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Ain't No Love Without II

2008-05-14T10:05:29-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 8, Words: 555, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-14-08, Published: 5-1-08
Status: In-Progress

Been strummin' my guitar .... been listening to B.B. King ; continuation of 'Ain't No Love Without' since it ain't over til the Fat Lady sings

Nature—Naturaleza Collected Poems

2008-05-05T14:34:54-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 157, Words: 16,665, Reviews: 207 Updated: 5-5-08, Published: 12-9-04
Status: In-Progress

In still pond’s reflective mirrors far gone, Our ancestors saw themselves and all the patterns that are nature's—that are ours if we can only treasure them.

Life & Death — Vida & Muerte II, Collected Poems

2008-05-04T00:37:58-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 56, Words: 5,073, Reviews: 46 Updated: 5-4-08, Published: 9-27-07
Status: In-Progress

Life's a variegated animal—chameleon in its shifts, then death comes and picks a fixed color. So many wonderful things to taste and try and dream in this short life. Volume II

Humor—Humor Collected Poems

2008-04-24T22:52:43-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 142, Words: 17,284, Reviews: 158 Updated: 4-24-08, Published: 12-9-04
Status: Complete

Some of these you'll find amusing, some will just provoke a smirk, others might draw out a chuckle, and some—well, no apologies. ¡Hey, this ain't the comedy channel!

Abu Ghraib

2008-04-23T00:14:09-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: War
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General
Chapters: 69, Words: 10,514, Reviews: 89 Updated: 4-23-08, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

¿What profit to gain the world, but lose our hearts?

Love II—Amor II, Collected Poems

2008-04-21T23:53:52-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 124, Words: 14,112, Reviews: 91 Updated: 4-21-08, Published: 12-14-06
Status: In-Progress

Charity's gentle kindness is love. Passion's violent tumult is love. So many colors to this magic rainbow that spreads arched across our souls.

Angst—Angustia Collected Poems

2008-04-19T01:43:43-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 166, Words: 18,304, Reviews: 237 Updated: 4-19-08, Published: 12-5-04
Status: Complete

PG-dark images, cynicism, pessimism, anti-Creationism, questionable language. Corrosive vapors and liquids—wear protective clothing.

Random thoughts from a delusional mind

2008-04-16T13:57:37-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General/Spiritual
Chapters: 88, Words: 16,063, Reviews: 120 Updated: 4-16-08, Published: 4-22-05
Status: Complete

Some thoughts—utopian perhaps, but of course it's only objective when it impinges on your subjective reality.

Ain't No Love Without

2008-04-14T21:49:20-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Tragedy
Chapters: 200, Words: 23,154, Reviews: 255 Updated: 4-14-08, Published: 12-19-04
Status: In-Progress

Blues—Been listening to B.B. King, . . . been strumming

Family & Friends—Familia & Amigos Collected Poems

2008-04-14T11:05:13-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Family
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 165, Words: 18,888, Reviews: 235 Updated: 4-14-08, Published: 12-7-04
Status: Complete

Family's the golden crown of life—extending from the past into the future.

Haikus, Tankas and Rengas Volume III

2008-02-27T03:58:11-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 64, Words: 5,127, Reviews: 89 Updated: 2-27-08, Published: 2-1-06
Status: Complete

Humor, death, bamboo, flutes, eclipses, love, angst, war, tea, moon . . . grin, laugh, weep, scowl or comment. Haikus (5-7-5), Tankas (5-7-5-7-7) or Rengas (grouped Haikus or Tankas). Or, 7-5-7 or 7-7-5 or, . . . Chronologically.

Religion—Religión Collected Poems

2008-02-06T02:24:01-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 83, Words: 9,409, Reviews: 178 Updated: 2-6-08, Published: 12-6-04
Status: Complete

¿What is God?¿Does He-She-It care?¿Why is Faith embedded in our Hearts?¿Where's the thanks for daily life?¿What is prophecy to us,—moderns with predictive models?¿Is religion the cure for angst—or, is angst religion's quest? Flagellants 1,000 years ago...

