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Author has written 71 stories for Love, Religion, Friendship, Humor, Nature, General, Song, Fantasy, Life, Haiku, and Politics. I'm a poet, and I know it. The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Oscar Wilde I sound my barbaric yawp o'er the rooftops of the world. Walt Whitman If I can stop one Heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde (now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened) E. E. Cummings Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. Robert Graves - then on the shore of the wide world I stand alone and think, till love and fame to nothingness do sink. John Keats Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Oscar Wilde To see the world in a grain of sand, and Heaven in a wildflower... William Blake Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Carl Sandburg Do I dare disturb the universe? Thomas Stearns Eliot Poetry is the deification of reality. Edith Sitwell Welcome to my abstract Elysium. (Your comments are greatly appreciated. I will do my best to return the favor.) (A few FAQ's answered: The "numbers" for some of my poems' titles are the "time of inspiration"... I got tired of titles that gave too much away. I realize the line and stanza breaks seem random - they're not. They are intended to add a new meaning to each line. Although lately, the formatting hates me and refuses to let me include any stanza breaks at all... grrr. Someone want to PM me about how to fix that? I don't always capitalize "I" because I don't want to, not because I can't. The lines may or may not have capitals, proper punctuation, even spelling - I assure you it's all intentional. Please don't assume I can't spell. I can. The poets who inspire me are Emily Dickinson, John Keats, e e cummings, and Shakespeare. Also, thank you so much for the lovely reviews. I truly appreciate it. Please do leave feedback!) | |||||||
1. and you will say that i have loved too mucha broken-hearted sonnet. shakespearean style, iambic pentameter.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Published: 5-21-13 - Complete2. i see usfor this moment i defy the laws of physics and my mother.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 330 - Published: 1-22-133. i can feel a death, she said reviewsshe nodded; i will fall into a grave and dream myself a death.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 390 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-21-134. the words have lured me out of doors again I & IITwo poems that share the same first line: the words have lured me out of doors again.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 302 - Published: 8-22-125. panes I & IITwo poems that go together. "I stand at a window. I am allowed this."Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 364 - Published: 4-28-12 - Complete6. two nonsense poemspaul in french in paul and perhaps title . Nonsense poetry.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Published: 4-8-127. observations of the grass & blushing to myself reviewslet me have those words you hide/behind your ocean eyes inside your headPoetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 249 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-17-11 - Complete8. A Found Poem, S23This is a "found poem" created using only the words in Shakespeare's 23rd Sonnet. Enjoy!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 108 - Published: 9-25-119. a firstwhy be more than what we're made of : young shenanigansPoetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Published: 9-25-1110. may the eighth prose of an eveningi think it would be nice to have a fate. something planned.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 269 - Published: 5-8-1111. this my captor daywhat am i can satisfy this earth this beast this day of air -Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 312 - Published: 4-11-1112. 0146I had forgotten about this poem, and now I've found it. Enjoy.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 209 - Published: 2-25-1013. timedoesntreallymatter eurydice reviewsi mean ; / even poetry isn't enough / anymore. Please review.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-21-0914. 1139 a talk with god and the rain reviewsthere is a time when smiles die. Please leave feedback.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 256 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-7-0915. 0943 reviewsFull title: 0943 dark houses on snowmaybePoetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 44 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-23-0716. 0133 reviewsa shadow caught homeless in sunshine. Please review.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 225 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-28-0717. cold reviewsi'm mmm fine.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6-2-0718. 0207 reviewsa metaphor lingered at doorways, then died without notice or warm enough clothes for the winter. Reviews appreciated.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 120 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-11-07 - Complete19. 0831 reviewsthere's a new deny... A short little musing poem. Please read and review.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 74 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-11-07 - Complete20. sometimes i sit reviewssometimes i sit and catch my breath.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 205 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 3-8-0721. 0119there's spaces in between these lines to meet you. Reviews are much appreciated!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Published: 2-14-07 - Complete22. 0935 reviewsA breath of air. Enjoy, and tell me if you do!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-07 - Complete23. sing me reviewsAn exercise for music class. Enjoy, and tell me what you think!Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 114 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-30-0624. 1038 reviewsA poetic thought. Review please!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 44 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-4-0625. 2128 reviewsThe delightful joy of twoness. Please review!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-1-0626. 0210 reviews"joy is a change in the water" Please review.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 186 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-20-0627. 1025 reviewsFull title: 1025 (go for the lungs ere they shatter)Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 118 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-28-0628. 1253 breathing twice to keep shadows at bay reviews"back in the time of this strange hour..." In two parts. Reviews greatly appreciated!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 441 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-28-0629. 1044 reviews"silence is/the classroom of the soul." Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-28-0630. 0456 reviewsLife is my summer, and I'm gonna soak every last ray. Please review.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 247 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-21-0631. 0151 reviewsTo social drinkers of self-delusions, and those whose cups runneth over. Please review.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 171 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-14-0632. 0819 reviewsI wish someone could kiss it better. Reviews are very welcome.