Recent Non-Fiction Prose by Members Last Online
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Non-poetic writing including diary extracts, journal entries, letters, essays and art - Published by DU Poetry members most recently online.
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
16th Oct 2016 1:31pm
16th Oct 2016 1:31pm
Praying to Bukowski
I drank all my available liquor in my cabinet
Then I quit drinking for 3 weeks
I don't have an alcohol problem
Just wanted to lose a few pounds
Truth is I didn't miss the booze
Started exercising again
Felt some clarity in my brain pocket
Problem was, I missed myself
That little bit of libation cheered my soul
Took the edge off work which is stressful and annoying
Friday night I poured 3 fingers of Basil Hayden's neat
Eased back in my living room and sipped slow
Felt the beautiful fire and glow
At peace with my whiskey
Back to an old...
Then I quit drinking for 3 weeks
I don't have an alcohol problem
Just wanted to lose a few pounds
Truth is I didn't miss the booze
Started exercising again
Felt some clarity in my brain pocket
Problem was, I missed myself
That little bit of libation cheered my soul
Took the edge off work which is stressful and annoying
Friday night I poured 3 fingers of Basil Hayden's neat
Eased back in my living room and sipped slow
Felt the beautiful fire and glow
At peace with my whiskey
Back to an old...
293 reads
16 Comments
SatansSperm
Poem Published
2nd Jun 2018 1:08am
2nd Jun 2018 1:08am
Breaking the writers block
....oh how
I love
the alphabet soup
that flows
from my mind
like a steaming
hot bowl
in a cold world
I love
the alphabet soup
that flows
from my mind
like a steaming
hot bowl
in a cold world
#redemption
103 reads
4 Comments
Vandel_Viaclovsky
Van
Van
Poem Published
13th Jan 2018 2:16am
13th Jan 2018 2:16am
notes while waiting
notapoem
rather
viaclovsky personal plan for self-reorganization for the following year of our lawrd twentyeighteen
watch more baseball watch more footy but otherwise reduce all media consumption by a minimum of 83.3%.
a full-minded deep-dive into the Shakespeare canon.
must also read the following:
master and the margarita (Bulgakov)
let it come down (p bowles)
memoirs (tennessee williams)
memoirs (pablo neruda)
a world...
rather
viaclovsky personal plan for self-reorganization for the following year of our lawrd twentyeighteen
watch more baseball watch more footy but otherwise reduce all media consumption by a minimum of 83.3%.
a full-minded deep-dive into the Shakespeare canon.
must also read the following:
master and the margarita (Bulgakov)
let it come down (p bowles)
memoirs (tennessee williams)
memoirs (pablo neruda)
a world...
21 reads
6 Comments
Nari
Spellbound
Spellbound
Poem Published
Yesterday 4:42pm
Yesterday 4:42pm
Linda
I probably should
Apologize
For being
A scouring pad
Of emotion
On top of words
Waiting,
Although you
Didn’t mind
Until the phone rang
And we
Went back
To our own
Isolated
Universe
Collectively.
Apologize
For being
A scouring pad
Of emotion
On top of words
Waiting,
Although you
Didn’t mind
Until the phone rang
And we
Went back
To our own
Isolated
Universe
Collectively.
#women
#lesbian
#identity
#spiritual
#emotional
16 reads
1 Comment
jemac
Poem Published
1st May 2018 1:11am
1st May 2018 1:11am
What next ?
When you haven't been out in the "real" world for a while, it can be quite intimidating. She's not sure how to do it. It's kind of a big scary place ...
Leaving a man you thought you'd spend the rest of your life with (after 30years) ... that was a slow burning fire of hell that she never imagined herself in. Freed herself from with internal scars that no one can see.
Took some time to regain her strength when love came knocking sooner than she anticipated. But, he swept her off her feet faster than she would have thought possible. They dated for five months when...
Leaving a man you thought you'd spend the rest of your life with (after 30years) ... that was a slow burning fire of hell that she never imagined herself in. Freed herself from with internal scars that no one can see.
Took some time to regain her strength when love came knocking sooner than she anticipated. But, he swept her off her feet faster than she would have thought possible. They dated for five months when...
#sadness
#love
#LifeChangingMoment #tragedy
#LifeChangingMoment #tragedy
92 reads
dizzzzzzy
616
616
Poem Published
18th Oct 2018 10:35am
18th Oct 2018 10:35am
She is my friend
Never would I thought
She would volunteer to help
I knew she was cool
But she blew me away today
Thank u my friend
U are amazing
She would volunteer to help
I knew she was cool
But she blew me away today
Thank u my friend
U are amazing
#strength
#motivational
#admiration #respect
#admiration #respect
30 reads
4 Comments
tmoj
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Poem Published
1st Sep 2017 8:20pm
1st Sep 2017 8:20pm
Sky Diver
The moonlight guides me
Trying not to think about what's underneath
Nothing to hold my feet
Unless I wanna die
No boats or land in sight
I don't know where I am because
I fell from the sky
Trying not to think about what's underneath
Nothing to hold my feet
Unless I wanna die
No boats or land in sight
I don't know where I am because
I fell from the sky
148 reads
4 Comments
adamtherapy69
adam templar
adam templar
Poem Published
29th Sep 2018 2:55pm
29th Sep 2018 2:55pm
call the midwife
CALL THE MIDWIFE (The Finality pulpit)
I have been really ill ,since Christmas, with one of these flu viruses. For over three weeks barely able to function. Now on Jan 11th, I am beginning to surface from the shadow of this zombie creating virus. Not a great start to the year, but when your options are limited anything to distract from the illness is a Godsend. Television has become the distraction between bouts of sleep. And just started the first few episodes of CALL THE MIDWIFE. A period piece by the BBC.
