like...
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she accused him of being self centred...
just for once, she said, think of
somebody else...
so I did, but she didn't like it...
somebody else...
so I did, but she didn't like it...
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Eureka..!
I don't know what to say, except
that I wasn't aware that we had
a problem...that's it, really...
that I wasn't aware that we had
a problem...that's it, really...
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it was a bit awkward, really...
she was the most strikingly
beautiful woman I'd ever seen,
I didn't know what to say...
I could have said, hi, you're
the most strikingly beautiful woman
I've ever seen...
but I didn't, ok...
beautiful woman I'd ever seen,
I didn't know what to say...
I could have said, hi, you're
the most strikingly beautiful woman
I've ever seen...
but I didn't, ok...
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I can do the unexpected, too...
having received her unexpected
text, he thought about things
for a bit, deciding what to do
next, before not answering it...
text, he thought about things
for a bit, deciding what to do
next, before not answering it...
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he replies a little sharply...
she urged me to be blunt,
but what would be
the point...
but what would be
the point...
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but since you ask...
I will miss you
so
much
and no more...
so
much
and no more...
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silly, really...
when we were kids,
we were told that dandelions
made you wet the
bed...
so when I grew up, I
picked Daisy...
we were told that dandelions
made you wet the
bed...
so when I grew up, I
picked Daisy...
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5 a.m...
get up, she
said, the alarm's gone off...
which is fair enough, but why
is it always me that has
to go after
it...
said, the alarm's gone off...
which is fair enough, but why
is it always me that has
to go after
it...
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