Lust & Love—Lujuria & Amor, Collected Poems

2007-12-28T03:14:41-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Romance/Humor
Chapters: 82, Words: 9,564, Reviews: 79 Updated: 12-28-07, Published: 12-27-04
Status: Complete

Lust & Love—Lujuria & Amor, some thoughts about the transitions and partitions between the physical and the emotional in all its weirdness and beauty.

Life & Death—Vida & Muerte Collected Poems

2007-11-04T02:15:53-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 203, Words: 23,068, Reviews: 173 Updated: 11-4-07, Published: 12-9-04
Status: In-Progress

Life's a variegated animal—chameleon in its shifts, then death comes and picks a fixed color. So many wonderful things to taste and try and dream in this short life.

Love—Amor Collected Poems

2007-09-14T15:22:59-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 201, Words: 23,795, Reviews: 290 Updated: 9-14-07, Published: 12-6-04
Status: Complete

Charity's gentle kindness is love. Passion's violent tumult is love. So many colors to this magic rainbow that spreads arched across our souls.

SMS Haikus

2007-08-26T01:09:07-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: General
Chapters: 41, Words: 3,037, Reviews: 12 Updated: 8-26-07, Published: 6-16-07
Status: In-Progress

Text messages: ephemeral and condensed. Entered and ordered chronologically.

A Winter in Africa

2007-05-19T06:21:38-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 33, Words: 3,970, Reviews: 66 Updated: 5-19-07, Published: 7-7-06
Status: Complete

Everything in Africa can kill you, and will if it can; but, everything in Africa can steal your heart and soul, and does.

Haikus, Tankas and Rengas Volume I

2007-04-23T03:08:18-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 228, Words: 20,895, Reviews: 129 Updated: 4-23-07, Published: 11-28-04
Status: Complete

Humor, death, bamboo, flutes, eclipses, love, angst, war, tea, moon . . . grin, laugh, weep, scowl or comment. Most of my Haikus (5-7-5), Tankas (5-7-5-7-7) or Rengas (grouped Haikus or Tankas). Or, 7-5-7 or 7-7-5 or, . . . Chronologically.

Haikus, Tankas and Rengas Volume II

2006-01-31T14:22:08-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 209, Words: 21,876, Reviews: 376 Updated: 1-31-06, Published: 1-29-05
Status: Complete

Darwin’s Favorite Ball Game

2006-01-22T19:32:17-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Historical
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Adventure
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,564, Reviews: 1 Updated: 1-22-06, Published: 1-22-06
Status: Complete

In 1962 during a S.F. Giant vs. St. Louis Cardinal game, my dad gave a baseball autographed by Willie Mays, Juan Marichal, the Alou Brothers to his boss's son. The Giants won the N.L. pennant that year.

Teacher Vignettes

2005-11-05T10:43:51-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Work
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 12, Words: 2,319, Reviews: 44 Updated: 11-5-05, Published: 5-14-05
Status: Complete

Teaching and learning—as the Chinese say, Give a man a fish,—You feed him for a day; Teach him to fish,—You feed him for life.

West Side of Town

2004-12-03T19:39:06-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Work
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 44, Reviews: 11 Updated: 12-3-04, Published: 12-3-04
Status: Complete

A lifetime of doing crazily dangerous things (by most people's standards), but protected in so many other ways.

High School Reunion

2004-12-03T15:59:47-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 63, Reviews: 17 Updated: 12-3-04, Published: 12-3-04
Status: Complete

I've never been back, but I've been told of Gulliver and his large size, . . .

Shiraz Melody

2004-12-01T14:03:35-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 26, Reviews: 13 Updated: 12-1-04, Published: 12-1-04
Status: Complete

¿How does sound taste and sight?

