Original Poetry by DS Coremans #FoDiByLi Tuesday 23 August 2022 Senryu - Over Is it over yet?I am sure that it must be,I no longer care. 2022©DSCoremans Cinquain - Goodbye I askedonly for timeand for your attention;something which you could not give me.Goodbye. 2022©DSCoremans Photo by Raphael Schaller on Unsplash Pantoum - Within the Archives... Continue Reading →
#FoDiByLi Featured Poet: DS Coremans – Bold & New
Original Poetry by DS Coremans #FoDiByLi Wednesday 22 June 2022 Senryu - Pain I have seen beforethe damage that pain can do.It lives within you.2022©DSCoremans Cinquain - Push Push throughand you will reachhigher than the heavens.You are more than this one momentof life.2022©DSCoremans Photo by Raphael Schaller on Unsplash Pantoum - Bold & New I... Continue Reading →
#FoDiByLi Featured Poet: DS Coremans – More or Less
Original Poetry by DS Coremans #FoDiByLi Tuesday 21 June 2022 Senryu - Too Long I have slept too long;dreams have replaced memoryand nothing feels real.2022©DSCoremans Cinquain - Short Story The startseems far awayuntil you must returnlearning just how much you have grown.The End.2022©DSCoremans Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash Pantoum - The Heroes Journey Coming... Continue Reading →
May Musings – Shout Into the Void
"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 →
May Musings – I Care Too Much
"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 →
May Musings – It’s Over
"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 →
Senryu – Question & Answer
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 →
February Musings – Failure
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 →
Creative Writing & Poetry Prompt – 15 February 2021
Monday 15 February 2021 Use either of the pictures provided as inspiration, or write a poem or short story about something you have learned within the last year.DS Coremans, Forever Distracted By Life Write and share your work on any of the platforms linked below: Six Word Story: (6 words)Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... Continue Reading →