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Never Leave

2006-03-05T07:41:19-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 278, Reviews: 6 Updated: 3-5-06, Published: 3-5-06
Status: Complete

Never leave - I warn you now - the comfort of your own country

The Wizard's Candle

2006-02-17T13:15:32-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Fantasy
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Mystery
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,035, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-17-06, Published: 2-17-06
Status: Complete

Hero is on a quest to seek out the "wizard", but a stranger on the way causes him to contemplate on why. A satire of the 'fantasy' genre.

Wooden Heart

2005-08-13T15:13:42-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 184, Reviews: 6 Updated: 8-13-05, Published: 8-13-05
Status: Complete

A love-sick poem tries to communicate with its reader.

Manky Carpet

2005-06-23T12:08:51-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Humor/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 146, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-23-05, Published: 6-23-05
Status: Complete

A house-moving experience obsessed with the rank quality of the carpet.

Consoling Satira

2005-06-04T15:14:26-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 132, Reviews: 10 Updated: 6-4-05, Published: 6-4-05
Status: Complete

Why do some of us need things like this : ) and this : ( to understand a satirical response? Isn't your English and punctuation good enough?

To His Shy Girlfriend

2005-05-21T17:29:38-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Romance/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 581, Reviews: 9 Updated: 5-21-05, Published: 5-21-05
Status: Complete

Romance is sex dressed up. Transposition of Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'.

Girl with the Flamethrower Hair

2005-05-01T09:30:32-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Mystery
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Mystery
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,002, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-1-05, Published: 5-1-05
Status: Complete

Most children have best friends. What they mean by ‘best friend’ is a person, usually another child, with whom they spend a majority of their time. Sad to say, I never had a ‘best friend’, though some may argue that I did.

Schoolboy

2005-04-21T11:32:47-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Parody/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 231, Reviews: 8 Updated: 4-21-05, Published: 4-21-05
Status: Complete

Schoolboys are lush - but which ones? The real or the fashioned? Inspired by Robert Herrick's poem 'Delight in Disorder'.

To Autumn

2005-04-20T13:49:18-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 361, Reviews: 4 Updated: 4-20-05, Published: 4-20-05
Status: Complete

Five haikus reflecting the nature of one autumn afternoon...

All My Dandelions Are Dead Mermaids

2005-04-09T16:34:42-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Fantasy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 144, Reviews: 13 Updated: 4-9-05, Published: 4-9-05
Status: Complete

Portrait of a misogynist. (Third villanelle).

Documentaries

2005-04-08T19:29:19-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 46, Reviews: 7 Updated: 4-8-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Tell people their mistakes and they're fated to make them anyway. (History = Reverse Psychology)

Dinner With The Blacks

2005-04-08T16:21:16-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Parody/Mystery
Chapters: 1, Words: 431, Reviews: 1 Updated: 4-8-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

For Andrew Townsend, a simple invitation to dinner turns inexplicably into a nightmare.

Not The Tiger

2005-04-08T14:17:04-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 339, Reviews: 7 Updated: 4-8-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Bleak parody of William Blake's poem.

The Reason

2005-04-08T14:04:15-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 159, Reviews: 4 Updated: 4-8-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Respect for someone who decides to kill themselves. (Second villanelle - completely rewritten.)

Never Dead Yet

2005-04-08T13:44:55-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 46, Reviews: 6 Updated: 4-8-05, Published: 4-8-05
Status: Complete

Every film gets this part wrong. (Goes to show money can't buy perfection, hmm.)

Ignored as a Child

2005-03-18T14:51:04-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Family
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 181, Reviews: 14 Updated: 3-18-05, Published: 3-18-05
Status: Complete

Some parents deserve sadness and loneliness in their old age. (Malice prepense.)

About the Weather

2005-03-15T11:50:25-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Family
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 152, Reviews: 12 Updated: 3-15-05, Published: 3-15-05
Status: Complete

Some of us grow distant from our parents.

Songs for Lady Aspen

2005-03-13T14:38:36-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Romance
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 623, Reviews: 4 Updated: 3-13-05, Published: 3-13-05
Status: Complete

A wandering musician dedicates himself to a lady he has only met once.

The Way of the World

2005-03-12T19:24:44-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 254, Reviews: 3 Updated: 3-12-05, Published: 3-12-05
Status: Complete

Based on Edgar Gambin's version of 'The Last Supper'. The only thing we're good at is watching - except this one guy, who tells us we'll be fine.

Smoking is a Pastime

2005-03-11T21:18:04-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 295, Reviews: 12 Updated: 3-11-05, Published: 3-11-05
Status: Complete

It's harder to become a smoker than it is to stop smoking.

