Submissions by stan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
hello im stan
DRUGS POEM
Published
20th Dec 2010 7:43pm
20th Dec 2010 7:43pm
Addiction (None As Blind)
As a drinker i reflect on what i have lost
The price i have paid at such a terrible cost
My dignity my pride my marriage my health
My children my job my house my wealth
Its that part of the day again the part that i hate
My family wont be here wont even be late
I know they wont be here because of my lies
The deceit and the false truths the how’s and the whys
The years of me saying im stopping the drink
The damage ive done never stopping to think
Ive done all the rehabs on the hospital wards
The...
The price i have paid at such a terrible cost
My dignity my pride my marriage my health
My children my job my house my wealth
Its that part of the day again the part that i hate
My family wont be here wont even be late
I know they wont be here because of my lies
The deceit and the false truths the how’s and the whys
The years of me saying im stopping the drink
The damage ive done never stopping to think
Ive done all the rehabs on the hospital wards
The...
1028 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Dec 2010 7:35pm
20th Dec 2010 7:35pm
Emotion (Cause And Effect)
Emotions a strange and funny thing
Its cause and effect and the actions they bring
We cry with laughter we cry when we're sad
It makes no sense at all and seems a bit mad
So.....lets look at emotion and what does it mean
Its not as straightforward as it may seem
Emotions been pondered since time immemorial
The answers not in a library or learnt in a tutorial
Its something you can see-feel-touch and get caught out by
Like the passing of a loved one or a babies first cry
The look in a Childs eye Christmas...
Its cause and effect and the actions they bring
We cry with laughter we cry when we're sad
It makes no sense at all and seems a bit mad
So.....lets look at emotion and what does it mean
Its not as straightforward as it may seem
Emotions been pondered since time immemorial
The answers not in a library or learnt in a tutorial
Its something you can see-feel-touch and get caught out by
Like the passing of a loved one or a babies first cry
The look in a Childs eye Christmas...
1462 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Dec 2010 5:39pm
18th Dec 2010 5:39pm
Sun Scream
England’s always gloomy and dark and it’s getting on her nerves
Why can’t we have some African sunshine they got plenty in reserve?
Oh how she wishes for some third world sunshine
Because a free all over tan would suit her just fine
They say the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
In England’s case it falls everywhere and to her a constant pain
She can’t wear her Versace or Gucci when she’s out on the town
Because guaranteed come Saturday night it will be throwing down
She wishes she could shift the tilt of the...
Why can’t we have some African sunshine they got plenty in reserve?
Oh how she wishes for some third world sunshine
Because a free all over tan would suit her just fine
They say the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
In England’s case it falls everywhere and to her a constant pain
She can’t wear her Versace or Gucci when she’s out on the town
Because guaranteed come Saturday night it will be throwing down
She wishes she could shift the tilt of the...
851 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
18th Dec 2010 5:14pm
18th Dec 2010 5:14pm
Divine Intervention
Ive been watching so long and seen so much
Ive seen everything you destroy with your deathly touch
Since the dawn of existence ive allways been here
For millenia ive heard every scream tasted every tear
Everything you touch becomes brutalised and savaged
Everywhere you habitat becomes naked and ravaged
50 million years since you last felt my wrath
I wiped the slate clean to make way your path
The beasts that roamed before you killed to survive
But you kill in the names of your gods and leave nothing alive
...
Ive seen everything you destroy with your deathly touch
Since the dawn of existence ive allways been here
For millenia ive heard every scream tasted every tear
Everything you touch becomes brutalised and savaged
Everywhere you habitat becomes naked and ravaged
50 million years since you last felt my wrath
I wiped the slate clean to make way your path
The beasts that roamed before you killed to survive
But you kill in the names of your gods and leave nothing alive
...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Dec 2010 10:45pm
14th Dec 2010 10:45pm
Tinsel and Death
Christmas isnt just about the presents and giving
Lets remember the less fortunate scraping a living
Third world continents filled with death and starvation
Blood being shed from nation to nation
I ask you reflect in this season of good cheer
The hungry and homeless lives filled with fear
So when your presents have been opened and the food as been fed
Spare a thought for our soldiers and there blood being bled
If it be a god or a prophet you worship with love
Look into your soul and give your conscense a shove
Lets get rid of the greed drop the...
Lets remember the less fortunate scraping a living
Third world continents filled with death and starvation
Blood being shed from nation to nation
I ask you reflect in this season of good cheer
The hungry and homeless lives filled with fear
So when your presents have been opened and the food as been fed
Spare a thought for our soldiers and there blood being bled
If it be a god or a prophet you worship with love
Look into your soul and give your conscense a shove
Lets get rid of the greed drop the...
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Dec 2010 10:01pm
14th Dec 2010 10:01pm
Futility
I saw a man die today
I fired the bullet on my goverments say
I didnt know him and he didnt know me
But this i must do to set this land free
Ive got a family back home i wish i was there
I dont want to be here its for them that i care
But i have no choice as im a soldier at war
Sent in by the politicians to settle up the score
When will westminister stop the sanction of murdering our sons
Because its them higher say we must as i reload my guns
Its such a waste such utter futility
This wont stop the bloodshed and hostility
I saw a man die today...
I fired the bullet on my goverments say
I didnt know him and he didnt know me
But this i must do to set this land free
Ive got a family back home i wish i was there
I dont want to be here its for them that i care
But i have no choice as im a soldier at war
Sent in by the politicians to settle up the score
When will westminister stop the sanction of murdering our sons
Because its them higher say we must as i reload my guns
Its such a waste such utter futility
This wont stop the bloodshed and hostility
I saw a man die today...
