Submissions by xthan
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I have come to chew bubble gum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubble gum.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Dec 2024 9:28pm
21st Dec 2024 9:28pm
Six word story
questions
rattle demons
found inside
others
.
rattle demons
found inside
others
.
#minimalist
#SixWordStory
33 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Dec 2024 10:21pm
20th Dec 2024 10:21pm
Tale of the hare (For Northern_Soul)
I often think of you
the hare burrowed
comfortably inside
my left ribcage,
rising up, stoking
fires in ivory glades,
carving ripples
in blood instead
of water and
fresh lakes,
a beacon as
to why some
still carry
on here.
the hare burrowed
comfortably inside
my left ribcage,
rising up, stoking
fires in ivory glades,
carving ripples
in blood instead
of water and
fresh lakes,
a beacon as
to why some
still carry
on here.
#admiration
#family
#LifeAsAWriter #respect
#LifeAsAWriter #respect
98 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Dec 2024 7:11pm
20th Dec 2024 7:11pm
Six word story
Old gardens still
grow fresh flowers.
grow fresh flowers.
#minimalist
#SixWordStory
44 reads
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LOVE POEM
Published
19th Dec 2024 12:10pm
19th Dec 2024 12:10pm
You may be vegan
but you kiss
like a fish
gasping
for air
like a fish
gasping
for air
#minimalist
71 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Dec 2024 11:30pm
18th Dec 2024 11:30pm
Six word story
Take longer roads,
bold beautiful ones.
bold beautiful ones.
#minimalist
#SixWordStory
91 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Dec 2024 2:37pm
7th Dec 2024 2:37pm
Never tell a person to shut up
unless you
want to read
their face in
subtitles
want to read
their face in
subtitles
#minimalist
108 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Dec 2024 4:34pm
2nd Dec 2024 4:34pm
Silk
I avoid common
pleasantries we end
up falling merciless
at the knees to
as I imagine
you get asked
these questions
quite often,
so we discuss the mentees who
still ring you occasionally, eagerly
filling you in about what's happening
because the powdered wig remains
your life long companion,
how one got their first win recently
and couldn't believe it until they
returned to chambers, you show
me silk scarves your sister gifted
last month as she accompanied
you to your...
pleasantries we end
up falling merciless
at the knees to
as I imagine
you get asked
these questions
quite often,
so we discuss the mentees who
still ring you occasionally, eagerly
filling you in about what's happening
because the powdered wig remains
your life long companion,
how one got their first win recently
and couldn't believe it until they
returned to chambers, you show
me silk scarves your sister gifted
last month as she accompanied
you to your...
#confessional
#humankind
#LifeCycle #TruthOfLife
#LifeCycle #TruthOfLife
90 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Nov 2024 9:10pm
21st Nov 2024 9:10pm
I was sent an email by the tooth fairy
First off,
the audacity
of receiving such
an email around
three a.m. in the
morning
saying they take
my oral health
pretty seriously,
they don't wish
my mouth to end
up bleeding, as it
could be signs
of gum disease
they state proudly
in letters, bolded
and coloured in
red trying to
coerce me,
they continue on
warning me about
running the risks
of tooth decay
as I sit here
thinking about
all the shit I never ...
the audacity
of receiving such
an email around
three a.m. in the
morning
saying they take
my oral health
pretty seriously,
they don't wish
my mouth to end
up bleeding, as it
could be signs
of gum disease
they state proudly
in letters, bolded
and coloured in
red trying to
coerce me,
they continue on
warning me about
running the risks
of tooth decay
as I sit here
thinking about
all the shit I never ...
#consumerism
#LifeCycle
#LifeStruggles #technology
#LifeStruggles #technology
86 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Nov 2024 8:20am
20th Nov 2024 8:20am
Lets pause the news and talk about the good shit for a moment.
because stepping out
of the shower with a
warm towel is good
receiving fresh bread
soft and warm out
of the oven is good,
those early morning
walks watching the
sun slowly rise up to
another day is good
and arriving home in
time for your favourite
TV show after a day
of hard grind is good,
a stranger helping you
pick up your belongings
off the floor is good
and can I get a hell yeah
for that pay day showing ...
of the shower with a
warm towel is good
receiving fresh bread
soft and warm out
of the oven is good,
those early morning
walks watching the
sun slowly rise up to
another day is good
and arriving home in
time for your favourite
TV show after a day
of hard grind is good,
a stranger helping you
pick up your belongings
off the floor is good
and can I get a hell yeah
for that pay day showing ...
#happiness
#hope
#humankind
101 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
18th Nov 2024 11:23pm
18th Nov 2024 11:23pm
Poly-zilla
She says she doesn't get polyamory
and I return back to reading just me,
just me at the tender age of six by
Silverstein as a curious little creature.
How I rolled my eyes getting older
hearing myself getting called
a home wreck or a fuck boy,
I would imagine myself growing
tall, stomping around restaurants
shoving human beings down the
well of my throat in one go
FYI: i'm not Poly-zilla.
So I asked her, how do you feel
when the sun begins to shine?
then she proceeded to tell...
and I return back to reading just me,
just me at the tender age of six by
Silverstein as a curious little creature.
How I rolled my eyes getting older
hearing myself getting called
a home wreck or a fuck boy,
I would imagine myself growing
tall, stomping around restaurants
shoving human beings down the
well of my throat in one go
FYI: i'm not Poly-zilla.
So I asked her, how do you feel
when the sun begins to shine?
then she proceeded to tell...
#LGBT
#polyamory
#relationships
115 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Nov 2024 2:30am
9th Nov 2024 2:30am
This morning
I read a
poem about
nails tapping
into coffins
and I think
about how
many of my
siblings
hear the
same nails
tapping in
their lives
across a
pond
right
now.
poem about
nails tapping
into coffins
and I think
about how
many of my
siblings
hear the
same nails
tapping in
their lives
across a
pond
right
now.
#America
#LGBT
#minimalist #transgender
#minimalist #transgender
148 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Nov 2024 3:48am
6th Nov 2024 3:48am
Mother Brighton
It's February and i'm
here Mother Brighton
I already feel your purple
and blues rising to the
surface, bleeding like
no other month or
place ever could
I could never tell whether
it's instinct or coincidental,
as your arms widen knowing
i'm falling the fuck apart which
is the only metaphor my tongue
could pluck about bleeding
with a chance of violence.
It's February and i'm
here Mother Brighton
my hands slot heavy rocks
with splattered patterns in
two of my front...
here Mother Brighton
I already feel your purple
and blues rising to the
surface, bleeding like
no other month or
place ever could
I could never tell whether
it's instinct or coincidental,
as your arms widen knowing
i'm falling the fuck apart which
is the only metaphor my tongue
could pluck about bleeding
with a chance of violence.
It's February and i'm
here Mother Brighton
my hands slot heavy rocks
with splattered patterns in
two of my front...
#addiction
#confessional
#depression
65 reads
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