Monsters 08: Emergency

I’m pretty sure you dropped your pen, because I heard something tiny clank to the floor, and you quietly covered up a gasp with a cough. Yeah, I was shocked too.

Winifred

Winifred I have a cat called Winnie She jumps up on my lap She’s friendly and she purrs a lot She is a happy cat She has a little cat flap And can stay out all the night

How to become a famous poet

How to become a famous poet I spend lots of spare time writing Mostly doggerel or worse Friends sometimes try to flatter me And call it poetry or verse But the public doesn’t know me

The Little Lost Polar Bear

This is a story that I wrote as a teenager but, after rereading it, I decided that it wasn't too bad so I'm posting it here. I hope someone else likes it.

Length of a diet

The long ride with the weight on our backs, Struggling up mountains, Winding through snaking tracks, The weight finally broke me, I could go on no more,

We Two

in bed, your breathing quickens, outside I hear the sudden cry of an owl, a gasp, then nothing but the trees slow sighing

Buildings

I know you still live next door

The Black Rose

A city like a zeppelin factory.... whose black-stained floors shimmered with oily rainbows.
Gold cherry

Under The Surface

“How very disappointing”, said Kolhak the hunter, a creature from the distant, tiny planet of Appelgarp 3, as he studied the geophys readings for Loch Ness

Plain speaking

Plain speaking This here’s a poem what I wrote In my English class at school Teacher made me read it out I din’t ‘arf feel a fool It’s sort of a bit like essays

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