Submissions by stan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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SONG LYRICS
Published
14th Jan 2011 7:59pm
14th Jan 2011 7:59pm
Remembered Joy
It’s been 3 long years now since you had to go
But I know you can hear me when I say my love for you is timeless and this I think you know
And when the good lord came to take you my tears I couldn’t hide
It’s been very hard without you here by my side
CHORUS
I’ve tried very hard to fathom why he came for you
I’ve heard it said only the good die young and in your case this is true
So when the rain is falling gently on our window pane
It’s raining in my heart and the tears are for you Jane
Wherever you are my love do not be scared ...
But I know you can hear me when I say my love for you is timeless and this I think you know
And when the good lord came to take you my tears I couldn’t hide
It’s been very hard without you here by my side
CHORUS
I’ve tried very hard to fathom why he came for you
I’ve heard it said only the good die young and in your case this is true
So when the rain is falling gently on our window pane
It’s raining in my heart and the tears are for you Jane
Wherever you are my love do not be scared ...
997 reads
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ANGER POEM
Published
12th Jan 2011 8:24pm
12th Jan 2011 8:24pm
30 Years
They say the sadness will go away
But I find it so hard to believe what they say
Each day is like yesterday, tomorrow, last week
Trying so hard to find the help that I seek
I’m told it’s darkest before the dawn
It’s been dark in my world since the day I was born
The glass the knife the bottle the blood
My arms being opened the relief of the flood
But what of the after the guilt and the pain
The dismay of my loved ones there looks of disdain
I feel no remorse the cutting the stitching my way of life
It’s cost me my loved ones my children my wife...
But I find it so hard to believe what they say
Each day is like yesterday, tomorrow, last week
Trying so hard to find the help that I seek
I’m told it’s darkest before the dawn
It’s been dark in my world since the day I was born
The glass the knife the bottle the blood
My arms being opened the relief of the flood
But what of the after the guilt and the pain
The dismay of my loved ones there looks of disdain
I feel no remorse the cutting the stitching my way of life
It’s cost me my loved ones my children my wife...
864 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Jan 2011 7:57pm
11th Jan 2011 7:57pm
Was It This Bad ?
Yet again I hear the sirens of a police car screech to a stop outside
A door being kicked in the arrested taken away yet another pointless ride
Probably a drugs bust or another weapons seizure
Life on this estate seems to get sleazier and sleazier
It wasn’t this bad when we were that young was it?
Juveniles on street corners look contemptuously at you and spit
To many religions creeds and gangs fighting each other
Racial intolerance pitting brother against brother
There’s no respect for the law today and what it stands for
Daily we see the elderly...
A door being kicked in the arrested taken away yet another pointless ride
Probably a drugs bust or another weapons seizure
Life on this estate seems to get sleazier and sleazier
It wasn’t this bad when we were that young was it?
Juveniles on street corners look contemptuously at you and spit
To many religions creeds and gangs fighting each other
Racial intolerance pitting brother against brother
There’s no respect for the law today and what it stands for
Daily we see the elderly...
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Jan 2011 8:45pm
10th Jan 2011 8:45pm
Through A Mirror Humoursly
I saw a man in the mirror yesterday
I saw him there again today
Behind him I saw streets and houses and people everywhere
And my mind wondered and pondered and wondered what this man’s life was like there
And looking at this man in his world I thought is he thinking the same as me
And in his world through this piece of glass would he see on his side what I see
Because thinking logically everything would be the other way around
The more I thought about this the more confused I got and even the man in the mirror frowned
So I dispelled logic had a bit of fun and...
I saw him there again today
Behind him I saw streets and houses and people everywhere
And my mind wondered and pondered and wondered what this man’s life was like there
And looking at this man in his world I thought is he thinking the same as me
And in his world through this piece of glass would he see on his side what I see
Because thinking logically everything would be the other way around
The more I thought about this the more confused I got and even the man in the mirror frowned
So I dispelled logic had a bit of fun and...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2011 6:11pm
3rd Jan 2011 6:11pm
A Broken Promise
As i waved you goodbye the day that i left
A loving embrace and the tears that were wept
To the poppy fields of France we answered the call
So many young lives lost and it’s here that i fall
My mind wanders back to when i last saw you
My promise to you that this we would get through
The crossing of my heart to our young son and daughter
That daddy wouldcome back home come hell or high water
Remember me.......
Forgive me my loved ones for a promise spoken
I’m sorry i won’t be coming home i lie here bleeding and broken
Forgive me.........
To the...
A loving embrace and the tears that were wept
To the poppy fields of France we answered the call
So many young lives lost and it’s here that i fall
My mind wanders back to when i last saw you
My promise to you that this we would get through
The crossing of my heart to our young son and daughter
That daddy wouldcome back home come hell or high water
Remember me.......
Forgive me my loved ones for a promise spoken
I’m sorry i won’t be coming home i lie here bleeding and broken
Forgive me.........
To the...
916 reads
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Dec 2010 10:04pm
27th Dec 2010 10:04pm
Kid's
As a dad of three I’ve got your measure
We love you protect you give us lots of pleasure
But……mums and dads aren’t as daft as you think we are
Dads give us a fiver and ill wash your car
Mum….can I take a couple of pounds out of the copper jar
My car barely sees water and a sponge because it’s too much mither
And the copper jar that held a tenner now holds just a fiver
And so it goes on
Dad….can I stay out as long as Paul his dad lets him stay out till eleven
A quick call to Paul’s dad guess what Pauls in at seven
We love you dearly but you kids think...
