Two sets of Facts to Fit One Hypothesis

By paborama

Non-comic poetry

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Grease on the Pavement

By paborama on Tue, 30 Jul 2013

Grease on the pavement, scaffolds pass-by Dust in the eyes from their rusting hulks Past Slutty Cat’s mansion and on to the road Running down streets where traffic is slowed
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate PG

Asterope

By paborama on Fri, 15 Feb 2013

Sometimes the stars shine bright Come shine with me, my star, tonigh
Love
Poem
Certificate PG

Battle Mood

By paborama on Tue, 05 Feb 2013

A thief's intensity, scattered yet sharp Barbs that wound an unkempt heart Fettered with kisses and missing 'phonecalls With rum we toast a lover's pall How long the jerk was anticipated
Love
Poem
Certificate PG

Concupiscence

By paborama on Tue, 29 Jan 2013

Concupiscence is the spontaneous movement of our sensual appetite toward what we imagine as pleasant and away from what we imagine as painful.
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

Dying by choice beats shopping in town

By paborama on Mon, 29 Jul 2013

I am too comfortable Within these walls Where terror and fun Once were visitors Door stands solid Pictures on walls Television new Hot water hot I feel no need to write
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate PG

The Bathroom Flies

By paborama on Mon, 05 Aug 2013

Tell me, saints, tell me and I will Haul the coals red Saying, ‘I repent all, this is a robbery’. I would haul the coals red For you
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate PG

Marie and her Lamb

By paborama on Sat, 06 Apr 2013

Marie had an ailing lamb. It's skin was cold as ice. And everywhere Marie did go, the lamb was there in a trice. It followed her to the shore one day. Which was against the rules.
Unclassified
Story
Certificate 18

ochlocracy

By paborama on Wed, 24 Apr 2013

Cut from the rock yet flowing like milk With eyes that could see the wind He stood in contrast to the mob The mob, before like fury, could not pass
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

Frankenstein

By paborama on Sat, 25 Feb 2012

The scientist took off his labcoat, Struggling into his rusted chinos, And his assistant in the Unit Sipping a cappuccino by his side Glanced at the burning test-tubes
Science fiction
Certificate U

This Story Was First Told To Me

By paborama on Tue, 28 Feb 2012

This story was first told to me By Hamish McMurdo and Morag McFee They, in their turn, had heard it first-hand From over the sea and over the land It tells a tale of warring Men
Biography
Poem
Certificate U

Rest in Dewy Bliss and Sacred Blunder

By paborama on Thu, 01 Mar 2012

Rest in dewy bliss and Sacred blunder, Couched upon a velvet box of tinder, Unaware of Love's cage torn assunder. In sensual smoke we writhe, and kiss, and heal.
Nature
Poem
Certificate U

Moths in Search of Celestial Guidance

By paborama on Tue, 03 Apr 2012

the half-percent The practical application held-back by the remainder The knowledge that unshackles the burden The brief puff of air to a lung long crushed.
Journal
Poem
Certificate PG

I Live in a City

By paborama on Sun, 08 Apr 2012

I live in a city I breathe-in its fumes It is not so much a choice As a concession to my life here You love another And so deep and so true It is not so much a choice
Love
Certificate U

vermouth

By paborama on Sat, 25 Aug 2012

She keeps a light burning My pilot and my guide She wrecks the night and tears into my middle, my inside She wreaks a havoc on the blisters of my heart I want to leave my love behind
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate U

print-jam on an easy shift

By paborama on Sat, 08 Sep 2012

Cauterized by th catastrophe Entropy halted till all is sorted Yes Madame, I shall fix it for you Find the solution, ease her stress Priorities change, minutiae piece together.
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate U

Scurrying home on a Winter here

By paborama on Mon, 21 Jan 2013

Grey strokes the winding snow Against the window fearless blow Trenchant, tearing, cradling, dying Reborn in gusts and strident gale Who knows how will end the tale Drenched, torn, dying
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate PG