Centertaf

2005-03-11T17:02:32-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 108, Reviews: 4 Updated: 3-11-05, Published: 3-11-05
Status: Complete

War memorials just look nice.

Five Ways of Looking at Grass

2005-03-10T12:42:09-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 2, Words: 190, Reviews: 10 Updated: 3-10-05, Published: 3-10-05
Status: Complete

Grass is obnoxious.

Admirer

2005-03-09T19:07:25-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 23, Reviews: 11 Updated: 3-9-05, Published: 3-9-05
Status: Complete

Dedicated to the one I love - but who is it? (Is it you)

Mourning Flowers

2005-03-08T09:46:48-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 309, Reviews: 2 Updated: 3-8-05, Published: 3-8-05
Status: Complete

Written from the perspective of the fly in Emily Dickinson's 'I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died'.

Jessica Wednesday

2005-03-07T19:11:32-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 197, Reviews: 8 Updated: 3-7-05, Published: 3-7-05
Status: Complete

Based on an article about a 7-year-old girl who is starved by her parents over 5 years. No one knew.

The Mystery of Empty Condoms

2005-03-03T10:36:42-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Humor/Mystery
Chapters: 2, Words: 193, Reviews: 11 Updated: 3-3-05, Published: 3-3-05
Status: Complete

Something my neighbours - mature university students (supposedly) - posted through my letterbox today.

Diffident

2005-03-01T09:06:28-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Mystery
Chapters: 1, Words: 116, Reviews: 7 Updated: 3-1-05, Published: 3-1-05
Status: Complete

Thoughts can make you ill. Please think before crossing the road.

Pornography

2005-02-28T17:42:38-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 12, Reviews: 8 Updated: 2-28-05, Published: 2-28-05
Status: Complete

We all get these digital urges - the lads, more so.

Wrongnight Stand

2005-02-28T14:12:39-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 293, Reviews: 7 Updated: 2-28-05, Published: 2-28-05
Status: Complete

Not all nights end with sexual encounters. You just think they do.

Opportunity

2005-02-28T13:57:01-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 15, Reviews: 7 Updated: 2-28-05, Published: 2-28-05
Status: Complete

If it's there, take it.

Compliment

2005-02-22T07:51:20-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 14, Reviews: 7 Updated: 2-22-05, Published: 2-22-05
Status: Complete

A respectful bow to a fellow fictionspress poet (Macca Lane).

Take It With a Pinch of Salt

2005-02-22T06:10:15-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 82, Reviews: 3 Updated: 2-22-05, Published: 2-22-05
Status: Complete

Comment on a recent piece of American research claiming that "marital rowing (is) 'good for wives".

Robbler

2005-02-20T17:41:17-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 214, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-20-05, Published: 2-20-05
Status: Complete

Comment on the recent development of the 'Toddler',

Portrait of a Young Coward

2005-02-18T10:56:46-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 482, Reviews: 3 Updated: 2-18-05, Published: 2-18-05
Status: Complete

Choosing to die is easy. Dying is the hard part.

Amputee

2005-02-18T10:30:51-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 67, Reviews: 2 Updated: 2-18-05, Published: 2-18-05
Status: Complete

One-handed philosophy.

Don't

2005-02-11T19:09:23-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 56, Reviews: 8 Updated: 2-11-05, Published: 2-11-05
Status: Complete

Some people should mind their own business.

Train

2005-01-30T09:12:15-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 297, Reviews: 5 Updated: 1-30-05, Published: 1-30-05
Status: Complete

One man does not catch the train like everyone else.

Shopping in Basra

2005-01-21T13:19:50-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 59, Reviews: 2 Updated: 1-21-05, Published: 1-21-05
Status: Complete

While people are having it rough in Iraq, what are we doing at home?

Dream Sequence

2005-01-21T12:55:54-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Mystery
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Mystery/Fantasy
Chapters: 2, Words: 545, Reviews: 1 Updated: 1-21-05, Published: 1-21-05
Status: Complete

Dreams make no sense when you're awake, but the ones you remember are worth it.

ちかん

2004-12-13T17:40:33-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 134, Reviews: 4 Updated: 12-13-04, Published: 12-13-04
Status: Complete

Written in protest against sexual harassment on Japanese trains. Features Japanese sentences.

His Innocence

2004-12-13T15:02:21-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 131, Reviews: 9 Updated: 12-13-04, Published: 12-13-04
Status: Complete

IMPORTANT: Do not read if you are particularly sensitive.

Monday's Child

2004-12-12T18:41:41-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 305, Reviews: 4 Updated: 12-12-04, Published: 12-12-04
Status: Complete

Christmas parody of Rachel Sturges' 'Monday's Child'. Influenced by Tim Burton's 'Vincent'.

