Long Poems About Risk
#risk
Lozzamus
Poem Published
17th Nov 2023 6:53pm
17th Nov 2023 6:53pm
Silent, A Disclosure
Two Years Ago, Gavin
Someone was knocking on my door again. Philippa, this time.
'We need to talk,' I said. 'Who are you really? You aren't from Tunbridge Wells, are you?'
A smile played around the corner of her lips. 'How did you find out?'
'It doesn't matter. Just tell me. I can't deal with anymore of this.'
***
'I'm from Exeter in Devon,' she began, after pulling up a chair and sitting opposite me. 'Don't let the accent trick you. Years of practice and private schooling. I'm seventeen, not eighteen like I...
Someone was knocking on my door again. Philippa, this time.
'We need to talk,' I said. 'Who are you really? You aren't from Tunbridge Wells, are you?'
A smile played around the corner of her lips. 'How did you find out?'
'It doesn't matter. Just tell me. I can't deal with anymore of this.'
***
'I'm from Exeter in Devon,' she began, after pulling up a chair and sitting opposite me. 'Don't let the accent trick you. Years of practice and private schooling. I'm seventeen, not eighteen like I...
#mystery
#obsession
#risk
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
8th Nov 2023 7:36pm
8th Nov 2023 7:36pm
Silent, A Nasty Prank
Two Years Ago, Lucy
She sprinted back to the bungalow to collect the remainder of her clothes. When she went in, she heard Veronica on the phone in one of the bedrooms, music playing in the background. The other girl Michelle was drinking wine in the kitchen with a boy. They stopped talking when they saw her. Stared at her, looking her up and down.
She ignored them and hurried to the bathroom to freshen up and dry off, burying her face and hair in a towel. How stupid of her to trust that lad, Gavin. She should have known he wouldn't believe her. He was just like the...
She sprinted back to the bungalow to collect the remainder of her clothes. When she went in, she heard Veronica on the phone in one of the bedrooms, music playing in the background. The other girl Michelle was drinking wine in the kitchen with a boy. They stopped talking when they saw her. Stared at her, looking her up and down.
She ignored them and hurried to the bathroom to freshen up and dry off, burying her face and hair in a towel. How stupid of her to trust that lad, Gavin. She should have known he wouldn't believe her. He was just like the...
#mystery
#obsession
#risk
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cabcool
Poem Published
5th Nov 2023 00:45am
5th Nov 2023 00:45am
dangling
Life doesn't have plots and subplots and denouements. It's just a
big collection of loose ends and dangling threads that never get
explained.”—Grant Morrison
on the wing, a sparrow hawk,
his feather rudder dancing with the wind;
or, tiptoeing on his stalk,
a lily-bloom with water woes to mind.
teetering upon his edge,
a child unwary of his pending fall;
deep misgivings for his pledge,
...
big collection of loose ends and dangling threads that never get
explained.”—Grant Morrison
on the wing, a sparrow hawk,
his feather rudder dancing with the wind;
or, tiptoeing on his stalk,
a lily-bloom with water woes to mind.
teetering upon his edge,
a child unwary of his pending fall;
deep misgivings for his pledge,
...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#scary
#risk
#weakness
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
29th Oct 2023 12:36pm
29th Oct 2023 12:36pm
Silent, A Revelation
Two Years Ago, Gavin
The storm had stopped, but not the downpour. Back at the House, I went up to my room and got out of my wet stuff. I took another shower and put on a fresh t-shirt and trousers. Afterwards, I checked the times of trains from Preston on my phone. I'd had enough of Steve. He'd taken an immediate dislike to me, and now I wanted to go home.
'Gavin?'
A voice, definitely female.
***
'How do you know my name and room number?' I said when I opened the door.
'I looked you up in the Register,' the girl said. 'The...
The storm had stopped, but not the downpour. Back at the House, I went up to my room and got out of my wet stuff. I took another shower and put on a fresh t-shirt and trousers. Afterwards, I checked the times of trains from Preston on my phone. I'd had enough of Steve. He'd taken an immediate dislike to me, and now I wanted to go home.
'Gavin?'
A voice, definitely female.
***
'How do you know my name and room number?' I said when I opened the door.
'I looked you up in the Register,' the girl said. 'The...
