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so

2009-02-18T00:01:51-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 83, Reviews: 2, In-Progress

i'll never stop missing him.

if i'd known

2009-02-18T00:00:49-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Family
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 69, Reviews: 2, Complete

when did he stop loving me?

The Unworthy Poems

2009-02-17T23:52:40-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
General
English, Rated: T
General/Poetry
Chapters: 26, Words: 2,563, Reviews: 64, In-Progress

The poems I put here are simply the ones I don't feel worthy of posting by themselves. Reject poems. I pity them. Most Recent: surely

a grand piano

2009-02-17T23:50:06-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 295, Reviews: 0, Complete

this is a secret alphabet / created by the last time i visited my great-grandmother / before she died."

blueberry pie

2009-02-17T23:46:35-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 256, Reviews: 1, In-Progress

i’ve never seen a better sight than your eyes at the sight of blueberry pie, blueberry pie, oh - -

prelude to sunday

2008-05-21T23:39:15-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 361, Reviews: 4, Complete

walking the streets, insight into another's life, relation to the memories and dreams of one's own life..."no one feels humanity like the buildings we live in"

paper & ink

2007-12-09T22:52:48-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 111, Reviews: 1, Complete

i'm baaaack. i still HATE THE FORMATTING OF FICTIONPRESS. it screws with my poems. so i will only post occasionally cause that's all i can handle. Paper and ink, off the pages and a stain under my eyes

betty bell, london bridge

2005-09-08T18:54:08-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 2, Words: 222, Reviews: 11, Complete

betty bell was the real monster, not mary. (if you have no idea what i'm talking about, google it)

coalesced at twilight

2005-08-25T23:14:30-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: T
General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 122, Reviews: 6, Complete

"who but you could ever break me / in such a pallucid and blue way"

a turquoise dress

2005-08-07T22:20:16-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: T
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 146, Reviews: 7, Complete

"damn you, oh damn you, for going this far" am i back yet? i don't think so. hopefully soon. be patient with me and my muse.

generic landscape views

2005-06-28T22:07:29-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 206, Reviews: 4, Complete

"shoved under my fingernails are your postcards" My childhood: gone.

threnody

2005-05-27T18:38:45-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: T
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 287, Reviews: 7, Complete

inspired by that silent piano man from london (google it) and my 93 year old blind friend. we are, all, connected.

emily was born today

2005-05-12T08:48:18-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 102, Reviews: 15, Complete

"and the distinct smell of (nighttime) is pulling back"

then again, i am often mistaken

2005-05-11T23:17:29-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 263, Reviews: 10, Complete

assumptions. based on experience, but still assumptions. am i right? will i ever find out? i could never leave my precious question marks behind.

tragedy of paper dolls

2005-05-01T17:33:29-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: T
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 322, Reviews: 18, Complete

& on the floor, my paper dolls, their tiny limbs torn...with tin can cookies to hold me together"

porch lights

2005-04-22T19:36:00-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 360, Reviews: 8, Complete

"if not for my toothpick cabin / i might be a little like scarlett o'hara...slapping my skin which is / burning from all the hate"

fortyfive minutes of regret

2005-04-11T21:56:41-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: T
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 309, Reviews: 7, Complete

"she. / makes mix tapes for herself / fresh air gives her a headache{heartburn"

boiling

2005-03-28T00:10:40-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: M
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 600, Reviews: 12, Complete

If you aren't comfortable with graphic descriptions of unpretty images and subject matter like child prostitution, this isn't something you'll enjoy. "perverse dreams always lurk in the organs"

i can't say

2005-03-19T07:45:49-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Family
English, Rated: M
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 232, Reviews: 3, Complete

"and now where are you? / in grotesquely lonely pieces on the floor? / a puddle of frostbitten blood in the aftermath"

kind of like anthropomorphism

2005-03-12T01:11:19-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 277, Reviews: 2, Complete

Does this even belong in the "love" section, or the "romance" genre? There should be a section for "unknown slightly romantic but confusing feelings for someone watched from afar". Exactly.

like julius & ethel

2005-03-05T00:17:08-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 140, Reviews: 2, Complete

Not a political statement, really. More of a social statement. An observation. An event that hit me personally. To understand this poem, look up the Rosenbergs. "i'll meet you in the ground"

antarctica

2005-03-04T00:14:59-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 216, Reviews: 2, Complete

"fainting. and all that it entails. // honestly / i never seriously considered this an option"

paris waits

2005-02-26T01:52:05-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Friendship
English, Rated: T
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 363, Reviews: 3, Complete

"implanted in an opera of anorexics" I'm obsessed with death. This is actually a...what would you call it...story poem. Like "letter to god"

calluses

2005-02-23T20:24:03-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: M
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 429, Reviews: 8, Complete

