Daniel Hooks

Joined November 2017

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A poet, activist and story teller who currently battles with a severe mental health problem.

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Simp-pathetic?
I love you like you are my light and my life wanted you to be my wife loved you like a fetish black like a rubber skirt the words you say hurt
By Daniel Hooks2 months ago in Poets
How I construct a poem
The process I use to construct a poem. I come up with an interesting line or title. I have been told to write about what inspires you. I have written a poem about being a superhero.
By Daniel Hooks4 months ago in Poets
In an enchanted wood
In an enchanted wood, which has to be seen to be understood, owls howl, wolves growl and yet we all seem to dream about this forest.
By Daniel Hooks4 months ago in Poets
Christmas is cancelled
Tear down the tinsel put the Christmas tree in the skip rip down the rope lights make the Christmas fairy take flight Santa is in debt
By Daniel Hooks4 months ago in Poets
Asking Alexandria
You say you are the devil Is she in your eyes? Cold like black ice Starless skies why did you wound yourself with all those scars
By Daniel Hooks5 months ago in Poets
The God twins
In the beginning there were two children, twins. A boy and a girl born within dark matter. The pitter patter of tiny feet
By Daniel Hooks5 months ago in Poets
The villain
I am so nasty people stand aghast I am so bad you feel a draft on a summers day murderous glances pave the way I am sick, I am ill
By Daniel Hooks7 months ago in Poets
Hope?
Give a bird hope and she will sing even if she lives in hell with the devil as her king I wrote this poem the words express what I called at the time false hope. However if the bird continues to sing and have hope even if that hope is based on a delusion or delusions. Is it better for that bird to have that hope that glass is full for that bird when it might be half empty?
By Daniel Hooks2 years ago in Poets
Why do I believe in poetry
Why do I believe in poetry? In these days of increasing unemployment and mental stresses and pressure, poetry will have increasingly important role in self expression and self awareness.
By Daniel Hooks2 years ago in Poets

Daniel Hooks

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Simp-pathetic?

How I construct a poem

In an enchanted wood

Christmas is cancelled

Asking Alexandria

The God twins

The villain

Hope?

Why do I believe in poetry

Stories (9/0)