fast_foot

Members »

fast_foot
  Junior Member

A member of the Poetry.com vibrant community of poetry lovers.

  December 2021     13 days ago

Submitted Poems 2 total

Even if They Dig

Even if They Dig

they still won’t find anything.

I search for kind memories
before you are gone.

It’s hard to believe you are dying
even with a written guarantee.

Cracks appear
and time enters a different way,

the unconditional...

– by Ellen Shelley

 52 Views
added 2 years ago
Rating
Where the Wind Runs

Where the Wind Runs

The harbour is dropping off and picking up
and I am up to my senses in views.
Battered bunkers,

the city
a randomly stacked bookshelf
against the sky.

Jagged erosion
the break-wall — home
to feral cats and...

– by Ellen Shelley

 121 Views
added 2 years ago
Rating

... see them all »

Favorite Poets 1 total

... see them all »

Voted Poems 0 total

There are currently no voted poems

Collection 0 total

The collection is currently empty

Latest Comments: 2 total

Poetry.com
Hi Douglas. Thanks for your wonderful comments. It is about running and what sanctuary it has provided throughout my life as a sense of achievement.

2 years ago

View
Poetry.com
Hi Soulwriter. Not intentionally. I think because I used to be in the military, some words are carried through my poetry like, bunkers for example. This poem is about a child who runs to be seen. Thanks for reading my poem! 

2 years ago

View

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited poems collection on the web!

April 2024

Poetry Contest

Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
6
days
13
hours
13
minutes
100 entries submitted — 50 remaining

Special Program

Earn Rewards!

Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

Our awesome collection of

Promoted Poems

»

Browse Poetry.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Quiz

Are you a poetry master?

»
Who wrote this? 'Look on my Works, ye Mightyand despair!'
A S.T. Coleridge
B William Shakespeare
C P. B. Shelley
D William Wordsworth