#mystery
#obsession
#risk
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
23rd Oct 2023 7:17pm
23rd Oct 2023 7:17pm
Silent, The Confrontation
Two Years Ago, Lucy
'You're mad, I'm afraid to say,' Arthur said, stepping out of his car and striding towards her. 'Coming back like this and calling on my former daughter-in-law.'
'I'm not mad,' she shouted back at him. 'It's you and this family with all its secrets.'
She glanced at the taxi, now part of the way down the driveway. The taxi had come out of nowhere, taking her by surprise. The lad from two nights ago had seen her and he would soon work it out. She needed to get back to the House and talk to him.
Although it no longer mattered,...
'You're mad, I'm afraid to say,' Arthur said, stepping out of his car and striding towards her. 'Coming back like this and calling on my former daughter-in-law.'
'I'm not mad,' she shouted back at him. 'It's you and this family with all its secrets.'
She glanced at the taxi, now part of the way down the driveway. The taxi had come out of nowhere, taking her by surprise. The lad from two nights ago had seen her and he would soon work it out. She needed to get back to the House and talk to him.
Although it no longer mattered,...
#memories
#mystery
#risk
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
24th Sep 2023 7:32pm
24th Sep 2023 7:32pm
Silent, Confrontation With The Ogre
Two Years Earlier, Lucy
A total disaster.
'I've had my eye on you ever since last night when I saw you and one of my students together in the garden shelter,' the Ogre said. 'I assume you were on your way to see the student just then.'
'No.'
'It would be better all-round if you were honest.'
'I am being honest.'
'I hope so,' the Ogre said. 'For your sake. Wandering around student accommodation is a very serious matter.'
She didn't respond to this, unsure of which answer would bring about greater consequences....
A total disaster.
'I've had my eye on you ever since last night when I saw you and one of my students together in the garden shelter,' the Ogre said. 'I assume you were on your way to see the student just then.'
'No.'
'It would be better all-round if you were honest.'
'I am being honest.'
'I hope so,' the Ogre said. 'For your sake. Wandering around student accommodation is a very serious matter.'
She didn't respond to this, unsure of which answer would bring about greater consequences....
#memories
#mystery
#obsession #risk
#obsession #risk
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
18th Sep 2023 7:00pm
18th Sep 2023 7:00pm
Silent, Digging For Answers
Two Years Earlier, Lucy
She waited for Veronica to go, then slipped into the office behind the main desk in the entrance foyer, having planned the moment all afternoon. It was there on the rack, just like she'd known it would be. Left for the cleaners.
A copy of the key to the apartment on the top floor where the Ogre was currently staying, Agnes Harlesden.
***
Earlier:
I'm being stalked by your son, she'd texted Arthur Harlesden before the evening shift. He's been following me in his car and he's paid someone to come into my room at the bungalow...
She waited for Veronica to go, then slipped into the office behind the main desk in the entrance foyer, having planned the moment all afternoon. It was there on the rack, just like she'd known it would be. Left for the cleaners.
A copy of the key to the apartment on the top floor where the Ogre was currently staying, Agnes Harlesden.
***
Earlier:
I'm being stalked by your son, she'd texted Arthur Harlesden before the evening shift. He's been following me in his car and he's paid someone to come into my room at the bungalow...
#memories
#mystery
#obsession #risk
#obsession #risk
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
11th Sep 2023 6:33pm
11th Sep 2023 6:33pm
Silent, After The Party
Two Years Earlier, Gavin
What next? I don't remember fully...we were in Dawn's room back at Lyme House, although I don't remember any more of the walk in the early hours of the morning. Everything disjointed, like when you've had too much to drink. We were fully clothed, and Dawn was crying and pushing me to the door, saying I was a user who'd treated her like a slag… the door slammed and I went back to my room.
Slept.
I woke up late in the morning, groggy and disorientated.
Quarter to eleven. It took a while for me to work out the day....
What next? I don't remember fully...we were in Dawn's room back at Lyme House, although I don't remember any more of the walk in the early hours of the morning. Everything disjointed, like when you've had too much to drink. We were fully clothed, and Dawn was crying and pushing me to the door, saying I was a user who'd treated her like a slag… the door slammed and I went back to my room.
Slept.
I woke up late in the morning, groggy and disorientated.
Quarter to eleven. It took a while for me to work out the day....
#mystery
#obsession
#risk
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
28th Aug 2023 7:51pm
28th Aug 2023 7:51pm
Silent, Dawn Betrayed
Two Years Earlier, Gavin
Philippa and Aidan disappeared pretty early on. Paul too.
