"The words you say often mean less than your silence. Silence. The only thing people want to hear, other than their own words."DS Coremans Written: Monday 10 May 2021 - 16:08 Shout. Shout loud. Shout loud into the Void. The echoes will return. To you if no one else. The pain in knowing, that your... Continue Reading →
"The crux of being a full-time carer for a family member, of the family I was born into, is that I will never have a family of my own."DS Coremans Written: Monday 10 May 2021 - 13:42 I’ll likely never work in care again. I have accepted this. Grudgingly. What makes it difficult is that... Continue Reading →
"The truth is there has been a wait for so many things ‘to be over’ for such a long time, that we have begun to wish our lives away."DS Coremans Written: Tuesday, 04 May 2021 - 18:16 I’m given to understand that “it’s over,” though what it is I can’t be sure. The truth is... Continue Reading →
My right to questionequal; never greater thanyour right to answer. 2020©DSCoremans This poem was written as a companion piece to the poem Sonnet - Veneration, which was used as inspiration for the 15 February 2021 - Creative Writing & Poetry Prompt. You can also see the Creative Writing Fiction Responses for this prompt by clicking... Continue Reading →
It’s been a while since I wrote a sonnetIn truth my confidence took a hard knockAs I realised I could barely talkAbout work without giving up on it Not for want of working, far from it;But having run, I find I have to walk.Or I will risk my place within the flockAs I try to... Continue Reading →
Is there such a thing as failure if you can continue to try. Failed attempts, but of course, failed starts, failed projects? I wonder that these things are less certain. A failed start implies a sense of expectation of failure to begin, few go into ventures that they believe will fail, even when things go... Continue Reading →
Build mea foundationstable enough for meto build upon through my lifewith you. Will youbuild this for me,a foundation on whichall that I imagine will grow?Thank you. 2021©DSCoremans This poem was written as a companion piece to the poem Sonnet - Love Together, which was used as inspiration for the 14 February 2021 - Creative Writing... Continue Reading →
With YouSafe, SublimeLeisurely, Naive, LovingAlways Wanted, You Are, Wanted AlwaysNeeded, Lonely, NowhereScared, SadWithout 2021©DSCoremans This poem was written as a companion piece to the poem Sonnet - Love Together, which was used as inspiration for the 14 February 2021 - Creative Writing & Poetry Prompt. You can also see the Creative Writing Fiction Responses for... Continue Reading →
Was this ever us,before life chose to part usdid we understand? 2021©DSCoremans This poem was written as a companion piece to the poem Sonnet - Love Together, which was used as inspiration for the 14 February 2021 - Creative Writing & Poetry Prompt. You can also see the Creative Writing Fiction Responses for this prompt... Continue Reading →