Xanthippe

By paborama on Tue, 22 Jan 2013

Once upon a nightingale Sweetness and light My song was hers forever And for long did I yearn To touch her emotions so The man she chose over me Was cruel, he laughed at grace
Love
Poem
Certificate 18

My Boss and her Homelife

By paborama on Wed, 23 Jan 2013

Sarah's cookery tickles Danny's thairm To the paunch and gulp Of viandes and of Veg. His prior disdain for giblets And for sprouts dissolved; And he asks for mustard too.
Love
Poem
Certificate 12

Providence

By paborama on Mon, 28 Jan 2013

Morose Black sleet and sheet of cloud Descend upon the mountain's shoulder Awakening memories in the village below Of the children they've lost on the hill A world of work defines this land
Historical Fiction
Poem
Certificate PG

Saltash

By paborama on Sun, 17 Mar 2013

The grasses, that hold the sand-dunes in place, Mobility is certain without them. But stifled, we stick our bums in the sand and picnic with ankles tied. Roots
Nature
Poem
Certificate PG

I am the American Pissed

By paborama on Sun, 24 Mar 2013

I am the American pissed There's no other way to describe it I'm not gonna write-down a list I'm not hawking no diatribe. Not wiser, just older and saddened.
Rant
Certificate PG

Valves

By paborama on Fri, 27 Sep 2013

Embrace the possibility of satisfaction At most you could raise a smile Engage with thoughts of change At least stay true a while Life explodes...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

Zest (IP)

By paborama on Fri, 27 Sep 2013

Always it started the same way Blame begat blame begat blame "Call a spade a spade," she'd spit, Deal a blow did he. Everything seemed fine a few...
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Poem
Certificate PG

From whence shall rise no more the tide

By paborama on Sun, 29 Jun 2014

Have you seen an empire fall, seen it to its end? Enter unto here thy loathesome beast From whence shall rise no more the tide. As Armageddon strikes...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

Party

By paborama on Sun, 06 Jul 2014

I've had such a good time I don't want to leave the party. Is this your coat or mine? Who wore it the most? The dinner was fun, The guests they were...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Bashed

By paborama on Tue, 14 Oct 2014

She's funny, life's funny I'm funny yet I'm sad Life revolves in a nutshell Live and let. We're not that bad Pulled aside and kept in cloisters...
Love
Poem
Certificate PG

Lovers' Lane

By paborama on Tue, 14 Oct 2014

Shine a light down Lovers' Lane Where George and Barry meet again One night they met as strangers here Where strangers meet all times of year A...
Romance
Erotica
Humour
Poem
Certificate 15

Plum Academic

By paborama on Fri, 17 Oct 2014

the kind when introspection overtakes a natural chat am I smiling in the right way? was that a joke to be laughed at? ...or the kind when it's not as...
Romance
Love
Poem
Certificate PG

The Man Who Agonises

By paborama on Fri, 17 Oct 2014

The man who agonises is the good man Befriend him and you will halve your load The priest who doubts is one step closer For the God he seeks is...
Opinion
Poem
Certificate U

Adrenaline

By paborama on Sat, 18 Oct 2014

As we careen towards the grave Remember those you did not save A lost intention lacking action A hope, a dream that found no traction Friend or lover...
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate PG

Press Record

By paborama on Thu, 23 Oct 2014

Rewind, 33, 'The lost'. At least that's what it said on the ticket. Hand-cranked, lonely for love after yet another broken record, The DJ quite,...
Biography
Poem
Certificate PG

Mausoleum

By paborama on Mon, 27 Oct 2014

Was I leaning upon your chest, Like a tonsured-devil? You made points of itch across My skin, once so young when we first met, A skin we ‘d both...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Sorry

By paborama on Sat, 01 Nov 2014

All I keep saying is, 'sorry.' All I keep meaning is, 'why?' But this is the end to our story. This is the time for 'goodbye.'
Romance
Poem
Certificate 18