736 reads
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DRUGS POEM
Published
13th Dec 2010 11:18pm
13th Dec 2010 11:18pm
Forgotten People
Petes Story
Pete was 27 when his life changed forever
An honest man he lived life with endeavour
At 18 working as an apprentice and carving a life
At 21 he'd bought his own house got married had a child and wife
Holidays abroad twice a year a good husband and proud dad
He enjoyed a drink but it never got in the way of his love for his wife and his lad
But......the drinking turned to craving then addiction and Pete was caught in its grasp
He'd make all the promises to stop drinking but he would always relapse
Then came the excuses at work missing days...
Pete was 27 when his life changed forever
An honest man he lived life with endeavour
At 18 working as an apprentice and carving a life
At 21 he'd bought his own house got married had a child and wife
Holidays abroad twice a year a good husband and proud dad
He enjoyed a drink but it never got in the way of his love for his wife and his lad
But......the drinking turned to craving then addiction and Pete was caught in its grasp
He'd make all the promises to stop drinking but he would always relapse
Then came the excuses at work missing days...
961 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Dec 2010 10:29pm
13th Dec 2010 10:29pm
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe we hear your country screaming
We're powerless to help you you're at the mercy of a party thats murderous and scheming
Robert Mugabe and his thugs the Zanu PF
They deny you free elections instead they dole out death
The world see's your pain but hears only one mans voice
Your human rights violated he's taken away your freedom of choice
The United Nation's and the peacekeepers won't intercede in this mess
If it was me that was in power and the balance i could redress
It would'nt take an army
6 men
3 letters
S.A.S
We're powerless to help you you're at the mercy of a party thats murderous and scheming
Robert Mugabe and his thugs the Zanu PF
They deny you free elections instead they dole out death
The world see's your pain but hears only one mans voice
Your human rights violated he's taken away your freedom of choice
The United Nation's and the peacekeepers won't intercede in this mess
If it was me that was in power and the balance i could redress
It would'nt take an army
6 men
3 letters
S.A.S
848 reads
2 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
9th Dec 2010 8:20pm
9th Dec 2010 8:20pm
New Friends (full circle)
The friends im with now soften the craving to drink
Had enough of the alcohol the smell and the stink
As i write down these words my friends kick in
The craving for a drinkis strong but i wont let it win
6 weeks cold turkey now its getting slightly easier
The drinking days now getting slighter hazier
Me thinking in drink everything was so pleasent
The realisation now it was just a depressant
Hopefully now drinks behind me andim working to a plan
Ive got new friends now there called diazapam
Taken twice daily there helping the fight
By...
Had enough of the alcohol the smell and the stink
As i write down these words my friends kick in
The craving for a drinkis strong but i wont let it win
6 weeks cold turkey now its getting slightly easier
The drinking days now getting slighter hazier
Me thinking in drink everything was so pleasent
The realisation now it was just a depressant
Hopefully now drinks behind me andim working to a plan
Ive got new friends now there called diazapam
Taken twice daily there helping the fight
By...
937 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
9th Dec 2010 4:20pm
9th Dec 2010 4:20pm
Cry Wolf.........
Ive taken the tablets but dont want to die
It wasnt for real just a desperate cry
The medication hits me i fall to the ground
It shouldnt be this quick i was supposed to be found
But ive taken to many and a muscle i cant move
Why have i done this and what does it prove
Im slipping away now and never felt so alone
But i cant get help i cant reach for the phone
But.......no matter now as i feel deaths icy grip
And into the darkness of oblivion i slip
It wasnt for real just a desperate cry
The medication hits me i fall to the ground
It shouldnt be this quick i was supposed to be found
But ive taken to many and a muscle i cant move
Why have i done this and what does it prove
Im slipping away now and never felt so alone
But i cant get help i cant reach for the phone
But.......no matter now as i feel deaths icy grip
And into the darkness of oblivion i slip
851 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
6th Dec 2010 11:58pm
6th Dec 2010 11:58pm
Daughters
Its funny isn't it what life as taught us
As a dad i've been through it all with 3 teenage daughter's
From the second there born your life forever change's
Its a rollercoaster ride of emotion's and range's
The sleepless night's soothing them as they grow older
Day's turn to month's to year's and they grow bolder
The teething, the first tooth, you thank the lord for gripe water
I don't mind the panda eye's the sleepless night's i love her she's my daughter
The excitement and joy when she first start's walking
The never get again feeling when she first...
As a dad i've been through it all with 3 teenage daughter's
From the second there born your life forever change's
Its a rollercoaster ride of emotion's and range's
The sleepless night's soothing them as they grow older
Day's turn to month's to year's and they grow bolder
The teething, the first tooth, you thank the lord for gripe water
I don't mind the panda eye's the sleepless night's i love her she's my daughter
The excitement and joy when she first start's walking
The never get again feeling when she first...
1041 reads
3 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
6th Dec 2010 10:11pm
6th Dec 2010 10:11pm
But For The Grace Of God.......
Ive been on the street a long time it seems
It wasnt always like this i had my dreams
I envy the normality of the people that look at me and scorn
This isnt a life i choose as they look me all tattered and torn
I used to be a family man who worked and had pride
Its been 5 or 6 years when it started my downward slide
Now i trudge the streets daily cap in hand begging for money
The weekends i loath the city drinkers laughing at me spitting at me and thinking its funny,
Its a paradox though because i was once part of that scene
But divorce and...
It wasnt always like this i had my dreams
I envy the normality of the people that look at me and scorn
This isnt a life i choose as they look me all tattered and torn
I used to be a family man who worked and had pride
Its been 5 or 6 years when it started my downward slide
Now i trudge the streets daily cap in hand begging for money
The weekends i loath the city drinkers laughing at me spitting at me and thinking its funny,
Its a paradox though because i was once part of that scene
But divorce and...
877 reads
2 Comments
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