Untamed Heart

2004-12-01T09:55:43-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 79, Reviews: 8 Updated: 12-1-04, Published: 12-1-04
Status: Complete

I've heard about this thing called love, it's living somewhere inaccessible to man.

Life Without Sleep

2004-11-30T18:53:49-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 55, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-30-04, Published: 11-30-04
Status: Complete

Expanded comment to KonekOniko’s “Contemplation” story id 1771838. ¿What's death, but sleep without dreams? ¿But, isn't life a dream?

¿Which Consumeth Which?

2004-11-30T17:52:16-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 48, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-30-04, Published: 11-30-04
Status: Complete

¿Once the sparks's lit—does the love consume the heart, or the other way around?

Love's Illusions

2004-11-28T04:14:13-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 110, Reviews: 15 Updated: 11-28-04, Published: 11-28-04
Status: Complete

Love can paint such pretty pictures, but sometimes they've been touched up.

Suspended Syzygy

2004-11-27T07:40:14-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 96, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-27-04, Published: 11-27-04
Status: Complete

Speeding north,—7:24 a.m., Full moon and sun hung above horizon.

Cocoa Cup Storm Haiku

2004-11-26T08:46:59-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 38, Reviews: 12 Updated: 11-26-04, Published: 11-26-04
Status: Complete

In the middle of hoary white winter, Hot cocoa brings tropic’s shining heat.

Uncommon

2004-11-26T08:03:03-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 37, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-26-04, Published: 11-26-04
Status: Complete

Verses of four, syllables four—¿Qua Train? There’s a crazy sanity in rhyming.

Night Dive

2004-11-26T07:30:13-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 62, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-26-04, Published: 11-26-04
Status: Complete

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus take, Under moonlight’s glow walk into the sea.

Her, His, Us Memories

2004-11-25T10:51:37-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 220, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-25-04, Published: 11-25-04
Status: Complete

‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’© An odyssey of love in daily life, Here’s words unsaid should have been on the tape.

¿What’s a Rose?

2004-11-25T08:06:36-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 84, Reviews: 10 Updated: 11-25-04, Published: 11-25-04
Status: Complete

A day of peaceful thoughts and reverie, A day of clear skies and bright yellow sun.

Thanksgiving 2004

2004-11-25T04:35:40-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 175, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-25-04, Published: 11-25-04
Status: Complete

Pure heart was temple enough for Jesus, ¿Do we have the courage to build our own?

How We See

2004-11-24T16:34:20-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 74, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-24-04, Published: 11-24-04
Status: Complete

In still pond’s reflective mirrors far gone, Our ancestors saw themselves and asked this. From a comment to East-Of-Eden’s “Mirror Girl,” story id 1719486

Unbounded Storm

2004-11-24T02:17:05-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 128, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-24-04, Published: 11-24-04
Status: Complete

There are some things that we can only watch, Portents of forces immeasurable.

She Signals When She Wants Me

2004-11-23T06:12:51-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 43, Reviews: 10 Updated: 11-23-04, Published: 11-23-04
Status: Complete

Black, lithe, fleet—a mass of straight lissome hair . . .

Memories Fleeting

2004-11-23T05:58:12-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Fantasy/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 109, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-23-04, Published: 11-23-04
Status: Complete

A.N. Expanded comment to Shiya Shoushi’s “Behind,” story id 1765731. Isn't leaving really traces in mind's memory?

Flood Warning

2004-11-22T09:38:52-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 66, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-22-04, Published: 11-22-04
Status: Complete

Nature's vault pours out tons of rain with displays of lightning & thunder . . as in all life.

Sealed Fate

2004-11-21T16:04:33-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 73, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-21-04, Published: 11-21-04
Status: Complete

If we had time to wait forever, we could weave a magic carpet with time's strands.

No Dear, Not Just Yet

2004-11-21T10:31:37-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 113, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-21-04, Published: 11-21-04
Status: Complete

Every day’s a special joy to be known, Brief and fleet of foot they wander past us.

