aberlemno
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since: 08-29-02, id: 260198, Profile Updated: 09-14-11
country: UK
Author has written 46 stories for Historical, Life, Love, Nature, General, Fable, Spiritual, and Supernatural.

everybody's talking 'bout the shape i'm in

saying "boy, you're not a poet, just a drunk with a pen"

over and over, again and again

Lord, they don't know about the places i been

i'll make it perfectly clear: it gets hard out here

Oh God, we're all out of beer! It gets hard out here...

Hayes Carll



1. Virginia Creeper reviews
pathways, land, weather, banjo.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 3-18-11
2. In The Company of Ghosts » reviews
In the forgotten streets beneath Edinburgh's Old Town, a disparate group searches for evidence of life after death. This is a ghost story about the living.
Fiction: Supernatural - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,690 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 3-9-11 - Published: 3-2-11
3. Places reviews
Somewhere between the mundane and the shockingly romantic. Squibs or whatever it is you call them. Currently all about places in Scotland though that may change.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 465 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-22-11
4. Somhairle reviews
seeing more than pictures...
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 81 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-19-09
5. Diaries reviews
... are dangerous things.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-19-09
6. Shotglass reviews
What hurts most is trying to apply logic to what should be left to instinct.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 176 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-30-09
7. Princes Street, 5th January reviews
You get what you see, but some things they just change invisibly.' - Elliott Smith. The 5th of January, when the fairgrounds leave, Edinburgh, the city of poetry and logic.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-8-09
8. Service reviews
I've spent Christmas inside, singing these songs in the prison church, Hallelujah... -Seasick Steve
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 160 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-26-08
9. Prison Payphone reviews
I let my guard down... And might've accidentally done 'whimsical.'
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-26-08
10. Wax Flesh: Vicious Circles reviews
Does she mirror what I am or what I ought to be?
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 374 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-18-08
11. Ymir's Ghost reviews
From this dead Dragon, called Earth...
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 111 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-12-08
12. Rosetta reviews
Her silence tells me, Rosetta knows.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 223 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-24-08
13. The XO Thing reviews
Elliott Smith. Genius. End of.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 47 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-14-08
14. Luna reviews
I was just there. A total crisis of confidence.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 137 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 10-14-08
15. Lyric for a City reviews
I am taking on the rain to be held in the sky-' This city's a cruel muse.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-28-08
16. Christiana reviews
Yeah, she tricked you into feeling like this. We've heard that one before.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-18-08
17. Tree Splits Stone reviews
I entered this life on the condition that I would depart out of it. We don't really enter or leave anything, but I want to know what it's like.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-17-08
18. Perspectives reviews
Is it not about time I got over him?
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-5-08
19. After The Rain reviews
Officially, the rainiest August since records began. But that works well, heartbreak doesn't suit sunshine. This is the start of a bigger story, a very old story which may illustrate a moral. Just not the one it thinks it does.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 550 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-5-08
20. My Bed reviews
It's a very personal space and the things, or people, that end up in it say a lot about us. What that is depends how you look at it. Inspired by Tracey Emin's artwork of the same name.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 351 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-27-08
21. He Seemed Like Such A Nice Guy reviews
Moral: The trouble with sleeping with strangers is, THEY'RE STRANGE. Urban legends are the modern fables, but they're more fun when you believe them. Comments and suggestions, as always, appreciated.
Fiction: Fable - Rated: T - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 475 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-14-08 - Complete
22. Spiders reviews
In medieval literature, everything's an allegory for something. Some poets used spiders for love. I've had a phobia of them since I was a child. Comments and suggestions please.
Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 623 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-12-08 - Complete
23. The Overnight Trains reviews
That tattoo on your chest says you're so stupid and brave/ Put a hand on your heart and a glass in your face..." The biggest distances between people are never the physical ones.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 255 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-23-08
24. Eviction reviews
Time for a move out inspection. Comments and suggestions would be really appreciated.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-23-08
25. Hive reviews
Cheap whisky in plastic cups, bright lights, fake smoke and loud music. And the same old drama every Friday night.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 202 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-23-08
26. Ithaca reviews
a tropical storm beating hard upon my body...' Suggestions for the ending and title would be greatly appreciated, seen as how the name's already taken for a poem that's actually good.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-18-08
27. Arthur's Seat reviews
If you stand in the right place, you can't see the city at all. Possibly been doing too much walking home drunk talking about Grassic Gibbon.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-9-08
28. Wax Flesh, Vicious Circles reviews
She illustrates these vicious circles in the name of knowledge. She's semi-permanent. I'm only living in them.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 320 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-29-08
29. Star of the Sea reviews
Improved version. You have to persevere. The estimated finishing date is 2011, but that will take several millions of pounds for some stupid information screens. Or at the very least some reviews and suggestions ...
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-19-08
30. Between Bridges reviews
My blood still speaks a different language to my mind.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-29-08
31. Medieval Theory reviews
Sex, death and leprosy! New improved poem with sixty per cent more self-inflicted guilt and a free absolution with every review.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-29-08
32. The Losing Game reviews
I don't know who first came up with 'love is a losing game,' but it is. Fighting over who gets to keep the memories. It needs some sorting out still but any suggestions are very welcome.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 359 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-18-08
33. Star of The Sea 1 reviews
You can't build over history like this. Even if you don't know the place it's about, I'd really appreciate suggestions on this one, I know it needs improved.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 135 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-6-08
34. Noughts and Crosses reviews
XO. No one ever wins these things.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-28-08
35. Graffitti reviews
Maybe there are some things you don't get over, and acting cold is one way of dealing with that. I hate these summaries. Suggestions and comments really appreciated.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 143 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-12-08
36. Americana » reviews
Places are poetry in themselves, places on a map you've never been to... Now with new and slightly improved version :
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 2 - Words: 320 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 1-21-08 - Published: 5-14-07
37. Orion's Knife reviews
Orion's knife's as sharp as broken glass... Suggestions and reviews very welcome.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 140 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-21-08
38. The Chemical Ghost reviews
What you create is your right to destroy... Love, life, or whatever that might be.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-7-07
39. Medieval Theory 1 » reviews
Love was everything, words were dangerous and everything was a metaphor. New and better version added.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 2 - Words: 314 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-7-07 - Published: 5-15-07
40. Makar's Court reviews
Considering the nature of inspiration and what it means to be a poet, how in death the words replace the person.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 337 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-25-07 - Complete
41. In Your Breath reviews
Inspired by the Paris Catacombs and the effect of seeing so much evidence of death in one place.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 117 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-19-07 - Complete
42. Monday Night reviews
... because you can't get drunk on a Monday night.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 206 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-14-07 - Complete
43. The Silent Lines reviews
Within this hill there lies a fallen prince of Ulster. Somewhere around us lie the pieces that make me... Two poems, suggestions appreciated.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 170 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-11-07 - Complete
44. The Overnight Trains 1 reviews
Three poems about fighting, whisky and shower curtains.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 388 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-7-07 - Complete
45. Over The Stars
This city, scarred, bleeding, living through time. God, perfection, all irrelevant ideas, but destruction will find you anywhere, anyway.
Fiction: Historical - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,150 - Published: 10-25-04
46. Hodie Mihi Cras Tibi reviews
Nothing is forever. Not even in this old Tolbooth, still here after five hundred years of rain.
Fiction: Historical - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,123 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-1-04