Submissions by dartford (Paul S...)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I love words as much as wine, but both can make me sick if over done.
he agrees with her in theory...
you're the most impractical man I've ever
met, she said, you can't even change
a light bulb...
and having considered the point I agree,
since for me a light bulb will always
be what it is...
met, she said, you can't even change
a light bulb...
and having considered the point I agree,
since for me a light bulb will always
be what it is...
41 reads
5 Comments
he didn't know what to believe...
she was seeing
someone else
said...
someone else
said...
32 reads
1 Comment
I guess it was always on the cards...
look, I was stressed,
I didn't mean to
snap!
she said...
I didn't mean to
snap!
she said...
28 reads
3 Comments
the most succulent...
there's always that one
blackberry
that can't be reached,
at least not without becoming
thoroughly entangled in the
thorns and foliage
and twigs and
yes of course I mean
you...
blackberry
that can't be reached,
at least not without becoming
thoroughly entangled in the
thorns and foliage
and twigs and
yes of course I mean
you...
39 reads
12 Comments
their relationship was doomed from the start...
it was never going to work...
it was when they got home...
it was when they got home...
35 reads
5 Comments
mum and dad always stressed (me out)...
mum and dad always stressed
that as long as I really tried,
that was all that mattered...
from which I took it to mean
that if I didn't really try, it
wouldn't matter at all...
that as long as I really tried,
that was all that mattered...
from which I took it to mean
that if I didn't really try, it
wouldn't matter at all...
30 reads
8 Comments
having invested more into this than they thought...
the first night we spent together
so much more than either of us
realised...
so much more than either of us
realised...
35 reads
2 Comments
quite true...
there were problems at
work, I had to stay behind
it all, however...
work, I had to stay behind
it all, however...
37 reads
3 Comments
he'd hoped to do well...
look, you know if there was anything
I could have done
well, she said, yes,
but you were pretty crap at
everything...
I could have done
well, she said, yes,
but you were pretty crap at
everything...
38 reads
6 Comments
on finding her, sick, in the morning...
just get out, this has absolutely
nothing to do with you, as far as
I'm concerned,
nevertheless...
nothing to do with you, as far as
I'm concerned,
nevertheless...
44 reads
6 Comments
when she walked into the bar...
I looked away,
not wishing to stare...
and now she says
I did not care...
not wishing to stare...
and now she says
I did not care...
52 reads
9 Comments
lines written on a disused railway...
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42 reads
6 Comments
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