Envying Cats

2004-12-12T10:28:35-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 88, Reviews: 5 Updated: 12-12-04, Published: 12-12-04
Status: Complete

The sad truth: talking to a cat about your problems never makes you feel any better.

Blue

2004-12-11T10:09:34-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 13, Reviews: 2 Updated: 12-11-04, Published: 12-11-04
Status: Complete

Sympathetic background to the depressed.

MISSING:LOGIC

2004-12-01T15:08:16-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 45, Reviews: 6 Updated: 12-1-04, Published: 12-1-04
Status: Complete

Why can't people just get along? And if they can't, why can't they give a good reason?

Scared of Men

2004-11-25T12:23:41-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 10, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-25-04, Published: 11-25-04
Status: Complete

This is open to interpretation.

There must have been sand in the alcohol

2004-11-18T15:29:34-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 110, Reviews: 8 Updated: 11-18-04, Published: 11-18-04
Status: Complete

A sonnet about someone who gets so drunk she imagines herself to be a palm tree friends with God.

I Am A Secret

2004-11-15T18:17:31-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 2, Words: 178, Reviews: 16 Updated: 11-15-04, Published: 10-19-04
Status: Complete

Written for those who are too shy to show themselves to the person they love.

The Case of Sir Raphus Cucullatus

2004-11-15T17:55:05-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 179, Reviews: 1 Updated: 11-15-04, Published: 11-15-04
Status: Complete

It's time the dodo had his nonsensical revenge!

Civil War

2004-11-06T09:30:24-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 195, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-6-04, Published: 11-6-04
Status: Complete

Critical satire of... whatever you like. (PG for use of the 'D' word.)

A Portrait of You

2004-10-29T16:22:40-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Mystery
Chapters: 1, Words: 107, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-29-04, Published: 10-29-04
Status: Complete

Sometimes, when you really, really love someone, doing this is going a little too far. (Italian sonnet.)

The Tale of Fingal Gloom

2004-10-29T08:05:42-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Fable
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Tragedy
Chapters: 4, Words: 1,619, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-29-04, Published: 10-29-04
Status: Complete

A story that hasn't been told to a fox before.

I believe Drinking is an old man's sport

2004-10-29T06:44:16-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-29-04, Published: 10-28-04
Status: Complete

A serious/humorous outlook on drinking in pubs. (English sonnet.)

Musing

2004-10-19T08:07:43-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 23, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-19-04, Published: 10-19-04
Status: Complete

I'm certain this train of thought has been caught by more 100% of the thinking population.

the sea at night

2004-10-17T18:37:08-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Nature
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 69, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-17-04, Published: 10-17-04
Status: Complete

Have you ever seen the sea at night?

You have no right to be happy

2004-10-17T16:36:32-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 117, Reviews: 5 Updated: 10-17-04, Published: 10-17-04
Status: Complete

You wake up to a bad day, but the rest of the world doesn't seem to know about it.

Commoners

2004-10-15T07:08:42-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 54, Reviews: 4 Updated: 10-15-04, Published: 10-15-04
Status: Complete

An indignant (and one-sided) response to the division of social classes by wealth, education – and chiefly - accent.

Christopher Columbus

2004-10-08T10:32:59-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Mystery/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 208, Reviews: 2 Updated: 10-8-04, Published: 10-8-04
Status: Complete

Being attracted to someone would bring harm rather than gratify...

THIS IS NOT A SUICIDE

2004-10-06T16:21:59-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 182, Reviews: 9 Updated: 10-6-04, Published: 10-6-04
Status: Complete

For those who have tried their best to live on.

The Door

2004-09-29T13:32:27-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 39, Reviews: 7 Updated: 9-29-04, Published: 9-29-04
Status: Complete

Beware, toilet graffiti. (Double cinquain.)

The Ballad of Sam O'Grady

2004-09-21T11:11:45-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 294, Reviews: 2 Updated: 9-21-04, Published: 9-21-04
Status: Complete

A shady character gone doolally?

Jealousy

2004-09-20T16:28:35-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 138, Reviews: 4 Updated: 9-20-04, Published: 9-20-04
Status: Complete

Bitter version of the romantic sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…’) aimed at every class’ Teacher’s Pet.

Ode to the Goodlooking Lad

2004-09-20T14:37:56-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 156, Reviews: 8 Updated: 9-20-04, Published: 9-20-04
Status: Complete

Being good-looking isn't as easy as some people think.

The Quiet Gentleman

2004-09-19T08:53:51-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 479, Reviews: 4 Updated: 9-19-04, Published: 9-19-04
Status: Complete

About a troubled young man.

