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excerpt from 'lark ascending'

2006-05-03T19:52:29-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Action
English, Rated: T
Adventure
Chapters: 1, Words: 891, Reviews: 0, Complete

headam nearly dies in a mobile suit fight but is saved by the image of a girl he may love. is this piece dorky? this is a section i'm thinking of adding to my longer story 'the lark ascending,' but i'm afraid it sucks. if it confuses you, read the full

The Lark Ascending, working title

2005-12-23T17:50:16-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Romance
English, Rated: T
Romance/Fantasy
Chapters: 8, Words: 16,677, Reviews: 15, Complete

Updated! this is my creative writing honors thesis, set in a prison in a futuristic police state, a guard and a prisoner (who've both lead tragic lives) fall in love. Review me, I review you!

cuz poetry's gotta be difficult

2005-03-16T21:34:56-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 2, Words: 363, Reviews: 0, Complete

a collection of more abstract, multi-layered poems. (elitist, snobby, impratical crap that my professors tell me i hafta write.) rating cuz i like to swear

He is the color gray

2005-02-02T19:14:00-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Family
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 253, Reviews: 2, Complete

not a fancy poem, just about someone who i fear will take their own life

there is no graceful love

2005-01-05T17:06:54-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Love
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 340, Reviews: 1, Complete

straightforward poem. easy love is such a lie, love is such a painful, clumsy process... i hope someone can relate. review me, i review you

love love love blah blah blah etc etc etc

2005-01-05T17:00:49-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Love
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 447, Reviews: 1, Complete

not a sophistocated poem. just honest emotions about relationships, i believe a few readers could relate to this poem

Summer of the Japanese Beetles

2004-12-05T19:47:54-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 6,509, Reviews: 20, Complete

warning: story is a hard read. not only written in stream of consciousness, has twist at the end that changes everything you thought you knew. emile is so lonely that she lets audy think she's gay, just so someone will love her. review me, i review you

13 Reflections on Cigarettes

2004-10-26T20:35:10-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,110, Reviews: 5, Complete

a creative nonfiction piece about exactly what the title says. rating for mild swearing

At 11PM

2004-09-27T16:29:15-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 635, Reviews: 4, Complete

Written in experimental style. No plot. Abundant imagery. A girl goes crazy and hears music all the time.

On Tuesday they took my body

2004-09-27T16:27:05-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: K
General/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 319, Reviews: 0, Complete

Narrating the infinite requires an experimental writing style. This is my first attempt at a prose poem. It's about heaven.

one long night

2004-09-14T19:26:11-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Love
English, Rated: T
Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 558, Reviews: 1, Complete

two punks. love at first sight. this poem is just an experiment in writing style. i have no idea how to describe it. please lemme know what you think.

Catholics call it death to self

2004-09-06T17:59:44-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Life
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 129, Reviews: 3, Complete

A villanelle about the freedom one feels when one releases control of life

you said the acorns falling sounded like raindrops

2004-09-03T21:01:09-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 421, Reviews: 2, Complete

you never love someone as much as you do when you break up because you're not in love anymore

I am the Sea Pacific

2004-08-13T20:08:22-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Adventure
Chapters: 4, Words: 7,123, Reviews: 1, Complete

just a story about the future? or is it political commentary? read and decide. deep religious and political themes, but lotsa love and fightin, too.

Flavinda and Valentine

2004-04-18T19:47:47-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Romance
English, Rated: K+
Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 935, Reviews: 1, Complete

If you have ever been in love with a promiscuous person, read on. short story written in stream-of-conscioussness style, modern adaptation of V.Woolf's characters Flavinda and Valentine

Growing up, and covering my butt crack

2004-01-22T17:24:53-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 659, Reviews: 5, Complete

Just what the title says. Being a twenty-something isn't scary. Rating for some casual swearing.

Folding Priscilla's Laundry

2004-01-22T17:00:21-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 933, Reviews: 1, Complete

Working at a honeless shelter in the armpit of Chicago, I never felt closer to the ladies than when I was folding their laundry

lexapro

2003-09-07T17:56:12-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 172, Reviews: 2, Complete

an ode to my anti-depressant prescription medicine

Bereavement Fare

2003-08-10T20:37:16-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 240, Reviews: 1, Complete

my family's reactions differ to my grandma's death as an airline company tries to screw us

If I Can Just Get My Head In

2003-07-06T14:34:15-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: K+
General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,735, Reviews: 2, Complete

(a fictional account of Tadeusz Borowski's suicide.) five years after being released from Auschwitz, an ex-prisoner is still tormented by the evil things he did to stay alive. but he had to do it... so why are the ticks and his family still eating him..

Please, Beautiful

2003-06-22T22:43:25-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
Romance
English, Rated: T
Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 537, Reviews: 0, Complete

two months earlier his brother shot himself. CARPE DIEM seeing how we never know how long we have eachother, i had to tell him how i felt. this is a formless mess of being drunk and loving someone whose heart is almost bleeding

just be quiet and watch the Fireworks

2003-06-22T22:31:36-08:00

Author: Adora Akai
General
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 721, Reviews: 3, Complete

i will never watch fireworks with someone i love, i think