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P.H. Wise
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since: 02-21-02, id: 173951
country: United States
Author has written 50 stories for Nature, Love, Life, Family, Religion, Fantasy, Politics, Haiku, Fable, Biography, and General.
College student with way too much time on his hands. Am in to anime, roleplaying games, classical music, and esoteric references. 
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1. Apostolic Mission to the Finale of Seem
A poem about doubt, death, horror, and other cheerful things. Is there any goodness to be found in this world? Is there even such a thing as goodness? Shall 'be' be finale of seem? A response of sorts to Wallace Stevens' "The Emperor of Icecream."
Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 319 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-12-09 - Published: 1-12-09
2. Distant Redeemer reviews
A poem about doubt, Neverland, Hell, and a distant redeemer.
Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: T - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 624 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-12-09 - Published: 1-12-09
3. Localized Whitman reviews
There is nothing in all the world quite as tiny as the universal. Nothing so enormous as the local, the specific, the singular. This tree, that blade of grass, that woman...
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 238 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-12-08 - Published: 2-12-08
4. Long Day
At the end of a long, rainy day, a woman has a chance encounter...
Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 295 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-17-07 - Published: 5-17-07
5. Dawn reviews
Of the dawn, a baby's first cry, good, evil, and renewal.
Complete - Family - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 94 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-18-07 - Published: 4-18-07
6. The Stars Knew That reviews
Of truth, the night, and your own reflection.
Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 143 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-2-07 - Published: 4-2-07
7. New Green Leaves
The new green leaves on the tree the cycle continues.
Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 36 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-2-07 - Published: 4-2-07
8. Naked reviews
A short poem about a feeling that's hard to express. Not nakedness in the conventional sense, but something other.
Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-2-07 - Published: 4-2-07
9. The Blackberry Patch reviews
It is life.
Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 39 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-2-07 - Published: 4-2-07
10. Prometheus reviews
The good thief, the bad master...
Complete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 227 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-2-07 - Published: 4-2-07
11. Mezzanine
No longer a lump of coal, not yet a diamond. That's the state of every Christian, I suppose. This poem is about that strange state of inbetween. Sort of.
Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 2-20-07 - Published: 2-20-07
12. Friedrich's 'Winter Landscape' reviews
Based on the painting 'Winter Landscape,'by Friedrich. An old man faces the winter of his life.
Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-20-07 - Published: 2-20-07
13. Grandpa reviews
Of Grandfathers, Grandmothers, and all that's best and irreplacable about the people we love.
Complete - Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 264 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-20-07 - Published: 2-20-07
14. Looking Back reviews
Of trees and childhood, winter and spring.
Complete - Nature - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 2-17-07 - Published: 2-17-07
15. Flying Bears
A poem about birds who learn to fly, bears who don't, and the sad, often uncrossable gap between one kind of relationship and another.
Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 2-15-07 - Published: 2-15-07
16. The Cataract reviews
I led her by the hand along the path of dust...
Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-13-06 - Published: 10-13-06
17. Resurrection Day
A visit of the sepulcher leads to an unexpected epiphany.
Religion - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 178 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-13-06 - Published: 10-13-06
18. HeartWinter » reviews
Near the autumn equinox, I took the cemetery road...
Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 2 - Words: 351 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-6-06 - Published: 9-21-06
19. The Cove » reviews
The Cove - the kelp forest - the roaring waves - the fury of the tide - a handful of pebbles.
Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 2 - Words: 195 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-6-06 - Published: 7-22-04
20. Life Eternal
Time, a starry night, crickets, and an empty classroom with everyone's things still in it.
Religion - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 62 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-26-06 - Published: 9-26-06
21. A Serpent in the Garden reviews
There is a serpent in the garden. I'm not sure how well this works, born as it is from sheer fury, but I found that I could not stop my pen before it was all on the page.
Politics - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-19-06 - Published: 9-19-06
22. Eagle's Roost reviews
The eagle's roost is occupied again, though not by eagle-kind, nor other bird...