True Love

2004-11-21T07:48:19-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 92, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-21-04, Published: 11-21-04
Status: Complete

Having loved many wonderful women, There's one whose firm embrace I won't evade.

Darkness Came and Went

2004-11-20T16:53:04-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Tragedy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 168, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-20-04, Published: 11-20-04
Status: Complete

I had a premonition yesterday, And so today drove very carefully.

Premonition

2004-11-19T09:17:32-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 105, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-19-04, Published: 11-19-04
Status: Complete

Sometimes we see the haunting future far, Can only briefly show what it seems like.

¿Who Made Who and Why? Haiku

2004-11-18T16:15:52-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 58, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-18-04, Published: 11-18-04
Status: Complete

There is a question about origins, some people think that Faith can answer it.

One Prayer

2004-11-15T17:53:42-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 124, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-15-04, Published: 11-15-04
Status: Complete

There's a simple prayer that all men and women can share, . . .

Unanswered, Love Questions

2004-11-14T17:58:59-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 150, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-14-04, Published: 11-14-04
Status: Complete

“I Can See Answers on Your Face, ¿But where they tears that streaked down cheeks?” 17 lines (grouped 4-1-4-4-1-3) of 11 syllables each.

Two Halves Form One

2004-11-14T17:34:16-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 78, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-14-04, Published: 11-14-04
Status: Complete

¿Is Love Rational or Irrational ? 15-13, 15-13, 10-9, 10-9

Gossamer Touch

2004-11-14T12:21:44-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 113, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-14-04, Published: 11-14-04
Status: Complete

“Ruben Dario sings that love still finds, -Us, with white hairs, looking for rose’s bloom.”

Tonsorial Artist

2004-11-12T10:16:36-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 102, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-12-04, Published: 11-12-04
Status: Complete

Dedicated to those that care for us once we are past caring.

Time's Span

2004-11-12T08:12:26-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-12-04, Published: 11-12-04
Status: Complete

“My clock has nearly unwound its resorts, -Yet, for You, there’s always Time enough, Love.”

Tea Ceremony

2004-11-11T06:13:01-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 102, Reviews: 7 Updated: 11-11-04, Published: 11-11-04
Status: Complete

From Oda Nobunaga’s time this came, -Something between a Mass and Nature’s song.

Immortals Alone At Last

2004-11-11T05:14:17-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 112, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-11-04, Published: 11-11-04
Status: Complete

PG-13 Rough language. Third poem about Jupiter-Venus. This a.m. the moon was completely occulted and so only Jupiter and Venus remained discernible.

Venus Jupiter Cavort

2004-11-10T10:47:14-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 69, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-10-04, Published: 11-10-04
Status: Complete

This a.m. the crescent moon lay below Jupiter and Venus.

Hello Kiss Haiku

2004-11-09T17:33:38-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 36, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-9-04, Published: 11-9-04
Status: Complete

In response to Faithless Juliet’s “Pink.” www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1756830

Time's Wine

2004-11-09T17:23:53-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 35, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-9-04, Published: 11-9-04
Status: Complete

A pause, then we can feel the taste of time.

Sky Empty But For Clouds

2004-11-09T17:09:29-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 65, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-9-04, Published: 11-9-04
Status: Complete

Even a sky without stars or moon or sun gives us so much.

True Love Always Waits

2004-11-09T13:30:25-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 71, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-9-04, Published: 11-9-04
Status: Complete

¿Is it always Love that patient waits?

No Mask

2004-11-09T04:55:56-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 128, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-9-04, Published: 11-9-04
Status: Complete

An elaborated comment to kerbieflaw’s “Serenade” www.fictionpress.com(slash)read.php?storyid=1756443 Please refer to National Public Radio’s feature about Alice Coltrane’s ‘Linear Light’

Unredeemed

2004-11-09T03:30:21-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 101, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-9-04, Published: 11-9-04
Status: Complete

"For I know that my redemeer liveth" Psalms

Post Election Blues

2004-11-06T13:03:31-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 66, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-6-04, Published: 11-6-04
Status: Complete

A comment to chocoholic's satirical essay on why post-election everyone in the USA will be listening to Country music.

