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| Magpie Poet |
Author has written 60 stories for Mythology, Humor, Fable, Fantasy, War, Politics, Fantasy, Humor, General, Biography, Essay, Horror, Life, Action, Work, Nature, School, Religion, Haiku, Love, and Friendship. Trying to do too much. And at the same time, too little. I'm still more into my crafting because the words just won't come. Bit of new work here now. Hopefully I'll get my last two rejection letters (I daren't even hope for an acceptance) on my short stories soon. That normally spurs a new round of frustration and inspiration. So no, I haven't vanished, just got sucked under for awhile. My deviantart account is at http://magpie-poet.deviantart.com/ if anyone's curious about my doodles/mixed media/sewing/photo/basic digital manips. (the variety of my projects there is expanding nicely) I think I have about forty visial projects there now. "Sometimes I lie awake at night in my bed and I watch the stars, and I wonder, where the fuck is my ceiling?" "Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." --Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Einstein I've given up on formatting. *can't find a towel, so throws in a dirty sock* A quirk I noticed recently is that though my language in real life can...er...well...be quite... profane shall we say? My writing generally is not. A number of people seem to give things a higer rating then is needed simply to make them look more interesting. IMHO rating something G does not mean it is simplistic or monosyllabic, and does not rule out complex topics. Sorry, mini rant done. shakes everyone awake* My tastes, as if you cared, but I suppose you never know... :) I adore anything 'escapist,' namely a good book. My favorite authors are Neil Gaiman, J.R.R Tolkein, and of course J.K. Rowling. Terry Pratchett is getting up there too. But Neil Gaiman is at the top. (If you haven't read his work, go read it. NOW. what are you still doing here?) My poetry taste is odd- ranging from Shakespeare to Poe to Frost, with a detour at the Romantics. A really wonderful poet I only found last year is AE Stallings. Modern twists on mythology. And a very natural sense of rhythm and rhyme. My movie tastes are action, fantasy, and drama. My music taste ranges from Baroque and Medieval to Alternative. Oh, and sometimes a taste of late 60s/ early 70s protesty type stuff. Since everyone else seems to delve into religion somewhere on these things or in their writing I guess I should say this straight out- I'm secular humanist. (Basically atheist/agnostic. All good and evil is from/in us sort of a deal, kay?) Favorite quotes on the subject: "I come as a traveller on this world, I do what is right." and "Regardless of whether there is a heaven or hell, it is preferable to do good deeds." I work at a bookstore, so reading is more of a disease than a hobby for me... I still write. But I admit it's slow going, so I don't think I'm cut out for it. Too much insomnia, too little inspiration. Anyone have a spare muse? I have vampire the masquerade poetry (which requires no knowledge of the world of darkness whatsoever), one LoTR (which I'm actually proud of though no one has read) and Harry Potter fanfics at ff.net and fictionalley, under the same user name. Please look! And of course, please Review! | |||||
1. Ashes to Ashes reviewsyou know you've stared at the screen too long when this appears...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 118 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-29-042. Stones, Mixed Metaphors and Holy Days reviewsBrain fried. I was thinking on the cliche about glass houses and stones, and other mentions of stone, stones for Yom Kippur, and distortions in mirrors and life...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-26-043. I'm a little Peon reviewsa coworker was humming 'i'm a little peon, short and stout' i felt the need to finish it...Poetry: Work - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-26-044. Quotes reviewsConnecting, playing with tying quotes together. Trying to get a bit of a point across. really.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 63 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-29-045. Music Lessons reviewsSort of Seuss meets hamlet in inspiration/bitterness. What do you want? I was at work!Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-29-046. when it rains, itshowers? reviewsuh. shower poem. late at night. gravity is my nemesis...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 4-18-047. domesticated reviewstonight was a bad night. i kept having to creep outside...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-17-048. news reviewsthe instinct to avert your eyes...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-29-049. How we die reviewstwo views. minimal morbidity, really! just a few thoughts. popped into my head while shelving self improvement returns. a bad time to get preoccupied!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-16-0410. spare change reviewsgah. bloody formatting. sigh the nature of change. who controls it?Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Angst/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-15-0411. Alchemy of Corruption reviewschange of metals and the mindPoetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-15-0412. two webs reviewsspliced poems on change, beauty and danger.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-15-0413. observations on a nylon flag reviewsi was stuck behind some grandpa with one of those flag on a sticks waving out his window. while he went 20 in a 50 no pass zone. so i composed this in my head to avoid road rage in a bad way. (he made me late for work...)Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 53 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-15-0414. Vanilla is not Chocolate reviewsvanilla is not chocolate. that's what she said. this is where i went.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Angst/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 63 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 3-13-0415. waterwords reviewswords popped into my head while i was driving. by the time i got where i was going they were almost gone. insanity. my only excuse for me writing something that could be seen as romance.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 80 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-13-0416. Barren Beauty reviewsa look at truth and nature.