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Author has written 59 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 We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ~ Oscar Wilde If I can stop one Heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. ~ Emily Dickinson (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 more recent poems are the "time of inspiration"... I got tired of titles that gave too much away. I realize the stanza breaks seem random - they're not. They add a new meaning to each line. 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. Also, thank you so much for the lovely reviews. I truly appreciate it.) | |||||||||
1. timedoesntreallymatter eurydice reviewsi mean ; / even poetry isn't enough / anymore. Please review.General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 210 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-21-09 - Published: 11-21-092. 1139 a talk with god and the rainthere is a time when smiles die. Please leave feedback.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 289 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 3-7-09 - Published: 3-7-093. 0943 reviewsFull title: 0943 dark houses on snowmaybeLife - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 44 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 11-23-07 - Published: 11-23-074. 0133 reviewsa shadow caught homeless in sunshine. Please review.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 223 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-28-07 - Published: 10-28-075. cold reviewsi'm mmm fine.General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 6-2-07 - Published: 6-2-076. 0207 reviewsa metaphor lingered at doorways, then died without notice or warm enough clothes for the winter. Reviews appreciated.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 121 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-11-07 - Published: 5-11-077. 0831 reviewsthere's a new deny... A short little musing poem. Please read and review.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 74 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-11-07 - Published: 5-11-078. sometimes i sit reviewssometimes i sit and catch my breath.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 166 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 3-8-07 - Published: 3-8-079. 0119there's spaces in between these lines to meet you. Reviews are much appreciated!Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 2-14-07 - Published: 2-14-0710. 0935 reviewsA breath of air. Enjoy, and tell me if you do!Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-14-07 - Published: 2-14-0711. sing me reviewsAn exercise for music class. Enjoy, and tell me what you think!General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 121 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 9-30-06 - Published: 9-30-0612. 1038 reviewsA poetic thought. Review please!General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 9-4-06 - Published: 9-4-0613. 2128 reviewsThe delightful joy of twoness. Please review!General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 101 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-1-06 - Published: 9-1-0614. 0210 reviews"joy is a change in the water" Please review.General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 190 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-20-06 - Published: 8-20-0615. 1025 reviewsFull title: 1025 (go for the lungs ere they shatter)General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 6-28-06 - Published: 6-28-0616. 1253 breathing twice to keep shadows at bay reviews"back in the time of this strange hour..." In two parts. Reviews greatly appreciated!General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 428 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-28-06 - Published: 6-28-0617. 1044 reviews"silence is/the classroom of the soul." Please review!Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-28-06 - Published: 6-28-0618. 0456 reviewsLife is my summer, and I'm gonna soak every last ray. Please review.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 246 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 6-21-06 - Published: 6-21-0619. 0151 reviewsTo social drinkers of self-delusions, and those whose cups runneth over. Please review.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 171 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-14-06 - Published: 6-14-0620. 0819 reviewsI wish someone could kiss it better. Reviews are very welcome.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 260 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-13-06 - Published: 6-13-0621. The Unexamined Life reviewsAn exercise for my creative writing class. Inspired by Jesse Ball's "Parades". Please review!General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 146 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-26-06 - Published: 5-26-0622. nine to five reviewsA debrief of the way things are. Company policy, you understand. Reviews gladly appreciated!Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-24-06 - Published: 5-24-0623. Hey reviewsA short little dialogue with the prez and I. Not for violent Bush-lovers. Review please!Politics - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 5-24-06 - Published: 5-24-0624. 0134 reviewsI am a truth-teller, so stone me already. Reviews welcome.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-23-06 - Published: 5-23-0625. 1104 reviewsI wanted to walk past my house and stay a part of it, but I'm too safe. Please review.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 5-21-06 - Published: 5-21-0626. 1012 reviewsNostalgia of places and feelings I barely recall. Please review!Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-17-06 - Published: 5-17-0627. 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.Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 95 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-17-06 - Published: 5-17-0628. 0648 reviewsWritten under the aftereffects of stress. Hope you like. Reviews much appreciated!Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 108 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-17-06 - Published: 5-17-0629. Ten Haikus on Summer reviewsNostalgia of a favorite season in 5-7-5 format. Reviews as welcome as summer itself.Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 178 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 5-14-06 - Published: 5-14-0630. time after wasted reviewsThe burden of being a poet with an ignorant audience. Sympathize? Tell me about it. Reviews make me feel alive!General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 5-9-06 - Published: 5-9-0631. Night reviewsObservations of one of my favorite times of day. Reviews warmly appreciated.Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-9-06 - Published: 5-9-0632. Haiku: Time reviewsSomething no one has enough of these days. Review, please!Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 4-30-06 - Published: 4-30-0633. untitled reviews"I have been spoken to." Help me come up with a title? Reviews appreciated muchly, thanks!Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-30-06 - Published: 4-30-0634. 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!General - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 207 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-30-06 - Published: 4-30-0635. 1215 reviewsI am woman, hear me roar. All reviews welcomed.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 78 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 4-30-06 - Published: 4-30-0636. To My Muse reviewsAn ode to inspiration, personified. Feel free to share your opinion.Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0637. a voice among the deaf reviewsAn abstract tragedy about the realities of miscommunication. Reviews strongly encouraged.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 359 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0638. Beat reviewsA rhythmic ode to popular music, and the power of the dance floor to liberate. Please review!Song - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0639. Speculations reviewsGirl assesses a situation. A boy situation. Teen anxiety ensues. Review early and often!Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 194 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0640. driving in december reviewsObservations of snow, while reading Hamlet. Reviews are much appreciated.Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0641. Inspiration Untitled reviewsPart of a class project involving making paper, listening to music and getting inspired. Oh, and curlycues. Please review!General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 95 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0642. Dear Reader reviewsA poet's letter to her audience, about poetry. Enjoy! Review!Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 174 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0643. In The Quiet reviewsWhat happens in the silence? Reviews welcome.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0644. Calling Me reviewsHave you ever felt so much a part of something that it called to you? I have. All reviews glady appreciated.Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 211 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0645. my portrait reviewsA picture's worth a thousand words. A portrait is worth a poem. Please review.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0646. Good Friday reviewsWhat would it be like to watch Him die? An earlier poem of mine. Reviews welcome.Religion - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 251 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0647. 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.Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0648. 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!Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 149 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-21-06 - Published: 4-21-0649. Sonnet: The Business ProposalSome guys just don't get it. Here's another attempt. In sonnet form, so readet and reviewet, please!Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 77 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0650. Sonnet: An Unpacked Heart reviewsHamlet: "... must I, like a whore, unpack my heart with words..." 'Tis a sonnet. Readet. Reviewet.Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0651. 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 ofNature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 318 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0652. Lost In Translation reviewsThis happens way too many times. Review if you hate language barriers of the heart.Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 57 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0653. Prayer reviewsA series of questions. Do you know the answers? Review please!Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0654. A Poet's Maxim Revised reviewsPoets and puns and rhyme, oh my! A fun little poem. Hope you like.Humor - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0655. Gramercy reviews'Gramercy' in Shakespeare's time was 'Thank You', slanged from French 'grand merci'. Enjoy! Review please!Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 92 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0656. Everyday reviewsA cute little poem I wanted to share with you guys. Reviews welcome!Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 71 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-0657. Credo reviewsA lover's creed. In the style of E. E. Cummings. All grammatical errors are purely intentional. Reviews welcome!Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 62 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-20-06 - Published: 4-20-06
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