¿Is This a Prayer?

2004-11-06T06:14:11-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 74, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-6-04, Published: 11-6-04
Status: Complete

A little verse that woke up with me this morning.

Orb to Orb Haiku

2004-11-06T00:22:03-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 56, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-6-04, Published: 11-6-04
Status: Complete

Inspired by Pimpled Boy’s “A Collection of Japanese Haikus” and yesterday’s run during which the resplendent sun shone through a clear blue sky and diffracted its light in my eye.

Man Unsure

2004-11-03T15:50:38-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 44, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-3-04, Published: 11-3-04
Status: Complete

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1—A sequence to a question.

North Wind's Play

2004-11-03T05:24:07-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 80, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-3-04, Published: 11-3-04
Status: Complete

A cool wind blows a momentary storm, crashes all power, and gives a brief respite . . .

To Never More

2004-11-02T16:26:49-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 70, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-2-04, Published: 11-2-04
Status: Complete

In response to Siberia1's poem "No More" www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1751241

Truth's Truth

2004-11-02T03:42:33-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 44, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-2-04, Published: 11-2-04
Status: Complete

A short little poem about truth—what can you say in a few words, . . .

Love's Love

2004-11-01T18:53:18-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 172, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-1-04, Published: 11-1-04
Status: Complete

A tanka (5, 7, 5, 7, 7) inspired by kerbieflaw’s “Reflections in the glass.” www.fictionpress.com(slash)read.php?storyid=1750834

Touch, So Gentle

2004-11-01T12:38:44-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 53, Reviews: 1 Updated: 11-1-04, Published: 11-1-04
Status: Complete

A tanka (+)—5, 7, 5, 7, 7, (7)

Hummingbird Prophecy

2004-11-01T08:52:41-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 120, Reviews: 1 Updated: 11-1-04, Published: 11-1-04
Status: Complete

About the moment in the movie "Ray" when he hears a hummingbird's heart skip a beat.

Some Friends Put On a Skit

2004-11-01T06:17:14-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 94, Reviews: 2 Updated: 11-1-04, Published: 11-1-04
Status: Complete

Dedicated to some friends that wrote and produced a play.

Quick Quirks

2004-10-31T03:42:04-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 100, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-31-04, Published: 10-31-04
Status: Complete

¿Is it just perspective, or does everything shift when you look at things?

Two Frog Bowl

2004-10-31T03:17:38-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 108, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-31-04, Published: 10-31-04
Status: Complete

Two happy frogs in bowl of cool water. 4 stanzas in 8-6-6-8 format.

RabbitSheepBoar

2004-10-30T17:52:56-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 147, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-30-04, Published: 10-30-04
Status: Complete

I'm starting to believe there's something to this Zodiac thing.

Sear'd Tears

2004-10-30T11:06:03-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 157, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-30-04, Published: 10-30-04
Status: Complete

Inspired by Kelpylion’s “Timid Sleeper.” and of course, the Bard’s “My way of life has fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf . . .” .

Simple Stalks of Grass

2004-10-28T15:29:41-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 173, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-28-04, Published: 10-28-04
Status: Complete

Not comparable to Whitman—just delighting in simple roadside views.

Morning Full Moon Renga

2004-10-27T14:37:03-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 66, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-27-04, Published: 10-27-04
Status: Complete

A few haiku anticipating tonight's lunar eclipse while looking at the early morning's full moon.

Short Joys

2004-10-26T04:30:53-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 65, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-26-04, Published: 10-26-04
Status: Complete

A thought on Honey Nut Loop's "Pointless Joy."

