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Out of Steam

2007-05-13T16:53:56-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 766, Reviews: 1 Updated: 5-13-07, Published: 5-13-07
Status: Complete

Writing essays late at night is like...

Valentine Pink

2007-05-13T16:46:21-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 306, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-13-07, Published: 5-13-07
Status: Complete

My girlfriend's gonna kill me for putting this up... In addition, she finds creative writing funny. Well, so do I, I guess.

Elegy for Elegy for Jane

2007-05-13T16:44:22-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 166, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-13-07, Published: 5-13-07
Status: Complete

Personally, I think Theodore Roethke's Elegy for Jane sucks. Not as bad as this satire makes it out to be, but meh, I'm mean. Grr.

Before an Execution

2007-05-13T16:42:04-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 121, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-13-07, Published: 5-13-07
Status: Complete

Like the title says. What might the doctor think?

Morning War

2007-05-13T16:39:53-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 444, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-13-07, Published: 5-13-07
Status: Complete

The noble battle waged to wake up each morning ain't so bad.

A Good Distance Away

2007-05-13T16:27:32-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,163, Reviews: 0 Updated: 5-13-07, Published: 5-13-07
Status: Complete

Short story about growing up. Sort of.

Plumbing

2005-10-31T16:21:30-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 207, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-31-05, Published: 10-31-05
Status: Complete

A prose poem about...well, figure it out yourself. Did you know prose poetry is a really cool style to write in? I had a lot of fun witht his one.

Gorgonic Musings

2005-10-30T20:36:51-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 140, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-30-05, Published: 10-30-05
Status: Complete

Just barely a fantasy poem. A somewhat predictable retelling of the Theseus/Medusa myth.

Words per Minute

2005-10-16T16:38:43-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Work
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 189, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-16-05, Published: 10-16-05
Status: Complete

Quick poem on what happens to an unpursued dream. As Mel Brooks would say, "Unhaaaaaaaaappy, unhaaaaaaappy...

Good Things Come Free

2005-10-10T17:36:28-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,123, Reviews: 0 Updated: 10-10-05, Published: 10-10-05
Status: Complete

Reflections stirred up by a simple photo

Charles Drew

2005-10-10T17:35:24-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 74, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-10-05, Published: 10-10-05
Status: Complete

Modern(ish) sonnet on the great African-American pioneer of the study of blood

Catullus 101 Translated

2005-09-22T23:34:20-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Family
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 127, Reviews: 0 Updated: 9-22-05, Published: 9-22-05
Status: Complete

Continuing the sudden influx of translations. Please pardon the fact that I dont know how to manipulate indents and spacing on this site as I would like to. Don't like this one too much.

Ballade, a translation

2005-09-19T15:25:21-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 314, Reviews: 1 Updated: 9-19-05, Published: 9-19-05
Status: Complete

A translation of the classic poem by Villon (15th cent.)

Fission and Fusion

2005-06-12T18:28:32-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 259, Reviews: 1 Updated: 6-12-05, Published: 6-12-05
Status: Complete

Casual reflections on literature's current state.

And He Will Baptize You with Fire

2004-02-27T18:04:32-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 772, Reviews: 3 Updated: 2-27-04, Published: 2-27-04
Status: Complete

A heavy, ambiguous story full of strong religious allusions and meanings. Not too long, but quite compact. Yes there is a message, and I used to know what it was, but now only He knows...oops.

Is Life

2003-11-25T11:48:47-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 48, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-25-03, Published: 11-25-03
Status: Complete

Short, philosophical poem on the brevity of life

For Argument's Sake

2003-11-22T16:05:57-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 91, Reviews: 1 Updated: 11-22-03, Published: 11-22-03
Status: Complete

A poem for English in which I had to use the phrase "toe-headed rootwad." Don't ask me. Anyway, I turned it into a satire on our desensitized world. :-D

What I Remember

2003-11-22T16:01:08-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 83, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-22-03, Published: 11-22-03
Status: Complete

An little Italian sonnet about love and what one gains from its loss. Iambic pentameter, abbaabbacdecde, and all that good stuff, oh my! Yayyyyyy!

For You, My All

2003-11-19T16:38:27-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 177, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-19-03, Published: 11-19-03
Status: Complete

Yeah yeah, nothing spectacular. Some deep advice followed by a little twisted ending. Quite biting at its conclusion, actually.

The Sufferer

2003-07-25T14:10:41-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 198, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-25-03, Published: 7-25-03
Status: Complete

Lyrics to a song I wrote, which I think was pretty good! Anyway, I know, angsty suicides are overdone, but oh well, here it is.

Life Over the Edge

2003-07-24T09:23:52-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Action
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Suspense/Drama
Chapters: 7, Words: 9,464, Reviews: 24 Updated: 7-24-03, Published: 5-11-03
Status: Complete

A man tries to figure how to make a living after the Border War. He turns to his past in the streets. This decision leads him to law and lawlessness, to trust and betrayal, to fear and danger, and ultimately, to the biggest loss of his life.

My Anthem

2003-07-19T11:13:18-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 314, Reviews: 2 Updated: 7-19-03, Published: 7-19-03
Status: Complete

A personal tribute to the USA, directed at the everyday person who may have forgotten just how wonderful it is to live in the land of the free.

The Chess Clock

2003-05-12T17:10:59-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Fable
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 442, Reviews: 4 Updated: 5-12-03, Published: 5-12-03
Status: Complete

PG-13 for a non-graphic suicide. Yes, this is a major rip off

Glorious Return

2003-05-11T10:25:31-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 262, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-11-03, Published: 5-11-03
Status: Complete

An altered poetic version of the Good Samaritan parable

NonReligious Reflections on a Greater Sense

2003-05-11T07:02:11-08:00

Author: Opal Imp
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 677, Reviews: 11 Updated: 5-11-03, Published: 5-11-03
Status: Complete

What really is justice? My point of view on possibly the most important non-spiritual emotion