SHORT STORY : POEMS

Two For The Road   .... Date Written: 2010-11-09 20:42:57 Read More of Poem "Two For The Road"	Key In The Door Key In The Door    .... Date Written: 2010-11-09 08:36:26 Read More of Poem "Key In The Door"
Lions in the Home Jennifer heard the heavy panting and knew that she had to get out of the room as fast as possible. She couldn't see the animal, but the subdued growling told her that this would be a large feline .... Date Written: 2010-09-17 13:43:19 Read More of Poem "Lions in the Home"	A Hospital of Sorts Evelyn felt a strong relief at the sight that met her after her surgery. Everywhere around her bed tall, efficient-looking white figures were swarming.OK, she was still not feeling quite well .... Date Written: 2010-09-15 02:59:31 Read More of Poem "A Hospital of Sorts"
Strange Morning I woke up this morning and looked out the window...there was flowers, blue skies, butterflies, birds, a couple in love holding hands, peace, no hunger, ...slowly it seeped into my sponge&nbs .... Date Written: 2010-08-08 08:19:55 Read More of Poem "Strange Morning"	Hot August Night The sky was dark as I walked home on what started out being a hot August night. Soon the coldness of the rain beating down on me had me soaked. The wind blew as the trees waved in the wind. I rushed t .... Date Written: 2010-08-04 19:31:50 Read More of Poem "Hot August Night"
The DayFace Brenda really liked Stanley, even when she killed him. Her hands, sometimes quite unwilling instruments, snapped his neck in seconds after his hands came to rest on what she herself called "the li .... Date Written: 2010-07-30 03:10:45 Read More of Poem "The DayFace"	The Petrified Woman When Rosa woke up in the morning she felt like all her muscles had frozen. It was very painful to get out of bed and she moaned when she fought to sit down on the toilet. Her husband, Stephen, cal .... Date Written: 2010-05-22 05:59:56 Read More of Poem "The Petrified Woman"
To Blend In When she came to the park she started to walk toward the lake. She could glimpse it in between the trees as she glanced down the sloping lawn. - What a beautiful place, she thought to herself. And all .... Date Written: 2010-04-11 01:04:09 Read More of Poem "To Blend In"	Nightmares Once there was a sleepy man called Timmy, always digging deep into sleep. Sometimes he endured hardships of various art, but then he just went to sleep and dreamt. The dreams cleared his mind a .... Date Written: 2010-03-27 03:00:13 Read More of Poem "Nightmares"
The Innocent One The pressure on her arm was surprisingly tight. And then there was the fierce wriggling and kicking. All that, including the screaming and the mouth like an "O" with rage and disgust in that small, pe .... Date Written: 2010-03-26 02:10:00 Read More of Poem "The Innocent One"	Lions in the Home Jennifer heard the heavy panting and knew that she had to get out of the room as fast as possible. She couldn't see the animal, but the subdued growling told her that this would be a large feline of s .... Date Written: 2010-03-25 04:05:59 Read More of Poem "Lions in the Home"
The Train As I entered the train I noticed at once that only one seat isn't in use already. Strangely enough several passengers are standing up on their feet, swaying to the somewhat abrupt movements of the tr .... Date Written: 2010-03-25 04:00:36 Read More of Poem "The Train"	Death and the Amazon Warrior Very often Sylvia crept up the big, tall tree in the backyard of her grandparents' house. When she had got high up she was almost invisible from the ground if she sat on a certain leavy branch. To the .... Date Written: 2010-03-23 02:12:46 Read More of Poem "Death and the Amazon Warrior"
CyberLove (: formerly published) yliva admitted to herself, but never to anyone else, that she had been too gullible in her love for her cyber-boyfriend, Frederick. Within a very short time she had proven that she was a woman - .... Date Written: 2010-03-03 07:13:48 Read More of Poem "CyberLove (: formerly published)"	Poison Sometimes it pays off to have a chat with one's dinner. Yes, it sure does, especially if you're a cat about to set your teeth into a poisoned mouse. This time it was Greg the mouse about to be eate .... Date Written: 2010-03-02 01:52:59 Read More of Poem "Poison"