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 53 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 2-25-0417. Radix Malorum reviewsAn odd analogy that came to me reading other people's political poetry. I'm not advocating a violent revolution- I'm just starting to think we ought to go door to door telling people to look up from the TV and think for themselves! (Disclaimer- the LatinPoetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 161 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-21-0418. Polish reviewsA totally superficial attempt at haiku. Maybe there's something to those warning labels about toluene and formaldehyde?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-21-0419. Sunlight, Moonlight, and Wine reviewsOne more try at reviving an old character. A thoughtful interlude with a snarky moment or two. An intro with more to come (eventually).Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,699 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-20-0420. Highway Hypnosis reviewsMy train of thought driving home from work. (After a few rousing debates on belief and religion...) Take it as you will.Poetry: Religion - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-20-0421. Venice reviewsThree POV of Venice, memories from HS.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 129 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-20-0422. colors reviews17 word look at the worldPoetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-20-0423. Library Card reviewsWandering in my mind. The stacks are too high. Sometimes I get lost. (another high school poem)Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 87 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-17-0424. Semiprecious Stones reviewsdisclaimer- I am soooo not one for astrology. But since my birthstone is pretty I might as well claim it ;) Yep, a genuine angst poem written while freaking out about going away to school. -Totally different from new freaking out poetry ;) - Noting a fewPoetry: School - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 58 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-17-0425. Furry Mammals reviewsSex lives of shrewmice...complete with hairpulling (all because I had to use muscet in a poem. shrug)Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-17-0426. Gladiator II reviewsA man in armour. An angry woman... This has nothing to do with the movie... had to use obsidional in a poem.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 172 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-17-0427. Limestone Eyes reviewsa short myth poem-it's what, 30 words? just read it!Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-17-0428. Wild Hair Day reviewsSomething written for a myth poetry project in CW class. Oh the conversatiosn hair could have...Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Humor/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 79 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2-17-0429. What I DON'T Want to do When I Grow Up reviewsWhat goes through my head when I talk to my boss. I don't know what I want to do with my life. Only what I don't. Reviews welcome. Please. Answers to the meaning of life and job suggestions are as well!Poetry: Work - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 145 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-17-0430. song reviewsplaying with the scarboruogh fair school of romance-asking for the impossible ;)Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-1-0431. ice queen reviewsa sort of companion to 48 flavors. it's like 30 words, just read it. (and help me with figuring out the bloody stupid annoying formating issues...)Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 54 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-1-0432. Acanthus reviewsA thorny mulligan's stew of very short poems. Rants, observations, midnight musings. A moment's reading at most. Please R&R!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 422 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11-15-0333. Untitled at 1 am reviewsa rough reaction to work, news, and a difference in degrees. (trying to be insightful)Poetry: Work - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-15-0334. Museum of Rejected Art reviewsArt for the sake of art. A slightly tongue in cheek monologue, a museum I'd like to makes someday. Not quite perfect works, but worthwhile... What gives 'art' it's value? What *should* give art it's value. Something that needs to be thought about in thePoetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 249 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-12-0335. Tossed Colors an apologia reviewsA brief poem written in class after listeing to waaaaay too many pretentious people. Art is for enjoyment and beauty, and to each his/her own. That said, please R&R! :)Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 163 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-12-0336. T, tourists, and TshirtsThey warn against aerosol chemicals and enclosed spaces, but I had nowhere else to go... Musing on life, art, tourists, and patriotism in the city known for salty tea parties, loony mass transit and riots.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 206 - Published: 8-10-0337. 48 flavors reviewsA brief look at a slightly, but not too odd, topic. Results of talks with a few of my friends. What's really so wrong with having a different view or different tastes. When being 'normal' makes you look strange... (please can anybody help me with the damnPoetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 63 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-26-0338. Unraveled reviews(Egyptian mythology) How can order be destroyed? A bloodied goddess lies in the sand. A look at the end of the world.Fiction: Mythology - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 627 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-17-0339. TakeoverEh, what the hell. REALLY early story I found in the bowels of my hard drive. Think Indiana Jane. Only insecure, neurotic, and without the cool hat. It was awful fun to write. R&R, let me know if it's worth trying to continue!Fiction: Action - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11,097 - Published: 6-12-0340. riddles reviewsWe were supposed to come up with riddles for class. It was a great thing to work on during other classes! Here are two of mine. Poetry, of course ;)Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-12-0341. An Unfortunate Incident reviewsI am clumsy. I admit this. And people always tell me that I need to learn to laugh at myself. This was