Long Non-Fiction Prose
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Non-poetic writing including diary extracts, journal entries, letters, essays and art
Long poems (300 words or more), most recently posted poems first.
shadow_starzzz
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:36pm
Yesterday 6:36pm
Life, is shorter than we think...
I crave another for balance; mind, body & soul, however, I know deep down that their energy triggers an imbalance in my functionality.
Perhaps, that deep fracture in my psyche has made its way to my heart & soul, and is the precursor to the escalation of feeling somewhat overwhelmed, and discontent with my chosen solitude.
My temple is already fractured, from a lifetime of minutiae, and unspoken trauma trails, and I’m not the only one.
Whilst I love people, and love engaging with various cohorts of people in my daily...
Perhaps, that deep fracture in my psyche has made its way to my heart & soul, and is the precursor to the escalation of feeling somewhat overwhelmed, and discontent with my chosen solitude.
My temple is already fractured, from a lifetime of minutiae, and unspoken trauma trails, and I’m not the only one.
Whilst I love people, and love engaging with various cohorts of people in my daily...
#myself
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Em-ily
BrimFull
BrimFull
Poem Published
23rd Feb 2020 7:39am
23rd Feb 2020 7:39am
reads thy you
reads thy you
Why don't you write me, Darling? Did I in that quick letter say pen and trace affection for your bad, sad Emilie? anything which grieved you, or made it hard for you to take your usual Susie? You must forgive me before you sleep tonight, for I
would you love me? May I not close myeyeuntilvou have kissed my cheek andtoldmeso? Since when you went wayy north, "just the human eye hath seen," but so slowly and solemnly the tall clock ticking of the two ceaseless clocks swirly the "Little music,"
etc,
the "Little mystic she mantel" – you...
Why don't you write me, Darling? Did I in that quick letter say pen and trace affection for your bad, sad Emilie? anything which grieved you, or made it hard for you to take your usual Susie? You must forgive me before you sleep tonight, for I
would you love me? May I not close myeyeuntilvou have kissed my cheek andtoldmeso? Since when you went wayy north, "just the human eye hath seen," but so slowly and solemnly the tall clock ticking of the two ceaseless clocks swirly the "Little music,"
etc,
the "Little mystic she mantel" – you...
#LifeAsAWriter
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Crazontheinside
Poem Published
19th Feb 2020 2:11am
19th Feb 2020 2:11am
A Truckers Life
I'm a trucker all day with long days ahead,
Working all through the night, while your asleep in your bed.
Before I can leave I inspect, check then go,
Everything seems good except my fluids seem low.
I hop in the cab, no time I can wait,
If deadlines are missed then there goes my freight and wage rate.
I stress about the road, my family and daily troubles,
While worried about my wife and all her daily struggles.
Few hours have gone, things couldn't be more wrong,
On these days I know my day will be a long one.
Should have known those fluids...
Working all through the night, while your asleep in your bed.
Before I can leave I inspect, check then go,
Everything seems good except my fluids seem low.
I hop in the cab, no time I can wait,
If deadlines are missed then there goes my freight and wage rate.
I stress about the road, my family and daily troubles,
While worried about my wife and all her daily struggles.
Few hours have gone, things couldn't be more wrong,
On these days I know my day will be a long one.
Should have known those fluids...
#love
#wife
#family
#home
#memories
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3 Comments
nicoleafterjana
Poem Published
18th Feb 2020 1:27am
18th Feb 2020 1:27am
The Silver Lining In The Cloud
In the beginning I only found people who created the silver lining in my clouds. I walked away from my dreams because of the hopeless feeling that created dark clouds in my life. Success was blocked and I didn’t see any good resulting from my failures. This bittersweet feeling from others creating obstacles for me caused me to quit. Failure took my self-confidence away and, almost defined me. Instead, I realized I was brave for trying new things.”
♥♥♥
Years ago, I tried starting my own business because I thought it would contribute more to my creativity. Coming up...
♥♥♥
Years ago, I tried starting my own business because I thought it would contribute more to my creativity. Coming up...
#strength
#hope
#courage
#inspirational
#determination
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2 Comments
LokiOfLiterati
Poem Published
16th Feb 2020 4:04am
16th Feb 2020 4:04am
Pages torn from a hustler's journal: 11
If you can’t see the conflict maybe you’re not looking hard enough. If you seriously can’t find conflict in this, maybe the problem is you.” Best post Jiu Jitsu drink line of the night
“Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.” -David Bowie
If there was a fierce monster chasing you everyday, then everyday would be a struggle to survive, a mission to kill the monster so tomorrow could finally come. Otherwise tomorrow is today. The wall of noise I face everyday becomes discernible, individual bricks and panels and layers...
“Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.” -David Bowie
If there was a fierce monster chasing you everyday, then everyday would be a struggle to survive, a mission to kill the monster so tomorrow could finally come. Otherwise tomorrow is today. The wall of noise I face everyday becomes discernible, individual bricks and panels and layers...
#SelfReflection
#nonfiction
#StreamOfConsciousness
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tomyaccusers
Poem Published
15th Feb 2020 12:41pm
15th Feb 2020 12:41pm
STV news continued...
STV Missing A missing hill walker – told her rescue party she didn't want to be found".
Response;
"Bullshit".
I forgot to add the two firemen I met at Roughside bothy from Hartlepool with whom I discussed;
Where I lived,
Where I had walked from
And that I was walking to and around Hadrian's wall.
Two of us went looking for the secret "well" in opposite directions. I found a small burn (brook) but he found the well.
They gave me a lift to Billingham so I could buy some blackcurrant juice and supplies as...
Response;
"Bullshit".