The WomanHater (: formerly published) The Woman-Hater:Even before she opened her mouth Helmuth felt that she would fit perfectly. When she told her phone number to the sales clerk in the computer shop he felt like dancing a rig th .... Date Written: 2010-02-28 14:47:16 Read More of Poem "The WomanHater (: formerly published)"	When Demons Become Devils The first moments of the death of Kristin were the worst ones. Soon afterwards she got used to this new situation. Much later on she even came to enjoy it. At least now and then.When she died .... Date Written: 2010-01-01 15:44:42 Read More of Poem "When Demons Become Devils"
New Years Romance     All around the harbour fireworks dazzled the night and lit up the city at New Years Eve .  Jim and Nell were on a holiday and in this distant place had met .... Date Written: 2009-12-29 18:26:43 Read More of Poem "New Years Romance"	The Petrified Woman (: formerly published) When Rosa woke up in the morning she felt like all her muscles had frozen. It was very painful to get out of bed and she moaned when she fought to sit down on the toilet. Her husband, Stephen, call .... Date Written: 2009-12-21 17:56:52 Read More of Poem "The Petrified Woman (: formerly published)"
Eve: In the Realms of Hallows (2) As the scientist came to look at the object, he found something intruiging... something embedded into the outside of the rock. Although it looked solid, almost frozen, it crumbled apart once he'd t .... Date Written: 2009-12-13 11:05:11 Read More of Poem "Eve: In the Realms of Hallows (2)"	Eve: In the Realms of Hallows (1) Before the arrival of human kind, the land of Salban was peaceful and quiet, the elven folk and the creatures of the Great Woods were in unity and lived a healthy, happy life. The Salbanese folk, a .... Date Written: 2009-12-12 15:49:05 Read More of Poem "Eve: In the Realms of Hallows (1)"
The Unbearable Sorrow It startled Anette to hear someone uttering her name in the street."Anette, come on now," an old woman's voice said, a little annoyed.She turned quite by instinct, without think .... Date Written: 2009-12-07 02:43:54 Read More of Poem "The Unbearable Sorrow"	The Fugitive Woman (: formerly published) At first she didn't know what it was, that feeling, that sense like a vague memory of the smell of spilled liquids. Th .... Date Written: 2009-11-17 17:12:10 Read More of Poem "The Fugitive Woman (: formerly published)"
The Baby-Sitter Charlotte was very uneasy after having spent yet another day with her part-time babysitter, Mrs. King. Usually she was a happy, little girl of 3 years, and Anthony was proud of his pretty, and smar .... Date Written: 2009-10-30 03:58:02 Read More of Poem "The Baby-Sitter"	The Stray The sound of the alarm bell awakes me, and slowly it dawns upon me that something isn't quite right: I wasn't lying on my bed, but on the chair. Something that should be impossible as the chair is .... Date Written: 2009-06-26 21:36:54 Read More of Poem "The Stray"
Fate in the Working - How ugly she is, Lynne thought, when Rosie came to see her after class. Is that grey stuff on her cheeks dirt or old make-up? And why doesn't she smile, usually they do when they ask favours .... .... Date Written: 2009-05-25 13:19:54 Read More of Poem "Fate in the Working"	The Visits When she turned around she was very surprised to see a stranger right behind her. - Well, she thought, this is a public place, but that close ... Very strange ...The stranger hurriedly averted .... Date Written: 2009-05-21 06:29:48 Read More of Poem "The Visits"
Befuddling  Anna felt how her left shoulder was turning into a painful knob by all the groceries she had to carry. - Oh, she thought, this is annoying. I shall have to speak to her. Up the stairs, down t .... Date Written: 2009-04-14 10:34:01 Read More of Poem "Befuddling"	The Train As I entered the train I noticed at once that only one seat isn't in use already. Strangely enough several passengers are standing up on their feet, swaying to the somewhat  abrupt movements of the .... Date Written: 2009-04-11 20:09:45 Read More of Poem "The Train"

Become a member and communicate with other professional and amatuer writers. For those that need help in getting creative we have pages that will help you expand and learn how to write poems like Short Story better. Signup Today!