Two Lip Haiku

2004-10-24T18:15:29-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 62, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 10-24-04
Status: Complete

Two lips—tulips.

Intensity

2004-10-24T18:03:53-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 75, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 10-24-04
Status: Complete

An accident produces pain that goes on day after day, . . .

Little Toad Whine

2004-10-24T15:13:15-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 37, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 10-24-04
Status: Complete

No matter who or what you are, everyone's got a complaint. 5-7-7-5 for the purists to know in advance.

Ocean's Siren Call

2004-10-24T10:40:41-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 98, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 10-24-04
Status: Complete

The sea our primal blood.

Thrombosis

2004-10-24T07:39:08-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: War
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 97, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 10-24-04
Status: Complete

Thrombosis or embolism. What fortune to be able to die from a clot fixed or wandering when the rest of the world openly bleeds.

Quinceañera

2004-10-24T03:30:52-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Family
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 118, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-24-04, Published: 10-24-04
Status: Complete

My daughter's first formal ball.

Holy Death

2004-10-22T19:45:08-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Religion
Language: Spanish, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 87, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-22-04, Published: 10-22-04
Status: Complete

A translation of ms. mary jane's "la santa muerte" www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1741861

Wandering Miscreant

2004-10-22T18:55:30-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 102, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-22-04, Published: 10-22-04
Status: Complete

I wish every letter had a color or a tone—anyway, ¿Do you like Count Basie? ¿Jazz?

Night Passion

2004-10-17T18:22:32-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 89, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-17-04, Published: 10-17-04
Status: Complete

Cooling off after a run, the body starts dreaming . . .

She Eased My Pain

2004-10-17T17:36:15-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 111, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-17-04, Published: 10-17-04
Status: Complete

You meet someone you'll never meet again; and, they still leave you a gift unexpected.

¿Inside—Outside?

2004-10-17T09:11:34-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Tragedy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 107, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-17-04, Published: 10-17-04
Status: Complete

Internal pain, external wounds.

King's Inn

2004-10-16T10:27:09-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 152, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-16-04, Published: 10-16-04
Status: Complete

The old and the new merge—especially in old, old towns.

Harvest Run

2004-10-16T09:56:42-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 61, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-16-04, Published: 10-16-04
Status: Complete

The English countryside in Fall during a run, . . .

Taunton Graveyard

2004-10-16T09:08:26-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 37, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-16-04, Published: 10-16-04
Status: Complete

Stars form carbon basic construct of all life. And then we share it across centuries.

Song of Her

2004-10-16T08:29:21-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 74, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-16-04, Published: 10-16-04
Status: Complete

Of all the things to choose, . . .

NonPC

2004-10-15T20:24:47-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 103, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-15-04, Published: 10-15-04
Status: Complete

History doesn't repeat because they don't learn, they're learning, just the wrong things!

Past the Bridge and Back

2004-10-15T15:37:30-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 181, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-15-04, Published: 10-15-04
Status: Complete

In the dark you run half blind and sometimes really get to see.

Water's Color

2004-10-15T15:09:42-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 71, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-15-04, Published: 10-15-04
Status: Complete

Interesting how colors blend and how different media wash onto white.

Two Leagues

2004-10-15T15:04:24-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-15-04, Published: 10-15-04
Status: Complete

Our bodies, vessels that contain both pain and ecstasy.

Peony Paviliion

2004-10-15T14:30:56-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 227, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-15-04, Published: 10-15-04
Status: Complete

An ancient Chinese fairy tale of 55 chapters boiled down to one little poem!

Indian Givers

2004-10-08T22:56:17-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 115, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-8-04, Published: 10-8-04
Status: Complete

So much joy time brings to us, but then returns it all with pain.

Off to School She Goes

2004-10-08T04:46:39-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 115, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-8-04, Published: 10-8-04
Status: Complete

A little rhyme about everyone's busy-busy life.