I forgot to add the two firemen I met at Roughside bothy from Hartlepool with whom I discussed;
Where I lived,
Where I had walked from
And that I was walking to and around Hadrian's wall.
Two of us went looking for the secret "well" in opposite directions. I found a small burn (brook) but he found the well.
They gave me a lift to Billingham so I could buy some blackcurrant juice and supplies as...
#forest
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Frustrated_prole
Poem Published
14th Feb 2020 3:48pm
14th Feb 2020 3:48pm
George Eliot's Silas Marner
I read books from all periods of history. I find fiction to be a truer account of history than historians. Great fiction conveys a person’s feelings of their time, there are no facts or figures, statistics or empiricism, but there is honesty, and there is description of what it was like. I just finished reading Silas Marner. I am no literary scholar I can’t tell you the academic significance of the book. What I can say is Eliot delves into the lives of the poor and the rural gentry of early- mid 18th century England. She makes a statement that children are more important than money, with all...
#books
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Stillalive1971
Poem Published
12th Feb 2020 7:48am
12th Feb 2020 7:48am
Dear James
Wake up man!
What's wrong with you?
It's in my head
As Im driving into harlem
He's not dead
Up the elevator rushing in the apt
She sits in a wheel chair
and a recovering blacken eye?
He told me his wife cant walk
I never assumed she had fell
I live in Reality...oh well!
"What happen I bitterly ask his wife"
She responded with no emotion
He took his life?
He's Gone.
I saw my sister and niece walk in the bathroom and came out holy rambling
"He's at peace" her and the wife
"Praise the lord"... (smiles...
What's wrong with you?
It's in my head
As Im driving into harlem
He's not dead
Up the elevator rushing in the apt
She sits in a wheel chair
and a recovering blacken eye?
He told me his wife cant walk
I never assumed she had fell
I live in Reality...oh well!
"What happen I bitterly ask his wife"
She responded with no emotion
He took his life?
He's Gone.
I saw my sister and niece walk in the bathroom and came out holy rambling
"He's at peace" her and the wife
"Praise the lord"... (smiles...
#death
40 reads
7 Comments
Ignoramus
Poem Published
11th Feb 2020 4:39pm
11th Feb 2020 4:39pm
VOICE OF REVOLUTION
There is only one race: THE HUMAN RACE.
only one God: THE GREAT COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS.
Our system is either reformed or it disappears. “It renews or dies”. It has no other alternative. It’s executioner won’t be as many fear, COMMUNISM. It’ll be VICE. The ABUSE OF POWER. IGNORANCE. PREJUDICES. AIDS. DRUGS. The MAFIA. RELIGION and, having been converted into a market of souls where each has it’s price.
There is no preacher that says: DOUBT AND THINK. They all say: BE HUMBLE AND GIVE.
The grave...
only one God: THE GREAT COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS.
Our system is either reformed or it disappears. “It renews or dies”. It has no other alternative. It’s executioner won’t be as many fear, COMMUNISM. It’ll be VICE. The ABUSE OF POWER. IGNORANCE. PREJUDICES. AIDS. DRUGS. The MAFIA. RELIGION and, having been converted into a market of souls where each has it’s price.
There is no preacher that says: DOUBT AND THINK. They all say: BE HUMBLE AND GIVE.
The grave...
#religion
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shadow_starzzz
Poem Published
11th Feb 2020 11:38am
11th Feb 2020 11:38am
Renovations, give me a headache...
#love
69 reads
3 Comments
Frustrated_prole
Poem Published
10th Feb 2020 3:07pm
10th Feb 2020 3:07pm
Love 50% off
I saw this sign in a cards and chocolate shop around Valentines Day which read: Love 50% off, and I thought how did we get to this? There are so many things wrong with it. They have a discounted version of love available, and well, I guess I’m lucky, because I can’t afford much with this shitty job.
I see so many people walking around eyes down into their phones and I can see why love is cheaper than it was. I see no passion for life, no fire, and no style. All I see is pacified people walking to and from work, back to their living rooms to stream T.V until they pass out.
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I see so many people walking around eyes down into their phones and I can see why love is cheaper than it was. I see no passion for life, no fire, and no style. All I see is pacified people walking to and from work, back to their living rooms to stream T.V until they pass out.
...
#corruption
#politics
#humankind
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tomyaccusers
Poem Published
10th Feb 2020 12:18pm
10th Feb 2020 12:18pm
(Original drawing shown above was stolen from my home June 2019)
AWOL in Cairngorms?
6 months?
Pitlochry?
Blair atholl Glen banvie bothy up towards Cairn Dearg Mor following track to gilberts bridge. Up Glen Tilt and over the hill to the Tarf Hotel bothy, back onto Glen Tilt path past Bynack lodge and the red house ruin to Mar forest. Up Glen Lui to Luibeg (Bob Scotts) to Corrour bothy (Devils point) up lairig Ghru past the pools of Dee to Aviemore. Night walk to Glen moor (Ryvoan) then up the shoulder of Bynack beg and more to the Avon refuge hut. Following Avon river to faindouran...
6 months?
Pitlochry?
Blair atholl Glen banvie bothy up towards Cairn Dearg Mor following track to gilberts bridge. Up Glen Tilt and over the hill to the Tarf Hotel bothy, back onto Glen Tilt path past Bynack lodge and the red house ruin to Mar forest. Up Glen Lui to Luibeg (Bob Scotts) to Corrour bothy (Devils point) up lairig Ghru past the pools of Dee to Aviemore. Night walk to Glen moor (Ryvoan) then up the shoulder of Bynack beg and more to the Avon refuge hut. Following Avon river to faindouran...
#mountains
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DU Poetry : Long Non-Fiction Prose: Short Stories, Diary Entries and Letters
