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The Last

2013-01-14T13:28:53-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
General
English, Rated: T
Drama/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 300, Reviews: 1, Complete

The last woman on Earth stood over the body of the last man on Earth and dropped the bloody pipe next to him.

Home Towns: None

2013-01-13T23:50:46-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 106, Reviews: 2, Complete

Musings of a transient.

Booty Appreciation Post

2013-01-01T13:22:34-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Love
English, Rated: T
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 124, Reviews: 1, Complete

Naughty thoughts.

Just Once

2013-01-01T13:19:56-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: T
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 352, Reviews: 1, Complete

Triggers and flashbacks.

Made of Gasoline

2013-01-01T06:37:34-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 195, Reviews: 1, Complete

Anger problems.

Isabel

2012-10-12T05:48:46-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Haiku
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 14, Reviews: 0, Complete

A child who used to live here.

Iodine

2012-08-05T16:00:17-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Haiku
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 13, Reviews: 2, Complete

A moment from my CT scan.

Instructions for Treatment of My Corpse

2012-07-29T16:31:13-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 35, Reviews: 1, Complete

inevitable

Buckley

2012-02-13T04:08:21-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Haiku
English, Rated: K
Humor/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 12, Reviews: 1, Complete

B U

The End of the World Came and Went Without Event

2011-08-28T20:13:25-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
General
English, Rated: K+
Tragedy/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 170, Reviews: 0, Complete

A sequel to "The End of the World Was a Silent Ordeal".

Migraine

2011-05-19T01:36:43-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Haiku
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 11, Reviews: 2, Complete

aura.

Afterimages

2011-03-09T23:33:08-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
General
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 66, Reviews: 1, Complete

Riding in a car at night.

Nothing, Nothing Ever Happened There

2011-01-08T03:56:49-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
General
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 110, Reviews: 0, Complete

PTSD.

A poem I'd like to write

2010-11-04T14:15:08-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Love
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 35, Reviews: 2, Complete

but can't.

The Ghost

2010-10-09T03:34:26-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 96, Reviews: 1, Complete

What depression looks like from the outside.

The Dark, He Looks Like Me

2010-10-06T00:27:58-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Religion
English, Rated: K+
Fantasy
Chapters: 1, Words: 123, Reviews: 1, Complete

I tried to touch the sacred Word, but it didn't take too kind to me. If I'd tried too much I would'a been burned, too long and it would'a blinded me.

The Eye

2010-07-25T16:00:40-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Horror
English, Rated: M
Horror/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,688, Reviews: 1, Complete

A nightmare I had. A hundred-eyed mouth, countless victims in the coils of its infinite limbs, the sound of crunching bones and the screams of the undying dead, and a voice telling me I will always be afraid. Just a dream? I guess you'll have to decide.

Some Things Must Be Left Behind

2010-04-14T12:10:32-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 181, Reviews: 0, Complete

In, "What Can Be Left Behind?", I stated that mere arguments should not let a friendship be cast aside like litter. But sometimes, a 'mere' argument is but a symptom of a seeping sickness in a relationship.

Caret caret semicolon

2010-04-13T02:23:19-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Haiku
English, Rated: K
Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 33, Reviews: 2, Complete

Just a three-haiku set about internet crushes.

Rezha, The Kingdom of Lies

2008-12-25T07:13:49-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Fable
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,392, Reviews: 0, Complete

Standard-issue fantasy fairy tale? Or a parable about the corporate world by a disgruntled employee? Psst: It's the latter.

Definition of Dwelling

2008-12-08T00:33:58-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 345, Reviews: 0, Complete

I've had as many homes as birthdays, including some places that may not count as "homes". Or "buildings". This is a frustrated poem about a few of those places of dwelling.

Ferndale

2008-11-01T14:29:18-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Horror
English, Rated: T
Horror/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,364, Reviews: 2, Complete

The forest is filled with bones. The children are sick in the head. Animals are dying in the fields. The house is tainted. Vultures are circling. And the worst part is? This is a true story.

Souvenirs

2008-10-01T00:36:39-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 0, Complete

I set boots upon a virgin earth, and soles upon an unseen soil. The wind, it moves before me, and sun-scented breezes fill the sails I unfold for flight...

Maybe Eden Wasn't Meant To Be

2008-09-13T00:45:53-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 71, Reviews: 1, Complete

People who have suffered are often drawn together.