Just me, Jace and his mates from the expensive school. Dawn and a group of local school kids dressed in hoodies, hanging around a deserted fairground. Everyone had forgotten about Jace and me and the railings by the sea.
Now that Philippa and Aidan had gone, the whole thing with Dawn seemed like a bad idea. Making out with Dawn would prove nothing to anyone, but it was too late to back out. I'd already given her signals, dishonest ones. She'd read them correctly…she was...
Philippa and Aidan disappeared pretty early on. Paul too.
Just me, Jace and his mates from the expensive school. Dawn and a group of local school kids dressed in hoodies, hanging around a deserted fairground. Everyone had forgotten about Jace and me and the railings by the sea.
Now that Philippa and Aidan had gone, the whole thing with Dawn seemed like a bad idea. Making out with Dawn would prove nothing to anyone, but it was too late to back out. I'd already given her signals, dishonest ones. She'd read them correctly…she was...
#relationships
#mystery
#obsession #risk
#obsession #risk
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LightningBug
Poem Published
25th Aug 2023 3:59pm
25th Aug 2023 3:59pm
Population of Earth
The existence of humans has not been threatened with extinction since homo sapiens appeared. Our human population was under 1 million prior to that time frame, around 10,000 BCE. During this previous era humans were below 1 million a lot of the time.
https://ourworldindata.org/population-growth-over-time
Since 1800 population increases have been continuous. Although this peaked in 1962–63, and has slowed it hasn’t really dropped completely. Yet, the UN has a lot to say about the opposite happening, I believe this is propaganda. Demographers have totally opposing...
https://ourworldindata.org/population-growth-over-time
Since 1800 population increases have been continuous. Although this peaked in 1962–63, and has slowed it hasn’t really dropped completely. Yet, the UN has a lot to say about the opposite happening, I believe this is propaganda. Demographers have totally opposing...
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#responsibility
#risk
#deception
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
25th Aug 2023 10:48am
25th Aug 2023 10:48am
Silent, The Wrong Decision
Two Years Earlier, Gavin, The Promenade
Better still, Philippa had seen it all. Seen me run to Jace's rescue. She'd fancy me now. Correction, she already did fancy me, but she'd fancy me even more after my attempt to help Jace.
For a short time, I enjoyed playing the hero. High fives. Banging fists. Some of the little kids jumping on me and pestering me to give them piggybacks while loads of girls hugged Jace and sobbed dramatically.
Awesome atmosphere.
Then I caught sight of Philippa and Aidan.
Not so good. Time to get out of...
Better still, Philippa had seen it all. Seen me run to Jace's rescue. She'd fancy me now. Correction, she already did fancy me, but she'd fancy me even more after my attempt to help Jace.
For a short time, I enjoyed playing the hero. High fives. Banging fists. Some of the little kids jumping on me and pestering me to give them piggybacks while loads of girls hugged Jace and sobbed dramatically.
Awesome atmosphere.
Then I caught sight of Philippa and Aidan.
Not so good. Time to get out of...
#relationships
#mystery
#obsession #risk
#obsession #risk
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Lozzamus
Poem Published
17th Aug 2023 7:27pm
17th Aug 2023 7:27pm
Silent, The Pier Stunt
Two Years Earlier, Gavin
I couldn't cope with Philippa and Aidan. They were sitting together on one of the disused fairground horses, deep in conversation, and they definitely looked like boyfriend and girlfriend, regardless of what Philippa had told me. Dawn and Paul stood around uncomfortably, like parents at a teens disco. School kids in hoodies swigged back vodka and cider and/or danced to loud music.
I was about to make another exit from the party when Jace turned up with three lads about my age. 'Yo, Gavin, where are you off?'
'Heading back.' ...
I couldn't cope with Philippa and Aidan. They were sitting together on one of the disused fairground horses, deep in conversation, and they definitely looked like boyfriend and girlfriend, regardless of what Philippa had told me. Dawn and Paul stood around uncomfortably, like parents at a teens disco. School kids in hoodies swigged back vodka and cider and/or danced to loud music.
I was about to make another exit from the party when Jace turned up with three lads about my age. 'Yo, Gavin, where are you off?'
'Heading back.' ...
#mystery
#obsession
#risk
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