Travel Bag

2004-10-07T18:32:00-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 100, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-7-04, Published: 10-7-04
Status: Complete

Inspired by Beth Morgan's "Take Up Your Soul." How few the things we really need when we set upon our way.

Why I Bleed

2004-10-07T03:04:35-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 92, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-7-04, Published: 10-7-04
Status: Complete

Oh yes, I'm into bleeding too, . . .

Smooth'd Vision

2004-10-03T17:15:39-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 49, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-3-04, Published: 10-3-04
Status: Complete

We percieve the world in snippets and translate it into continuity.

Unkempt Things

2004-10-03T14:50:50-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 49, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-3-04, Published: 10-3-04
Status: Complete

Let the yard go for a while and see what crops up.

Things To Do

2004-10-03T14:38:08-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 46, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-3-04, Published: 10-3-04
Status: Complete

The mechanics of life could consume every moment.

Trampled Brambles

2004-10-03T11:28:27-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 265, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-3-04, Published: 10-3-04
Status: Complete

Inspired by DiJen's "Rambles, Rants and None Above." These haikus are a one-for-one shadow.

Under Stand

2004-10-03T07:52:41-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 45, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-3-04, Published: 10-3-04
Status: Complete

Onomatopoeia is a form of thank you, but all I can do is poorly rhyme—a Dr. Zeuss like little poem. (Bad pun, I know, but, ¡He truly was a god of rhyme)

Star'song

2004-10-02T22:55:10-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 74, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-2-04, Published: 10-2-04
Status: Complete

Star dust we walk a remnant of a sun now dead.

Unwanted Thorns

2004-10-02T20:37:18-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 49, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-2-04, Published: 10-2-04
Status: Complete

Eradicated from the "nicer" places, thorn'd weeds still fluorish in their wildness.

Thistle's Sonnet

2004-10-02T16:15:01-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 90, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-2-04, Published: 10-2-04
Status: Complete

¿Have you ever closely examined a thistle? What an elegant and beautiful functionality!

¿Bored?

2004-10-02T07:08:35-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 54, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-2-04, Published: 10-2-04
Status: Complete

¿What does it mean to be bored?

Storm's Eye

2004-10-02T05:54:57-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 44, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-2-04, Published: 10-2-04
Status: Complete

The eye of the hurricane gives a false sense of relief.

¿How to Read the Heart?

2004-10-02T02:20:45-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 67, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-2-04, Published: 10-2-04
Status: Complete

¿Is our experience translatable to another's language?¿What does it take to understand another?¿Is another's grimace, just one person's answer or is it the world's?

Tectonic Shifts

2004-10-01T16:25:30-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 63, Reviews: 1 Updated: 10-1-04, Published: 10-1-04
Status: Complete

Rolling verdant hills, flowered river banks, run a few miles in the English countryside and feel its geology.

Thinking Like a Lawyer

2004-10-01T13:45:54-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 60, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-1-04, Published: 10-1-04
Status: Complete

Barristers are taught to take up either side of an argument.

Thorn'd Arrangement

2004-09-30T06:12:15-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 50, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-30-04, Published: 9-30-04
Status: Complete

Wild grasses offer symmetry and beauty in their fierce competitiveness.

Holy Loch to Glasgow

2004-09-29T21:02:15-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 90, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-29-04, Published: 9-29-04
Status: Complete

Scotland's natural beauty haunts while on the land, upon the sea or in its airs; and, persists long afterwards.

¿Is It You That’s Mad?

2004-09-29T04:59:15-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 31, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-29-04, Published: 9-29-04
Status: Complete

What's normalcy when all of us are crzy (1 of 5 kids has some mental problem, 1 of 4 teenagers is depressed, ...)

Oxford Renga

2004-09-29T03:25:15-08:00

Author: Manuel Fajar
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 292, Reviews: 2 Updated: 9-29-04, Published: 9-29-04
Status: Complete

5 Haikus about Oxford, a wonderful mythic land in shroud covered England.