an attempt (written in high school) to keep my sense of humour about a painful and rather stupid mistake. On of the few times I think I might have succeFiction: Biography - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,034 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6-10-0342. Post Mortem Florists reviewsA *really* old story I found on the PC dating from highschool. Why someone with a rampant (and particularly odd) imagination should not walk past a deserted shop everyday for four years. Really short, rather fun, have a look! And please review :)Fiction: Horror - Rated: K+ - English - Horror/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 772 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-10-0343. A Dragon in the Living Room reviewsWhat will two girls do to escape the dragon in their living room? I have issues. I know this. A short story that was begun as therapy when living with a particularly rude monster. Though that one had a (vaguely) human shape.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,465 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-10-0344. one damn thing after another reviewsA fairly random series of attempts at scenes/descriptive paragraphs. Nature, winter, freaking out housemates, and hiding bodies...Fiction: Essay - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,070 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-10-0345. A Walk in the Woods reviewsHmm. Graduating must be making me maudlin. A brief description of the nearby woods. How they mean a lot more than just trees and a swamp. An attempt at description without going overboard.Fiction: Biography - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 303 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-10-0346. A Moment of Silence reviewsWe had a moment of silence in class that morningPoetry: War - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-1-0347. The Right Rite? of Spring reviewsPassover, Easter, Eostre, Spring rains, rebirth, and War. (Apologies for the format- anyone know how to keep unusual formats from getting switched to left alignment? Please?)Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 174 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-1-0348. fall of babylon reviewssome thoughts on the recent museum lootings in iraq, mixed with my ancient near eastern religion class. history is vital to knowing who we are and where we come from, if we don't know that, we can't move on... the past is always worth protecting...Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 91 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-30-0349. Multimedia War reviewsA few observations made while checking my various e-mail accounts that day. How sites 'decorated' and tackiness. War as the new reality show. Sorry 'bout the format. Took me ages to get it just so, then 30 seconds of washed it away. *grr*Poetry: War - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-30-0350. The Bard and Brinkmanship reviewsPolitics in Shakespeare class, day 1. Rather interesting... Similarities between the two? Same disclaimer as ever, read responsibly (so much more dangerous than drinking)!Poetry: War - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 176 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-30-0351. What is a poem? reviewsA late night attempt to pin down exactly what poetry is...the emotions behind it...because rhyme and meter are part of it, but don't define it...Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 51 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-30-0352. Alchemy 101 reviewsA freeform remembrance of a few events in high school chem class...Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 255 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-29-0353. Two Wrongs reviewsYet more observations on politics from campus. I rather like this one. Same basic disclaimer, you don't like my opinions, deal. Constructive criticism only. Flames are for Balrogs.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 172 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-29-0354. Les Fleurs Empoisonees reviewsJe suis desolee... Truth is, I don't remember enough French to write a coherent summary. Three poems written during summer French classes. My vampire role playing character was supposed to speak French. I tried...Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - French - Supernatural/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-29-0355. Rain, rain go away reviewsAnother political poem, observations on campus one day awhile ago. Again, poetry is a personal thing. I like comments, but don't flame me because we have different views. Flames will be used to toast marshmellows. Yum!Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-29-0356. Snow Sorrow and Shakespeare reviewsMy Shakespeare prof kept talking about politics in class, modern politics and Shakespeare are odd bedfellows... This is a poem I wrote during class. Read responsibly. *Constructive* suggestions welcome. Please Please Please?Poetry: War - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 223 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-29-0357. Blue Roses are rarest reviewsA strange gift, a strange dream. Determination through lives.Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,972 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-13-0358. Heaven reviewsnow, that would be telling. it's really short, just read it... a bit of irony, a bit of sarcasm. a bit of heaven, a bit of hell. you know you want to read it... :)Fiction: Fable - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 643 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 4-13-0359. Chains, Chinese, Housing and Hairdriers reviews'being chained to a wall isn't very much fun.' (contrary to what some may think) This was the line I got in cw class to start a story. What to do? A rant/ parody of the roomies situation at that time.Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Parody/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 754 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-13-0360. Not with a bang but a whimper reviewsThis is the way the world ends. A quick sketch. Apocalyptic I suppose. Two gods sit on a sand dune and watch their world unravel. What could they have done? This is Egyptian Mythology, I do not claim to own these fellows, I'm just borrowing them!Fiction: Mythology - Rated: K+ - English - Supernatural/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 903 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-20-03
