Tag Archives: loneliness

you said yes

Posted on February 14, 2022 by AnElephantCant

you said yes I saw youstanding with a group of friendsat the school gatesand when I plucked up my courageyou smiled and said yes some time laterI left for universityI knew a girl like youwould have admirersbut when I asked … Continue reading →

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boats in pyjamas

Posted on November 7, 2021 by AnElephantCant

boats in pyjamas boats in pyjamasprepared for winter sleepuseless as promiseswe knew we couldn’t keep masts in pink petalsdancing in twilit skynatural and lovelyto my unconsoled eye trees now undressedshorn naked unleavedexposed as the summer lieswe never quite believed sky … Continue reading →

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loss

Posted on October 9, 2021 by AnElephantCant

loss while in Scotland this summereven on those nightswhen the dark heavenssparkled with the eyes of a thousand loversI could not locate Orion this left me strangely unsettledfor reasonsI still don’t quite understand but it reminds mein a wayof my … Continue reading →

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obscurity

Posted on March 7, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: obscurity whenever she’s not here with me I feel the night surround me and then I know the loneliness as darkness closes round me in my mind I see her smiling … Continue reading →

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Ice Cream – Sunday Photo Fiction

Posted on May 17, 2015 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant forget his ancestors Although he knows this is just a Woolly Mammoth’s Ice Age dream He likes to dunk His curly trunk Into a big glass of milk and blow bubbles to make his own ice cream This is … Continue reading →

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Reflected Glory – Friday Fictioneers

Posted on September 10, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant look into a mirror A truer word you will never hear spoken It is rather a pity But he is not very pretty And the mirror would be catastrophically broken Once again it is Friday Fictioneer time. With reflective … Continue reading →

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darkness closes

Posted on April 26, 2014 by AnElephantCant

whenever she’s not here with him he feels the night surround him and then he knows the loneliness as darkness closes round him in his mind he sees her smiling sweet innocence and purity then the light goes out and … Continue reading →

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