Politics - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 61 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-8-06 - Published: 5-8-06
23. BirdSong reviews
Two men walking down a road - on perspective
Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-24-05 - Published: 6-24-05
24. Drooping Leaves and Stately Trees reviews
A musing on the gulf between childhood and adulthood
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 94 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-20-05 - Published: 5-20-05
25. Late Afternoon » reviews
Late afternoon, and the yearning for Heaven.
Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Spiritual - Chapters: 2 - Words: 382 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-13-05 - Published: 4-13-05
26. RainBeat reviews
After watching the rain by moonlight...
Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-29-04 - Published: 5-29-04
27. In Light of a Slasher Movie Marathon reviews
After a long night of watching a heavily censored Friday the 13th Marathon...
Haiku - Fiction Rated: T - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 29 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-29-04 - Published: 5-29-04
28. Christopher reviews
In memory of a ten year old autistic boy...
Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 124 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-29-04 - Published: 4-29-04
29. The Creek reviews
The dignity of the earth has withered, but the roots of the mountains go deep...
Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 92 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-27-04 - Published: 3-27-04
30. Blue Cups » reviews
A vingette dealing with a child learning how to count. An experiment in perspective. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Biography - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 1,414 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-23-04 - Published: 3-18-04
31. War March reviews
When darkness comes, he does not come alone.
Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 179 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-11-04 - Published: 3-11-04
32. The Green reviews
After their old tree-house falls over in a thunder storm, two children go into the woods to find a replacement...
Fable - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,006 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-10-04 - Published: 2-10-04
33. Winter Chill reviews
Breath
Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 12-15-03 - Published: 12-15-03
34. Garden reviews
The forest greenery - at dawn
Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 12-15-03 - Published: 12-15-03
35. Memory II
A companion piece to another poem of mine. Memory should be read first, followed by this one.
Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-13-03 - Published: 12-13-03
36. The Rally reviews
Ah, the grand show. Political rallies, impassioned speeches, and stirring arguments...
Politics - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 155 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 12-13-03 - Published: 12-13-03
37. Yet Not Alone reviews
A sonnet. C&C very much requested. "The hearth has cooled, and dim the light of home..."
Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 112 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-3-03 - Published: 12-3-03
38. Grandma reviews
A body should never be empty. The warmth of a home should not fade.
Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 190 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-17-03 - Published: 11-17-03
39. ShadowFlowers reviews
The shadow-flowers filled the night...
Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 41 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-4-03 - Published: 11-4-03
40. The Fear reviews
Strange as it may seem, this is a true story. The event described herein really did happen to me - I was in first grade at the time, and it's still as vivid in my memory as the night it actually happened.
Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-15-03 - Published: 10-15-03
41. A Prayer reviews
I'm not really sure about this one. It's straight from the heart, but I'm not sure how well it works as poetry. C&C would be greatly appreciated.
Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 124 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-15-03 - Published: 10-15-03
42. The Little Dog Wagged His Tail
A pondering on life and death, of darkness and the sacred breath...
Religion - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 176 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-13-03 - Published: 10-13-03
43. Forsaken
Sometimes we forget. Sometimes we take it for granted...
Religion - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 118 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-6-03 - Published: 10-6-03
44. Foggy Night reviews
This one's odd - a bit different from what I normally write. I'm not sure how well it works, and C&C would be greatly appreciated.
Nature - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-5-03 - Published: 10-5-03
45. Freedom
And are we any different?
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 62 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-4-03 - Published: 10-4-03
46. The One My Soul Loves reviews
Funny how life is sometimes
Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 235 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-2-03 - Published: 10-2-03
47. Brother reviews
Where now is the fire that burned? Where the music that once filled the hills?
Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 161 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-1-03 - Published: 10-1-03
48. Memory reviews
Age, memory, and home.
Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-1-03 - Published: 10-1-03
49. A Moonlit Evening reviews
A ballad - the Moonlit Evening
Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 231 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-30-03 - Published: 9-30-03
50. The Rabbit reviews
Injustice.
Nature - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 63 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-29-03 - Published: 9-29-03
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