Hate is Such a Wasted Deed

By paborama on Mon, 17 Nov 2014

Hate is such a wasted deed As thought and act do noone good Strive to love not hatred feed Waste nor the heart in precious bleed For life's delicious...
Spiritual
Philosophy
Poem
Certificate U

Like a Dog Willingly Drowning in a Pond (in her Eyes)

By paborama on Wed, 17 Dec 2014

She's inevitable Like sunrise or gravity Earthbound yet Heavenly Magnetically I catch myself staring I smile in apology but can't look away When I...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Words With Friends

By paborama on Mon, 22 Dec 2014

PAUCE, for such a definition there's plenty of score LOVER, crossing TROW quite pleasingly COMELY, is almost flirtatious BASE, the feelings it hides...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate U

Tindr is the HEart

By paborama on Thu, 15 Jan 2015

The hearts I've broken are all mine And all the hurt I've caused is reflected In waters that pass beyond time Under bridges, which once too were mine...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Sphinx

By paborama on Tue, 20 Jan 2015

Shuttered smile beams on desert Sand-dewed eyes, listen Beware the Sphinx Caution traveller Ask the question, prepare to die Hope bereft yet Here you...
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate PG

Call to Arms

By paborama on Sun, 01 Feb 2015

Her fear of change has caused a change More deeply felt than any fear. Gulf deep the range, the fractured calm Of pain, of rage, of tear. And so one...
Love
Poem
Certificate PG

Kohl

By paborama on Fri, 06 Feb 2015

Bark black night sweep Gristle found between teeth Slept not night nor felt alive Bark black and toss and writhe Fall out and rip some Ask out and...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Lend out your Smile

By paborama on Sun, 22 Feb 2015

Be quiet Working hard Eat small grains Portion your thoughts West to the Sun East for knowledge Create calm Face your friends Converse freely Love...
Romance
Quotations
Poem
Certificate PG

Puckered Lips

By paborama on Mon, 02 Mar 2015

Foghorn-trombone, and snickety snack go her lips, Lipsticked teeth, chiaroscuro of nicotine. Puckered lips ('like a duck's arse', says my dad),...
Talecatching
Biography
Horror
Poem
Certificate 12

Avignon

By paborama on Wed, 04 Mar 2015

Due in part to election of a modernist successor The Antipope declared by mum and dad Identified not with the rulings of this impostor. An impostor...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG

Chicory

By paborama on Fri, 06 Mar 2015

The closer to the core The bitterer it tastes Leaves peeiling one-by-one Between sips of wine Sensations and salad in one Endive in French An enclave...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

Kissing's Out of Fashion

By paborama on Fri, 27 Mar 2015

In the Thirties, as teenagers, he brought her wildflowers, From Snowdrops in Spring to Nerines in September. During the War when she broke down in...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Blood-letting

By paborama on Tue, 31 Mar 2015

On camera, a high security that reveals every detail Thirty-two separate incidents revealed Ongoing incidents in the supply and demand Of meat for...
Horror
Poem
Certificate 12

Bugger it

By paborama on Fri, 10 Apr 2015

Promises unbroken From dreaming unwoken 'I love you's spoken More than just a token Awaiting the prognosis Sitting here in stasis Building-up to face...
Poem
Certificate PG

Time's Accomplished Fool

By paborama on Sun, 12 Apr 2015

If time to heal is time best spent alone Though spent in company speeds it faster Enforced within these blackish waters foam And feelings lost...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG
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Birthday Haiku

By paborama on Tue, 12 May 2015

Tree grown tall and Sage Spring formed of a changing wind Breaks conventional form
Nature
Poem
Certificate PG

Town and Country

By paborama on Sat, 16 May 2015

I can disappear in a city Reimagined, unannoyed Born again as something chosen Inner city, inner joy Those buildings hide my hills from view The...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG

