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I Wrote Lots of Poems
"Ah, Elliott's thrown in the towel on another creative endeavour..." Well - I am here today to say that you were foolish to doubt me so!
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Forgiving Winter
Sick of the cold, the bitter and the dark, Village folk lamented nights oh so stark. "When will the Sun rise high up in the sky?" They...
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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The Road Home
Treacherous footing, Troublesome forks. Rubble and ruin underfoot - Riddles laid out in geographical form All the way to the horizon. The...
Dec 28, 20231 min read
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Three Short Autumnal Poems
[I] The yearly leaf-beds Litter the ground A warm myriad of shades: Seasonal confetti of natural origin A celebration seemingly macabre -...
Nov 27, 20231 min read
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Luminous Efforts
There are many tiny devils and villains littered across the land, across our lives - they latch on and bring you down. Some are worse...
Nov 4, 20231 min read
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Behind
It's just a feeling, at first An itch, almost: What's that lurking over your shoulder? You know there's nothing there, So why do you...
Oct 26, 20231 min read
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04:22
A disturbance; Something stirs you And you lay, dazed and dry-mouthed. Reach for the glass beside you And knock it over. It softly thuds...
Oct 18, 20231 min read
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One of those nights
It seldom happens, but still happens nonetheless: You're walking home, or watching out of the window And you are hit with The realisation...
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Ghosts in the Rain
That petrichor scent; Days utterly spent. Rainfall, Downfall. Watching the midnight precipitation, Staring back at us now from damnation....
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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Summer Fear
A hot and, by all accounts, blessed day, Pictureseque. The kind that people yearn for. And yet I lean not into seasonal carefree bliss -...
Jul 29, 20231 min read
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The Tree
I looked at the tree I could've sworn was dead Not long ago just a husk - An empty abode, all withered No more - a splendour of green...
May 29, 20231 min read
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Things I Never Told You
To live, and to love, candidly, in Earnest, is an arduous thing in a world so dismissive and discouraging of the true, immense, weight of...
Apr 9, 20231 min read
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Returned to Life
Bulbs and buds have been patient, Biding their time for what they were promised would come. Slowly, slowly the dark curtains are pulled...
Apr 1, 20231 min read
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That Town is Full of Ghosts
Along streets and roads that I once knew I'm haunted by the feeling of you. A shadow of yore that lingers It reaches; grabs at my...
Mar 24, 20231 min read
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Indebted
All that weight, lifted Shifted A tiresome burden, unshackled At last, from my hands, my feet, my soul. The presently intangible promise...
Mar 17, 20231 min read
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Behind the Glass
Hazy and clouded, the thick air Barely gives way to let me see. Looking into the fogged up mirror, I can scarcely make out the details Of...
Jan 14, 20231 min read
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Flows
You cannot escape the current That pulls and won't let go. Swirling, rushing, crashing - Who'd have thought water Held so much power? A...
Jan 7, 20231 min read
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Solstice
Winter wages its annual war - Cold and Dark its lieutenants in a Bitter, gloomy series of skirmishes, Hoping that a two-pronged attack...
Dec 21, 20221 min read
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Bitter Triads
Sun is low The shadows long Sprinkle of snow Quiet bird song Crisp air chills Walks at night After dark thrills Quite a sight The barnowl...
Dec 16, 20221 min read
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Don’t Go Digging Up Old Bones
Don’t go digging up old bones If you’re not prepared to face the Dead. Old, hard shards of the past Laid to rest in the mausoleum of...
Dec 9, 20221 min read
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