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 250 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-13-0633. The Unexamined Life reviewsAn exercise for my creative writing class. Inspired by Jesse Ball's "Parades". Please review!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-26-0634. nine to five reviewsA debrief of the way things are. Company policy, you understand. Reviews gladly appreciated!Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-24-0635. Hey reviewsA short little dialogue with the prez and I. Not for violent Bush-lovers. Review please!Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 37 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-24-0636. 0134 reviewsI am a truth-teller, so stone me already. Reviews welcome.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 128 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-23-0637. 1104 reviewsI wanted to walk past my house and stay a part of it, but I'm too safe. Please review.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-21-0638. 1012 reviewsNostalgia of places and feelings I barely recall. Please review!Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-17-0639. Dandelion reviewsWhat would you do as a dandelion? Would you let the wind bare your white head? Or would you be picked, while young and golden? Reviews are encouraged.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-17-0640. 0648 reviewsWritten under the aftereffects of stress. Hope you like. Reviews much appreciated!Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-17-0641. Ten Haikus on Summer reviewsNostalgia of a favorite season in 5-7-5 format. Reviews as welcome as summer itself.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 170 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-14-0642. time after wasted reviewsThe burden of being a poet with an ignorant audience. Sympathize? Tell me about it. Reviews make me feel alive!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 5-9-0643. Night reviewsObservations of one of my favorite times of day. Reviews warmly appreciated.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 63 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-9-0644. Haiku: Time reviewsSomething no one has enough of these days. Review, please!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 4-30-0645. untitled reviews"I have been spoken to." Help me come up with a title? Reviews appreciated muchly, thanks!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-30-0646. Thought Poems reviewsThese three-line poems are not haikus, but 'thoughts' that became poetry. They sprang from many single moments of inspiration, and I'd like to share them. Enjoy! Please review!Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 208 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-30-0647. 1215 reviewsI am woman, hear me roar. All reviews welcomed.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 78 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-30-0648. To My Muse reviewsAn ode to inspiration, personified. Feel free to share your opinion.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-21-0649. a voice among the deaf reviewsAn abstract tragedy about the realities of miscommunication. Reviews strongly encouraged.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 358 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0650. Beat reviewsA rhythmic ode to popular music, and the power of the dance floor to liberate. Please review!Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 114 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0651. Speculations reviewsGirl assesses a situation. A boy situation. Teen anxiety ensues. Review early and often!Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 204 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0652. driving in december reviewsObservations of snow, while reading Hamlet. Reviews are much appreciated.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-21-0653. Inspiration Untitled reviewsPart of a class project involving making paper, listening to music and getting inspired. Oh, and curlycues. Please review!Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 100 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0654. Dear Reader reviewsA poet's letter to her audience, about poetry. Enjoy! Review!Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 175 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-21-0655. In The Quiet reviewsWhat happens in the silence? Reviews welcome.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 70 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-21-0656. Calling Me reviewsHave you ever felt so much a part of something that it called to you? I have. All reviews glady appreciated.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 212 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0657. my portrait reviewsA picture's worth a thousand words. A portrait is worth a poem. Please review.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0658. Good Friday reviewsWhat would it be like to watch Him die? An earlier poem of mine. Reviews welcome.Poetry: Religion - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 248 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-21-0659. The Wish reviewsWritten at Interlochen Arts Camp. Who doesn't wish their songs could do this to a significant other? Read and tell me what you think.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 117 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0660. Sonnet: Words Cannot Defend My Sore Heart reviewsInspired by Shakespeare In Love, a very sappy sort of love story that inspires sappy love sonnets. Enjoyet! Reviewet!Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-21-0661. Sonnet: The Business ProposalSome guys just don't get it. Here's another attempt. In sonnet form, so readet and reviewet, please!Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Published: 4-20-0662. Sonnet: An Unpacked Heart reviewsHamlet: "... must I, like a whore, unpack my heart with words..." 'Tis a sonnet. Readet. Reviewet.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-20-0663. The Singer's Preference reviewsAt Interlochen Arts Camp this past summer, I was inspired by 1) the natural beauty and 2) the amazing music. Hence, this poem, which has since been set to music by myself (4 part chorus and piano) and performed at my last concert. Tell me what you make ofPoetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 329 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-20-0664. Lost In Translation reviewsThis happens way too many times. Review if you hate language barriers of the heart.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 68 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-20-0665. Prayer reviewsA series of questions. Do you know the answers? Review please!Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-20-0666. A Poet's Maxim Revised reviewsPoets and puns and rhyme, oh my! A fun little poem. Hope you like.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 4-20-0667. Gramercy reviews'Gramercy' in Shakespeare's time was 'Thank You', slanged from French 'grand merci'. Enjoy! Review please!Poetry: Friendship - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-20-0668. Everyday reviewsA cute little poem I wanted to share with you guys. Reviews welcome!Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-20-0669. Credo reviewsA lover's creed. In the style of E. E. Cummings. All grammatical errors are purely intentional. Reviews welcome!Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 80 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-20-06
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