Lead Ball Heart

By paborama on Sat, 16 May 2015

Lead ball heart, cold easily dented,. Rented once for cash, twice for lust Third time always comes Lead ball heart, ill heavy, in the chest Stomach...
Poem
Certificate PG

The Cruelty of Sex

By paborama on Tue, 26 May 2015

She stood watching, eyes glued to my awkward shifting gaze Her friends giggled as she stared, pulling each others' hair Caressing their toes in and...
Romance
Poem
Certificate 12
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To Tell Her

By paborama on Sat, 01 Aug 2015

Skipping fear Beating heart-valves into shields But shields prevent Her lips' warmth a magnet Forced calm, forced pretence of cool The Holy Grail of...
Romance
Erotica
Love
Poem
Certificate 12

Lichen

By paborama on Thu, 03 Sep 2015

Seeing you those ten months later Like a comma overcome. In sunny churchyard, your eyes smiling Crowds muddled through, you were my sun. With laughs...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

On Carnethy Hill

By paborama on Wed, 30 Sep 2015

And mountains these of old we climbed Like summer's blessed memory blunt I ran up paths by sheep who knew The way before I wandered Sunsets deep...
Nature
Poem
Certificate PG

Biscuit crisp

By paborama on Sun, 11 Oct 2015

Among the green bejungled night A pride of parsley stopped to fight. Espying crude their image I Denounced my horse and made to fly. I set-off at...
Poem
Certificate PG

The Wolf

By paborama on Wed, 14 Oct 2015

Pads, feet smelly Talking in whistles, howls Wind soughing Fur, cold, shelter Stomach grumbles Whines. Family Spittle frozen on lip Final meal appeal...
Nature
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

Monday, I suppose

By paborama on Tue, 20 Oct 2015

White van man, get a dirtier van, Your reflections are blinding me And the early morning sun Is giving me a wist for my bed Woman in the wolf-...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG

Fun fair

By paborama on Sun, 15 Nov 2015

There were others before her So there is no reason why There can't be others after her We last danced in June O, so many dances we'd had I keep them...
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Feast

By paborama on Sun, 20 Dec 2015

How can I, not sure who I am, Tolerate in others their failings? I, who would so like to not give a damn, Regardless my penchant for toothless...
Philosophy
Erotica
Love
Poem
Certificate 12

Typewritten

By paborama on Sat, 14 May 2016

Hiding mistakes under the integrated TipEx band with the automatic spell-check function on an electronic machine. Hitting all the keys at once on so...
Unclassified
Autobiography
Poem
Certificate PG

The Rise of this Blusterous Man

By paborama on Tue, 21 Jun 2016

and his tan Work against modesty, propriety, satiety Acquiesence is the enemy So befriend those frenemies who, though from across the divide, Don't...
Rant
Poem
Certificate 12

An Apology

By paborama on Wed, 07 Sep 2016

If I, lumbering bearlike onto your decorated stage Discovered a beauty not needing to be saved Yet brittle like a bird within a cage I'm sorry, I did...
Romance
Love
Poem
Certificate 12

Weight sensor overload

By paborama on Tue, 13 Sep 2016

Conversation easily outweighing Her magnificent tits I toss a glance but feel guilt As I have no designs A mere reflex Laughter outshining easily Our...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate 12

An Infringement upon Dreaming Spires

By paborama on Sat, 22 Oct 2016

George rides his solitary bike, eyes alit for potholes. Mind awash with other obstacles cloying his attention: This morning's toast delivered with a...
Talecatching
Romance
Poem
Certificate 15

Unskilled and Unaware of It

By paborama on Thu, 12 Jan 2017

Plump orange tantrum odd lord The Grand old Duke of Lump What's new today to prompt this dullard To take to shadows, slinging mud? But who am I to...
Opinion
Poem
Certificate 12

Top Trumps

By paborama on Thu, 12 Jan 2017

Mixed martial arts are not the arts. American football is not an art. Doing a deal was never an art. Politics is artless too... ...As granma's...
Opinion
Poem
Certificate 12