When I stop ranting

2004-09-18T15:23:40-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 89, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-18-04, Published: 9-18-04
Status: Complete

A way to kill the conversation.

Obvious

2004-09-17T14:58:32-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 24, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-17-04, Published: 9-17-04
Status: Complete

A short portfolio of words and phrases that accompany this word.

Victoria

2004-09-17T14:51:55-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 73, Reviews: 4 Updated: 9-17-04, Published: 9-17-04
Status: Complete

Doesn't anybody else think that porcelain dolls emanate Evil Intent?

The Phoenix

2004-09-17T13:54:01-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 90, Reviews: 2 Updated: 9-17-04, Published: 9-17-04
Status: Complete

Life is about living with confidence.

Dear Mother

2004-09-17T13:16:45-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Family
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 3, Words: 210, Reviews: 8 Updated: 9-17-04, Published: 9-17-04
Status: Complete

Written for Mothering Sunday 2004.

Selfcentred

2004-09-17T12:42:55-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 36, Reviews: 5 Updated: 9-17-04, Published: 9-17-04
Status: Complete

A satirical prayer in the Confession Box.

90s Child

2004-09-16T10:30:28-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 40, Reviews: 5 Updated: 9-16-04, Published: 9-16-04
Status: Complete

Influenced by an article read in the Daily Mail entitled "Adults act like children and children act like adults." Is it a wonder why the kids aren't alright...?

Smokers

2004-09-14T10:46:46-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: School
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 361, Reviews: 9 Updated: 9-14-04, Published: 9-14-04
Status: Complete

Dedicated to smokers.

They Call The Others 'Heroes'

2004-08-10T10:29:16-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 173, Reviews: 2 Updated: 8-10-04, Published: 8-10-04
Status: Complete

Just when you think everything's dandy, that little voice starts talking. It tries to make the Way Out sound better than the Way In. It tries to make you give up.

To Andrew Jacob

2004-07-31T13:46:49-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Haiku
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 7, Reviews: 1 Updated: 7-31-04, Published: 7-31-04
Status: Complete

Good-humoured response to a fellow fictionpress poet's haiku 'I Am Piano'. (Slightly revised.)

Tea & Coffee

2004-07-28T13:58:51-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 113, Reviews: 22 Updated: 7-28-04, Published: 7-28-04
Status: Complete

Written in response to gay marriages. What's the gigantic fuss about? Love is love, isn't it?

Dear Mr Blair

2004-07-25T06:45:02-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 174, Reviews: 4 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

He's a man born to be questioned, yet he's born without the answers.

Comment on Tony Blair

2004-07-25T06:38:22-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Politics
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 25, Reviews: 4 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

Satirical verse I once wrote on an envelope I sent to a friend. Mr Blair, poor bloke; doesn't know whether he's coming or going...

The Great War

2004-07-25T06:33:59-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: War
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 103, Reviews: 1 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

A satirical poem inspired by reading WW1 Literature. The only war that truly exists is the one between us and our minds.

My life fails to rhyme

2004-07-25T06:27:07-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 32, Reviews: 5 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

Don't you get the feeling that, some days, life is just one huge song you don't know how to sing?

The Astronaut

2004-07-25T06:18:38-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 143, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

I wrote this poem after glimpsing an astronaut on a science textbook. I was trying to argue how the exploration of Space spoils someone's belief in (a) god. You go up there and find that you're in a vacuum - a Nowhere - so how can there be (a) god?

Saviour

2004-07-25T06:09:23-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Religion
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 39, Reviews: 6 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

A short poem on what it is like to be a Saviour nobody appreciates or recognises.

The Parcel

2004-07-25T05:08:08-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: War
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 58, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

Written with inspiration from the conditions of WW1 and the indignation of British soldiers during the War on Terrorism.

The Parable of the Sun and the Seed

2004-07-25T04:56:01-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 598, Reviews: 4 Updated: 7-25-04, Published: 7-25-04
Status: Complete

Sometimes, parents who mean too well do it too well. This is for the daughters (and sons) out there who think so too.

The Wind spoke of Nothing

2004-07-24T12:39:56-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 59, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-24-04, Published: 7-24-04
Status: Complete

Social Anxiety (or Social Phobia, as it is also known) is - according to psycholgists and their statistics for the Government and the General Good of the People - supposedly the world's third most common mental illness.

Have you heard what I've said

2004-07-24T12:25:58-08:00

Author: grim-dreamer
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 122, Reviews: 6 Updated: 7-24-04, Published: 7-24-04
Status: Complete

For those who have had an experience similar to the person in this poem.