Waking Up

2008-09-01T17:30:09-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K
Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 250, Reviews: 0, Complete

Waking up is hard to do, for life as dreams is nice-- when you are not aware that you are dreaming. But both are a fragile state, and once broken, only progression can take place.

I Dreamed That You Were Dying

2008-06-10T01:34:41-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Friendship
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 93, Reviews: 3, Complete

That was the very last time that I knew you were alive; the very last time I saw the person that you used to be inside.

The Storm

2008-06-01T03:30:02-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
Spiritual/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 278, Reviews: 2, Complete

Alone, under the sirens and sound of tornadoes, I hid in the basement, coming to terms with the fact that I may die there. This is a poem about that experience, and what it feels like to accept death.

Given

2008-05-03T23:11:30-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Love
English, Rated: K+
Romance/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 205, Reviews: 2, Complete

A poem about selflessness, selfishness, marriage and divorce.

Regret

2008-02-28T01:56:03-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 301, Reviews: 1, Complete

We are different people by the things that we have seen, and every inutterably dark place that we have ever been, in a world that won't change its ways but will make us trade ours for its.

Sunbeams Mistaken

2008-02-27T22:51:46-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K
Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 137, Reviews: 1, Complete

For only the fact that a mole on your back was put there by a so obviously malevolent sun.

The Garbage Disposal

2008-01-26T22:08:29-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: T
Sci-Fi
Chapters: 1, Words: 4,353, Reviews: 1, Complete

A miraculous machine can transform all of Earth's garbage instantly into fresh, reusable resources. It seems flawless, until one garbage man finds out what happens when a living being passes through the portal...

Donald's Trip

2008-01-26T22:06:06-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Sci-Fi
English, Rated: K+
Sci-Fi
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,547, Reviews: 1, Complete

Donald constructs a time machine in the neighborhood junkyard, much to the amusement of his friends, who doubt his contraption's functionality until the day he hops in, straps in, and vanishes...

The Glasses

2008-01-26T22:03:50-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Horror
English, Rated: T
Horror/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,679, Reviews: 1, Complete

A librarian possesses a mysterious pair of glasses, and whoever tries them on is struck with fear, but what does one see through them?

Lights

2008-01-26T22:01:21-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Horror
English, Rated: T
Horror/Supernatural
Chapters: 1, Words: 3,574, Reviews: 2, Complete

Sometimes I dream about the end of the world. This is one of those dreams.

Thief

2008-01-26T21:49:59-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Fantasy
English, Rated: T
Fantasy/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 212, Reviews: 2, Complete

A dream I had where I stole the sun, moon and stars, and stuffed them in a bag.

Little Bird

2008-01-26T21:48:32-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Religion
English, Rated: K
Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 191, Reviews: 1, Complete

Listen to what I have to say, you have to learn to love tomorrow more than yesterday.

I'm Alive

2008-01-26T21:43:03-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K+
Spiritual/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 320, Reviews: 0, Complete

Dying will I always do, but not as soon as this burning cold world would have me go.

Hard Lesson Learned

2008-01-26T21:41:30-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Life
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 229, Reviews: 1, Complete

I wasn't sad, but had regret, I'd tried returning whence I already left.

The Weight of Want

2008-01-26T21:39:18-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 285, Reviews: 0, Complete

If only I could cast away each empty shell, each husk of long gotten benefits and old unused wants.

Autumn in New Hampshire

2008-01-26T21:31:10-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Nature
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 76, Reviews: 2, Complete

A poem about, well, autumn in New Hampshire.

The End of the World Was a Silent Ordeal

2008-01-26T21:28:35-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
General
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 190, Reviews: 1, Complete

The end was nigh and they were stuck in a cage, shouts rose high and fists flew with outrage.

Morning

2008-01-26T21:13:39-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Nature
English, Rated: K
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 73, Reviews: 0, Complete

Frog hermits retreating into placid lily ponds, field mice greeting each other in wheatstalk houses.

What Can Be Left Behind?

2008-01-26T21:09:32-08:00

Author: JoelleHaskell
Friendship
English, Rated: K+
General
Chapters: 1, Words: 316, Reviews: 1, Complete

This friendship isn't finished, this bond has not diminished, it cannot be left behind.