Now Leroy He A Gambler

By paborama on Thu, 12 Jan 2017

A man, Could be a woman, Case in point, it is not. Defined by grossness, Hyperbole it is not. This man Could be a mis-count, Case in point, it is not...
Rant
Poem
Certificate PG
1 likes

SeeSaw

By paborama on Sun, 19 Mar 2017

Cabbages and cola weighing us down Some drivers avoid the puddles that splash I should be running She holds my hand when crossing the street
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG

Cassandra

By paborama on Mon, 22 May 2017

The snakes of truth that licked her ears The sins of the Father on you, poor lamb Men were blind to all their tears She alone could see their fears...
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Poem
Certificate PG

Fringe Theatre

By paborama on Thu, 03 Aug 2017

Clowns, boiling over Trailing banners and fliers and death Clowns, comin’ atcha! Smiling the moment you recoil from their breath Recoiling the boy...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate 15

Dustcart Sally

By paborama on Sun, 13 Aug 2017

The cold Sun this Summer morn, Collar-up she rise at dawn. Her sweeping brush swish and swift The studied streets and cellophane drift. Tramp Gary, '...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate 12

Taking Umbrage With a Sentence

By paborama on Thu, 17 Aug 2017

Mise en scène: Dafne, delighted at first scan, Sees the error after to print it's gone. George, helplessly in love yet not in candour, Calms her with...
Romance
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Tasting an Olive

By paborama on Mon, 02 Oct 2017

Aged 7 and he, our teacher, had been abroad to the Holy Land, Amongst the olive groves he told us he had stayed. And then, to our delight he brought...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG

Varieties

By paborama on Fri, 10 Nov 2017

The finest sauce encoats the substrate, A silk kimono on the lady's back. Salted, unctuous, spread so smooth. Draped, not flung there. Tight not...
Love
Poem
Certificate 12

Traversing the Bridge

By paborama on Tue, 26 Dec 2017

I dreamt of you, sweet sweet dreams That sent us back to Rome. And there, beneath a Tiber bridge, We spent some time alone. We sang those songs...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate 12
1 likes
Cherry

In High Maroc

By paborama on Sat, 30 Dec 2017

I sat on a roof in the mountains of Morocco Drinking mint tea, speaking bad French. I read some novel of dubious note When a goatherd approached my...
Talecatching
Travel
Poem
Certificate 15

A pleasant tree

By paborama on Mon, 08 Jan 2018

Enter now, come with me please, and leave behind your doubt. Your mind, at rest, we must assume its reason kept without Can see those views I need it...
Rant
Poem
Certificate PG

Germolene

By paborama on Fri, 16 Feb 2018

I'd imagine a girl by the Germolene gates Smelling of hospitals new. We'd dance in the Spring as the Valentine buds Sprinkled our love full of dew A...
Romance
Poem
Certificate 12

Gun Grey Red Sail Goes the Winter Fast

By paborama on Wed, 28 Feb 2018

The Norfolk punt sits on the Yare as the snow storm vile Billowing sail, red as the sunrise In Guilin, where your mother sat Knitting a shawl for...
Poem
Certificate 12

K Link

By paborama on Thu, 03 May 2018

K-Link: Operative Piston - insert, rotate. Devalue system. Rotate Inverse rotation. Set to set Engage E2PROM Stack Erase Engage filter Restart...
Surreal
Science fiction
Romance
Erotica
Poem
Certificate 15

St John's Brother

By paborama on Sun, 20 May 2018

For aren't we all brothers? Is not that lady my sister? Am I not beholden to you? We make decisions based on rationale, Based on love, based on pride...
Poem
Certificate 12
Cherry

Crackle and Hum

By paborama on Tue, 10 Jul 2018

Febrile, this heat. A grass hut, my workplace. Tied like a cauldron over the charcoals. Droning flies fill the air: 'Can I help you?' 'Thanks for...
Talecatching
Humour
Nature
Poem
Certificate 12