We love you protect you give us lots of pleasure
But……mums and dads aren’t as daft as you think we are
Dads give us a fiver and ill wash your car
Mum….can I take a couple of pounds out of the copper jar
My car barely sees water and a sponge because it’s too much mither
And the copper jar that held a tenner now holds just a fiver
And so it goes on
Dad….can I stay out as long as Paul his dad lets him stay out till eleven
A quick call to Paul’s dad guess what Pauls in at seven
We love you dearly but you kids think...
776 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Dec 2010 6:08pm
27th Dec 2010 6:08pm
Why Cant They ?
Can they hear the words inside my head?
The thoughts being spoken the things being said
Can they see the things I see?
Are they real or imagined is it just me
Can they understand the turmoil I'm in?
My mind races now from one thought to another
Can’t they realise all this I’m trying to smother
I see myself in my very own dream
Can’t they see and can’t they hear my scream
These sights and sounds this uneasy sensation
Can I stop this madness of my own creation?
I just need some sense some clarity
Can’t they see I need peace and serenity?
I...
The thoughts being spoken the things being said
Can they see the things I see?
Are they real or imagined is it just me
Can they understand the turmoil I'm in?
My mind races now from one thought to another
Can’t they realise all this I’m trying to smother
I see myself in my very own dream
Can’t they see and can’t they hear my scream
These sights and sounds this uneasy sensation
Can I stop this madness of my own creation?
I just need some sense some clarity
Can’t they see I need peace and serenity?
I...
871 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2010 9:49pm
23rd Dec 2010 9:49pm
Out Of Sync
I sit quietly not thinking
The only sounds i hear are background
Have i been sitting here 5 mins or 5 hours ?
I try to formulate thoughts nothing comes
I can hear myself talking in my head
Im talking but not listening
Im emotionless to the world around me
Im in a vacuum of silence
The only sound is mine talking about the nothingness
I jump start to thought i must do this i must do that
But its vague and fuzzy no specifics
I see and hear the world around me
But it doesnt register as real
Its on the periphery of my consciousness
My eyes...
The only sounds i hear are background
Have i been sitting here 5 mins or 5 hours ?
I try to formulate thoughts nothing comes
I can hear myself talking in my head
Im talking but not listening
Im emotionless to the world around me
Im in a vacuum of silence
The only sound is mine talking about the nothingness
I jump start to thought i must do this i must do that
But its vague and fuzzy no specifics
I see and hear the world around me
But it doesnt register as real
Its on the periphery of my consciousness
My eyes...
939 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2010 9:31pm
23rd Dec 2010 9:31pm
My Dad Hates Me
My dad hates me hes always on my case
Morning noon and night hes always in my face
Clean your room up its just not fair
Straighten up your tie do something with your hair
And if its not my dad its my mum
Put a smile on your face you always look so glum
Well i aint got much to smile about i say
Well she says do as your told and everything will be ok
So i sulk stamp my feet go to my room to be on my own
Thinking about it though im 32
Think its time i left home
Morning noon and night hes always in my face
Clean your room up its just not fair
Straighten up your tie do something with your hair
And if its not my dad its my mum
Put a smile on your face you always look so glum
Well i aint got much to smile about i say
Well she says do as your told and everything will be ok
So i sulk stamp my feet go to my room to be on my own
Thinking about it though im 32
Think its time i left home
2128 reads
3 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
22nd Dec 2010 10:22am
22nd Dec 2010 10:22am
Chink Of Light
You must never give up keep carrying on
Ignore what’s behind you forget it its gone
Rise above it all your bigger and stronger
It won’t be easy and the road will seem longer
But the further you get and the further you travel
Things will get better they will start to unravel
And when things start to fall into place carry on your fight
And one day you will see it
The first chink of light
Ignore what’s behind you forget it its gone
Rise above it all your bigger and stronger
It won’t be easy and the road will seem longer
But the further you get and the further you travel
Things will get better they will start to unravel
And when things start to fall into place carry on your fight
And one day you will see it
The first chink of light
965 reads
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Dec 2010 11:32am
21st Dec 2010 11:32am
Bloody Omaha
Midnight June the 5th 1944 me and my buddies departed Weymouth and put out to sea
To smash through Hitler’s eastern wall to liberate Europe and make her once again free
We knew some, most of us wouldn’t be coming back
As we neared Omaha beach at 4am we started to take German flak
From high above us we could hear the bombers delivering there deadly cargo to the enemy on the ground
The French coast was pummelled as night turned to day followed by the cargos deathly sound
It looked like the 4th of July and i wondered if I’d ever see another...
To smash through Hitler’s eastern wall to liberate Europe and make her once again free
We knew some, most of us wouldn’t be coming back
As we neared Omaha beach at 4am we started to take German flak
From high above us we could hear the bombers delivering there deadly cargo to the enemy on the ground
The French coast was pummelled as night turned to day followed by the cargos deathly sound
It looked like the 4th of July and i wondered if I’d ever see another...
1019 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Dec 2010 11:17am
21st Dec 2010 11:17am
View From Afar
I’ve watched you for so long and from so far away
I never meant to leave you i wanted to stay
But the choice wasn’t mine and i had to go
I’ve watched over the years our family grow and grow
Our sons first day at school i watched with such pride
I saw the tears that you shed that you could not hide
I saw it all from so far away
Never missing a moment never missing a day
Our daughter’s graduation i watched out of view
And as the years passed by i never stopped loving you
For I’ve never moved on I’ve stayed...
I never meant to leave you i wanted to stay
But the choice wasn’t mine and i had to go
I’ve watched over the years our family grow and grow
Our sons first day at school i watched with such pride
I saw the tears that you shed that you could not hide
I saw it all from so far away
Never missing a moment never missing a day
Our daughter’s graduation i watched out of view
And as the years passed by i never stopped loving you
For I’ve never moved on I’ve stayed...
1081 reads
2 Comments
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