I had thought over the weeks how tired I have been of the life I...
I have been really ill ,since Christmas, with one of these flu viruses. For over three weeks barely able to function. Now on Jan 11th, I am beginning to surface from the shadow of this zombie creating virus. Not a great start to the year, but when your options are limited anything to distract from the illness is a Godsend. Television has become the distraction between bouts of sleep. And just started the first few episodes of CALL THE MIDWIFE. A period piece by the BBC.
I had thought over the weeks how tired I have been of the life I...
#sadness
#depression
#LifeStruggles #illness
#LifeStruggles #illness
29 reads
0 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
19th May 2014 00:36am
19th May 2014 00:36am
alone with my thoughts...
loneliness, apparently, is not an integral
part of the human condition, but can be
dismissed as a symptom of poor social
skills, according to the psychiatrist.
Therefore, I am not lonely, I am an
inferior speaker, listener, looker, actor...
my behaviour needs to be altered, to
make me socially viable, a going
concern, one of the gang...
The trouble is, I thought loneliness
meant something more than that, I
thought it went a little deeper. I mean,
the gang look a pretty lonely bunch to
me, even if they are all excellent...
part of the human condition, but can be
dismissed as a symptom of poor social
skills, according to the psychiatrist.
Therefore, I am not lonely, I am an
inferior speaker, listener, looker, actor...
my behaviour needs to be altered, to
make me socially viable, a going
concern, one of the gang...
The trouble is, I thought loneliness
meant something more than that, I
thought it went a little deeper. I mean,
the gang look a pretty lonely bunch to
me, even if they are all excellent...
387 reads
9 Comments
Poetikmind
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Poem Published
21st Nov 2017 11:06am
21st Nov 2017 11:06am
Stop Countin...!'
Stop Countin'
1, 2, 3, 4...
Didn't take long
before there were
sooooo many more!
11, 12, 13, 14...
got too much comin'
plenty I haven't yet seen...
22, 23, 24, 25, 26...
Sweet Jesus this
is getting sick!
Nah I'm kiddin'
it's truly a blessin'
But honestly at this
point why count
I'd only be guessin'
At between the hours
of 8:00am yesterday
n' 4:00am today...
Info on another
nephew(or niece)
came my way...
N' at last count
it was 45...
1, 2, 3, 4...
Didn't take long
before there were
sooooo many more!
11, 12, 13, 14...
got too much comin'
plenty I haven't yet seen...
22, 23, 24, 25, 26...
Sweet Jesus this
is getting sick!
Nah I'm kiddin'
it's truly a blessin'
But honestly at this
point why count
I'd only be guessin'
At between the hours
of 8:00am yesterday
n' 4:00am today...
Info on another
nephew(or niece)
came my way...
N' at last count
it was 45...
#spiritual
#mirror
#MyInspiration #SelfReflection
#MyInspiration #SelfReflection
174 reads
18 Comments
RagingFlames
Poem Published
28th Jul 2018 6:01am
28th Jul 2018 6:01am
Don't read! Rant!
I'm going to rant.
Lately i have been listening to this song... "friends dont kiss friends" and it's got me thinking. My friends girlfriend... ugh! I... want to be friends! But then ya know... something happens and i don't think with the right head...
I tested her so much... it has backfired so much... but it gave me answers. Everyone always asks me... "what are you guys to each other" I want to say friends but i realize why they ask. "I don't know?" We told each other we wanted to kiss... but i told her "but... we can't! I can't hurt so-&-so" (her boyfriend!) I made sexual...
Lately i have been listening to this song... "friends dont kiss friends" and it's got me thinking. My friends girlfriend... ugh! I... want to be friends! But then ya know... something happens and i don't think with the right head...
I tested her so much... it has backfired so much... but it gave me answers. Everyone always asks me... "what are you guys to each other" I want to say friends but i realize why they ask. "I don't know?" We told each other we wanted to kiss... but i told her "but... we can't! I can't hurt so-&-so" (her boyfriend!) I made sexual...
#relationships
#LifeStruggles
#dialogue
53 reads
1 Comment
Juvenalis66
Poem Published
24th Jun 2018 11:50am
24th Jun 2018 11:50am
What I am
There are, like in everyone,
many natures, many sides
of the same being.
Battle cries, anger bouts,
satyrical laughter and vengeance,
love and lust but also pain,
tears and the sweet surrender
to death, a companion which,
has guided me through thick
and thin. This is the impossible
being that will disclose himself
naked at the merciful eye of those
that will read. Hate me, love me,
Ignore me. It is in your right.
I don’t care and will continue to bare
nude the emotions I have inside.
many natures, many sides
of the same being.
Battle cries, anger bouts,
satyrical laughter and vengeance,
love and lust but also pain,
tears and the sweet surrender
to death, a companion which,
has guided me through thick
and thin. This is the impossible
being that will disclose himself
naked at the merciful eye of those
that will read. Hate me, love me,
Ignore me. It is in your right.
I don’t care and will continue to bare
nude the emotions I have inside.
#anger
#loneliness
#frustration
#confusion
#disappointment
88 reads
9 Comments
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