Confirmed

By paborama on Wed, 29 Aug 2018

His house As empty now as on that day I helped him move As the century closed. And now With prized possessions binned A bonfire made of furniture We...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate 12

Ululating

By paborama on Tue, 02 Oct 2018

He stood facing his boss, Knowing that one day One of them would be at the other's funeral. Whatever seemed important now Was just cogs in the...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate 12

Flickr

By paborama on Fri, 23 Nov 2018

Inside memories, ourselves to be Likes, soul scratches, tempts us Worst of all indelible Sauce for the gossips Friends and lovers, unknowable Jokes,...
Love
Poem
Certificate 12

Lager, Lager, Lager. Mega, Mega...

By paborama on Mon, 11 Feb 2019

'Excuse me, I don't wish to interfere, But the lady in the stripey sweater Just gone and legged it with a crate of beer I thought that to tell you...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate 12

Seeing the Doctor for the First Time

By paborama on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

The doctor, black bosomed, sharp of eye Blushes behind clipboard, poised, Steadying her gaze 'I know your sister, Julie,' I say '...she was in my...
Talecatching
Romance
Erotica
Poem
Certificate 15
Cherry

The Day That I Went Blind

By paborama on Mon, 25 Feb 2019

The day that I went blind, the Ochills blurred magnificently before me, with tears running down my cheeks. I remember the road signs on the M90 as...
Talecatching
Travel
Poem
Certificate PG

Sausage Fingers

By paborama on Wed, 27 Feb 2019

Those sausage hands, dripping in mustard Closely, slowly griping my mouth Jellied fingers, knuckles cracking Slipping around, heading-on South
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate 12

Coils

By paborama on Wed, 27 Feb 2019

Allowing the telephone handset to slowly unwind As a budget alternative to Stranger Things He didn't have Netflix, nor even the web: It stood-in for...
Miscellaneous
Poem
Certificate PG

Fuppence

By paborama on Thu, 04 Apr 2019

Riddle me, riddle me, rot-tot-tote! A little wee man in a red red coat! A staff in his hand, and a stone in his throat; If you'll tell me this riddle...
Historical Fiction
Poem
Certificate PG

Rod and Staff

By paborama on Thu, 01 Aug 2019

Who shepherds the Lord when he runs astray, Loses his shit in waters turbulent? Rules pertaining to mortals don’t apply: The Rod and Staff of...
Unclassified
Poem
Certificate 15

Conspumed

By paborama on Sat, 21 Sep 2019

Like the ocean, her chat crashes Over my head and waves to signal Occasionally in case I have not followed Her chat like pebbles in the rip Are...
Rant
Poem
Certificate PG

Sleigh Ride

By paborama on Fri, 02 Oct 2020

From Innerleithen to Crieff, You'll be gaspin for breith. Sneezin an freezin Your chatterin teeth Till that mug of hot wine That thaws you beneath...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG
Cherry

Rumbled Block Paving

By paborama on Sun, 22 Nov 2020

The cat lies dreaming 'mongst the moss on a driveway leeching petrichor tendrils to tingle a rust-pimple on the aged exhaust pipe of the exhausted...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG

Leggy bespectacle

By paborama on Mon, 30 Jan 2023

Stepping down the pavement Leggy, hoody-wrapped, thickened lenses A shade of Glasgow through the years I pass by with my sandwich And, as we cross...
Talecatching
Romance
Poem
Certificate PG

Not "Just Friends"

By paborama on Fri, 08 Sep 2023

Talecatching
Poem
Certificate U

The Oracle

By paborama on Mon, 11 Sep 2023

And so Without Warning us of Danger Portia Sybil And fizzing Down her chin Down there Where waters meet Sacred curse On Onan's soil Took root And...
Talecatching
Poem
Certificate PG