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List: Story Poem/Prose poem

Poems in this list are primarily based around the story they tell, the content or moment of which (hopefully) provides the poetic content.

  • The Bumble-bee
    / / / / / He was a monster by any standards / the bumble bee that flew into the small workshop / where me and my son had been working
    344 words, 11 comments, on May 15 3:21 PM 2007
  • The Lakes at Poulaphouca
    / / / / They weren't there a century ago. / Made by Man the still boast God's beauty / and you'd never know - / unless I'd told you so
    175 words, 14 comments, on Jun 21 3:36 PM 2007
  • Star Turn
    402 words, 10 comments, on Jul 17 12:11 AM 2007. In Adult, Contemporary, Life
  • Cat in a box
    That small black cat was out of luck that day / eight lives gone when it got in the way / of a speeding truck outside my gate / / the dri
    325 words, 14 comments, on Nov 9 3:36 PM 2007. In A true story
  • The Wages of Sin
    THE WAGES OF SIN / / The graveyard was old / but the houses around it were brand new. / Paddy needed some timber for his / and he kne
    478 words, 8 comments, on Jan 2 5:26 PM
  • Give the Devil his due
    Christian / was five foot nuthin’ / and it was about / as far around him / as along him / with a shock of grey hair / / he was devil-may-care / and his eyes / twinkled / / ageing but not wrinkled / he was a jack / of all trad
    369 words, 24 comments, on Dec 30 8:23 PM 2006
  • National Pride (on the occasion of Ireland v. France at Croke Park
    413 words, 10 comments, on Feb 12 5:11 PM 2007
  • Fender Bender
    214 words, 9 comments, on Mar 8 11:07 AM 2007
  • Bad Behaviour
    457 words, 8 comments, on Mar 19 11:26 AM 2007
  • " It's Poetry"
    409 words, 25 comments, on Jul 15 5:36 PM 2006
  • Jesus and the Nazis
    444 words, 27 comments, on Aug 7 4:14 PM 2006

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