suspense (Remove filter)
Midnight Stroll
Silence after midnight
Who’s lurking in the dark
The wind is blowing in the trees
As I’m walking through the park
The gasping heavy breathing
My heart is beating fast
Lost in my surroundings
Reflecting on the past
Am I being followed
Why am I here alone
Is it all just in my head
Is it me that’s making sound
I’m sure I heard faint footsteps
I quicken up my pac...
Thursday 18th August 2022 11:01 pm
Jitters
She woke up with jitters
Drenched in sweat were her clothes
She didn't know what had happened
Watching all around, into darkness she tore
Something was causing the goosebumps
On her hands and the back of her neck
She chose to ponder around
Ignoring the sirens in her head
"I did have some friends with me
What were their names?"
Her mind was a mess
Was she ...
Friday 15th December 2017 10:47 am
Waiting For Miss Write
Waiting For Miss Write.
“I like you”, I said,
without the need for thumbs pointing to the sky.
She smiled, a beautiful smile.
Her face unlike a circle with U lips.
We parted on a kiss
that had nothing to do with sex or X.
Promising that we’d talk again
later in the week.
The phone box on the corner
wasn’t mobile - so I was.
I walked ...
Monday 15th April 2013 3:27 pm
Something is Coming
Beneath the biscuit-bitten moon of dawn
Something’s coming.
There’s a hint of something unknown,
unprecedented enough that even the howling wind has flaked
To something spider-thin;
To the bare wire frames of lyricism.
Since then, the sky has darkened.
And static has started to skitter across asphalt and window-frames.
L...
Friday 21st October 2011 10:23 am
Recent Comments
Bethany Sallis on Breathe
9 minutes ago
Bethany Sallis on Preferences in attendance
25 minutes ago
Stephen Gospage on A Different Kind of View
52 minutes ago
David RL Moore on Scrap yard philosophy, too late
1 hour ago
John Coopey on A Different Kind of View
2 hours ago
Telboy on A Different Kind of View
2 hours ago
John Coopey on TRANSUBSTANTIATION
2 hours ago
rob1967able on song of pure desperation.
12 hours ago
William Alderson on And now for something completely different ... Write Out Loud poets turn out nonet after nonet to mark World Poetry Day!
12 hours ago
Auracle on Defined
12 hours ago