Submissions by dartford (Paul S...)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Jan 2025 11:43pm
7th Jan 2025 11:43pm
escapism
caught a bus
went to the shop
bought a bottle of scotch
and a newspaper
full of bad stuff
but I still bought it
for the football
went to the shop
bought a bottle of scotch
and a newspaper
full of bad stuff
but I still bought it
for the football
#LifeStruggles
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th Jan 2025 11:20pm
7th Jan 2025 11:20pm
what’s the bloody difference ..
everyone has opinions
they couldn’t possibly believe if they
thought about them;
but then, everyone,
everyone, everyone of us is ‘them’,
to somebody else ..
they couldn’t possibly believe if they
thought about them;
but then, everyone,
everyone, everyone of us is ‘them’,
to somebody else ..
#ignorance
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Jan 2025 11:45pm
6th Jan 2025 11:45pm
a contemplative, conflicted, gay, unhappy man
siegfried sassoon was brave, not just
in the war, but in his head, and I
wish he hadn’t liked fox hunting
as much as he did, but I like to think
“it had little to do with the killing,” I like
to think he’d have said
in the war, but in his head, and I
wish he hadn’t liked fox hunting
as much as he did, but I like to think
“it had little to do with the killing,” I like
to think he’d have said
#war
93 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Jan 2025 00:34am
6th Jan 2025 00:34am
thought
the only difference
between
now and then
I wonder ..
between
now and then
I wonder ..
#historical
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th Jan 2025 00:05am
6th Jan 2025 00:05am
upon trees and growing old
I loved your leaves, but come
the winter, when you
were stark and naked
and bare, I loved you still more
the winter, when you
were stark and naked
and bare, I loved you still more
#aging
#trees
64 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Jan 2025 00:06am
5th Jan 2025 00:06am
quick, another double ..
being architecturally and
mentally a ruin, and yes I know a ruined
castle can be beautiful,
but I was never a castle,
and what remains of me
is quite simply rubble ..
mentally a ruin, and yes I know a ruined
castle can be beautiful,
but I was never a castle,
and what remains of me
is quite simply rubble ..
#aging
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th Jan 2025 1:39pm
4th Jan 2025 1:39pm
awoken too early
woke up, wondered what time
it was certainly early
victorian, perhaps early to mid
all the conjecture I fell back
asleep
it was certainly early
victorian, perhaps early to mid
all the conjecture I fell back
asleep
#sleep
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2025 00:52am
3rd Jan 2025 00:52am
I deserved ‘em
my wife is the best person I’ve ever known,
but she’s got her faults
are as slight as a thoughtless word here or there
are a few that hit home
but she’s got her faults
are as slight as a thoughtless word here or there
are a few that hit home
#marriage
#relationships
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2025 00:46am
2nd Jan 2025 00:46am
story of the disputed kipper
said he’d caught a
fifteen pound smoked
herring in the river
they said, where is it now
he said, I ate it
they said, prove it
he said, how .. ?
fifteen pound smoked
herring in the river
they said, where is it now
he said, I ate it
they said, prove it
he said, how .. ?
#dragons
75 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Dec 2024 1:36am
31st Dec 2024 1:36am
old bloke
no one flies kites these days
it’s all drones
on and on the old bloke in the pub
but nobody listens
since they’re all on their phones
and he finds it quite sad ..
it’s all drones
on and on the old bloke in the pub
but nobody listens
since they’re all on their phones
and he finds it quite sad ..
#memories
57 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Dec 2024 00:43am
29th Dec 2024 00:43am
memories
you didn’t call.”
sorry, I thought you’d be out.
“sorry?
this isn’t the nineteen seventies,
you’ve got a phone in
your pocket.”
and a head somewhere else ..
sorry, I thought you’d be out.
“sorry?
this isn’t the nineteen seventies,
you’ve got a phone in
your pocket.”
and a head somewhere else ..
#nostalgia
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Dec 2024 00:44am
28th Dec 2024 00:44am
a pint of bitter poem
there’s an oral poetry night in
the pub the regulars look
askance, or aghast, or maybe
just lost for words ..
the pub the regulars look
askance, or aghast, or maybe
just lost for words ..
#satirical
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