A homicidal prostitute. Since when did I become so obsessed with prostitutes? "this sleepless amber soul kaleidoscope i’m in - - / well i never did compose my masterpiece."

oh oh in your ark

2005-02-22T06:02:31-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 7, Reviews: 1, Complete

"well miss director lady i think he’s with his middle aged lover / just great and the understudy is dead" Humor covers pain.

intentions

2005-02-22T05:16:50-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 7, Reviews: 4, Complete

Saw a picture of Leon Czolgosz- who killed some president- and I didn't see the face of a monster. Not at all.

san diego county fair

2005-02-22T04:54:48-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K
General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 7, Reviews: 1, Complete

"i like the black and white photos we took in the photo booth...tradition, it makes me cry"

blitzkrieg coffee disaster

2005-02-22T03:37:18-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 7, Reviews: 5, Complete

I had fun writing this. "she waves a hand over herself grimaces humbly says / “some Things just go way Over my Head"

letter to God

2005-02-21T23:57:28-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: M
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 7, Reviews: 3, Complete

I temporarily stepped into a head and wrote her story. "the only thing i live for / is to be able to come home at 5 am and go up / on my roof and i like being so cold."

hurricanes

2005-02-21T21:09:52-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K
General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 7, Reviews: 2, Complete

"how high do lost balloons float in the sky until they burst"

egypt

2005-02-21T00:30:40-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 2, Words: 236, Reviews: 1, Complete

Inspired by "Fragments of the Great Colossus of Memnonium, Thebes, from Egypt and Nubia, Vol. 1" by David Roberts. Not my usual subject matter, but the painting was moving.

poverty kiss

2005-02-21T00:09:41-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: T
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 164, Reviews: 1, Complete

Angela's Ashes was the muse for this. "androgynous figure stumbling/down hushed,dim streets / maybe it is a Statement, a Proclamation"

shoes

2004-11-06T23:55:05-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 656, Reviews: 3, Complete

"whoever knows the words to this song dance a little faster"

lighthouse

2004-10-28T13:09:31-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 728, Reviews: 2, Complete

"do you want to play this game? give me heartache break my bones and use them to mark my grave"

wedding of cogitations

2004-10-23T07:50:46-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 422, Reviews: 3, Complete

him and you. lots of thinking. but it's all connected. "tell me pretty dark / what do ya think"

rodeo

2004-09-29T22:49:05-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 452, Reviews: 1, Complete

"the full moon over the clown shooting candy at the children in the stands and the candy hit me in the leg so i threw it into the crowd and beaned a small child in the head"

cavities

2004-09-26T00:18:55-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Friendship
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 193, Reviews: 4, Complete

"i am your life support / i am your beep. beep. beep."

duplex

2004-08-31T23:28:26-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
General/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 235, Reviews: 7, Complete

"dream of orange cream scream otter pops glitter sheen"

matriarch

2004-08-16T00:09:04-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Family
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,476, Reviews: 1, Complete

An homage to my grandmothers and everything that went with them.

words

2004-06-17T15:26:08-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 678, Reviews: 2, Complete

"imagination is more motivation than the anticipation of reality, don't you think"

confetti

2004-05-30T00:01:09-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 541, Reviews: 3, Complete

This poem is tarradiddle. But it insisted coming out the way it did. Oh well. "Smiles, she says, are the product of chemicals in your brain."

three strikes

2004-04-14T21:56:07-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: T
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 253, Reviews: 3, Complete

"while drinking my tears, blood mixed with the sweat forming on my face, as i worked so hard to overcome illusions. and opportunities never presented themselves. i took liberty anyways."

conversations alone

2004-04-02T23:06:33-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 856, Reviews: 4, Complete

"maybe you should lie in the grass with itchy tickled bare legs (is everyone allergic to grass)...to cry when they say that 'to cry is to be weak' is to be strong."

leaving

2004-02-08T00:29:43-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 352, Reviews: 3, Complete

"can't move on and can't leave behind...dead is such a breathtaking word"

flowers

2004-01-16T00:34:14-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 813, Reviews: 7, Complete

"why do you insist on perfection...lick and taste and crave it more"

gray & green

2003-12-16T15:06:54-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Friendship
English, Rated: T
Tragedy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 355, Reviews: 3, Complete

"she is a crimson red leaf / with thick streams of blood / traveling, trickling, trailing down her face"

the piano player

2003-07-10T21:48:53-08:00

Author: i was a postcard
Love
English, Rated: T
General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 283, Reviews: 13, Complete

I'm only leaving this up here for the sake of nostalgia; it's the first thing I posted here. But I was like...fourteen, so...it's crap. :