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Author has written 43 stories for Life, Religion, Young Adult, Song, War, Friendship, Fantasy, Love, Nature, Work, Family, and School. Namaste. "There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun." Pablo Picasso "God invented man, and man invented the metric system." Salvador Dali "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." Salvador Dali "Sure, you may sip the cup of sophistication and enjoy high society and culture, but can you draw with a sharpie?" Annie Marcotte "Cry as seldom as you want, but always cry as hard as you can when you do." Michelle Topke | |||||||
1. The Admiral's Mirror reviewslong ago, it was wartime, and he has finally arrived home, or so she thinks. To find if he really has returned, she must reflect on herself and the sea. She confides her hope in her daughter.War - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 200 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-19-05 - Published: 1-19-052. This Sad Laughter reviewsYou have to share in the sadness of your friends, whether you like it or not. Does sadness bring you happiness?Friendship - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 199 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-22-04 - Published: 4-22-043. The Death of a Musician reviewsHow sad it is when someone so talented is taken away. Without them, the world seems colder.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 165 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-2-04 - Published: 3-2-044. Train Yard reviewsThe soldiers are being taken away. Those vital souls being shipped away to die for some obscure cause that we cannot even begin to understand in a faraway place.War - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-2-04 - Published: 3-2-045. Bowstring reviewsviolins are wonderful things...the sounds they make are so beautiful. Strange how such an instrument can call forth so much emotion within you.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-8-04 - Published: 2-8-046. Useless Feathers reviewsthose silly people who think they don't have talents...Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 106 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 1-22-04 - Published: 1-22-047. Dreamghost reviewsI knew someone that I loved, and I had dreams about that person. But every time I dreamed of them, they seemed to fade more, but always stayed and haunted me, something real and unreal at the same time.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Mystery/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 149 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-21-04 - Published: 1-21-048. Words that never reviewsit seems as though some things we hear from other people are what we had been thinking about all along, but never got the chance to say it.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 104 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 1-21-04 - Published: 1-21-049. What of him?You look at some people, and you never realize what kind of things go on inside their head. Inside of every student or person is a trapped genius.School - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 91 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-21-04 - Published: 1-21-0410. Please, mind the flowersThis is a metaphor about setbacks of removing something from what they know. It just says that keeping tradition or maintaining innocence is not always bad, and sometimes makes things better.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-3-04 - Published: 1-3-0411. Line by linea poem about writing poems.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-4-03 - Published: 12-4-0312. The thousandth sunset reviewsIt is wanting to stay in the same place forever, wrapped up in a moment, hoping the rare feeling of freedom never ends.Friendship - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-4-03 - Published: 12-4-0313. They'll never know reviewsits the things that go through your head when you have a secret that you can't tell anyone, (or don't want to tell anyone) and it causes you inner pain in return.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Mystery/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 87 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-4-03 - Published: 12-4-0314. Starlight, Stunningly BrilliantWhat do you think when you see the stars? I call it vicarious enlightenment, giving the illusion of actually coming to know all things. I know, Its hard to understand.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Mystery/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-4-03 - Published: 12-4-0315. Goodbye among the ivy reviewsThese are thoughts I have when I say goodbye. It's sort of like a story, a metaphor of traveling.Friendship - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-4-03 - Published: 12-4-0316. Frequency reviewsfinally, another poem. In honor of a good friend this poem was written.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 10-27-03 - Published: 10-27-0317. Proud of What? reviewsSee if you can pick out the relationship. This was burned into my mind one night.Family - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 284 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-24-03 - Published: 7-24-0318. To Paint a Picture reviewsA very simple poem. just thoughts that occured to me.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-24-03 - Published: 7-24-0319. My Job at Haas Grocery reviewsIf you are familiar with flowers for Algernon, you might like this. It has the same theme, but different story. I try to make an interesting point of view. did I mention the narrator is a mentally retarded? please, I'm not trying to offend anyone.Work - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 475 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-18-03 - Published: 6-18-0320. Bradley reviewsyou may wonder about the title, that's just because its a guy I know that makes me think. You can read the poem and evaluate the message for yourself.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 287 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-12-03 - Published: 6-12-0321. London Lament reviewsA girl recalls the loss of a friend. They had made an unbreakable connection with the city, or so they thought. From the day of car accident to the day she dies, she still feels bound to London, it is still a part of her, like her best friend.Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 436 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-6-03 - Published: 6-6-0322. The Artist, My Friend reviewsthere is an artist in all of us. These are a few of the good qualities that makes someone ( in my opinion) an artist. I WOULD give you a definition of an artist, but there is not enough room on this summary space, so see if you can figure it out from thSong - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 617 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-3-03 - Published: 6-3-0323. One Last Goodbye reviewsremember, last impressions can be lasting impressions. a goodbye can mean the difference between a reunion or a lost friend. So I give you this, showing that goodbye is not just a word.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 5-29-03 - Published: 5-29-0324. WisteriaPeople have long looked for shelter from all that troubles them. At last, a haven, eternal sleep under the Wisteria tree relieves the pain.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 288 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-10-03 - Published: 5-10-0325. The Truth about You reviewsThis, my dear readers, is about every single guy i have met. whether I hated them or not, a part of them still resides within me.Friendship - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 204 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-10-03 - Published: 5-10-0326. Diamond in the Roughthis is a metaphor. It can be related to a human. I had no particular person in mind when I wrote this, but it applies to almost every one of my friends. it may bring up an intresting point about inner beauty.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 204 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-6-03 - Published: 5-6-0327. Her Life was Sand reviewswhat happens when you do something stupid? I'll tell you--someone's life gets screwed up, and in this poem, two lives get screwed up.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 192 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-4-03 - Published: 5-4-0328. A Deadly Blade reviewsThis is about a boy who took advantage of something much too big for him to handle. He came across a great power and took it for granted, a fatal mistake. you could call it a fable if you wish, see if you can find the moral.Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 245 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 5-4-03 - Published: 5-4-0329. Gone are the Days of the Lone Wolf's Cry reviewsA girl meets a wolf and is taken on a journey through his pain.Nature - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 5-2-03 - Published: 5-2-0330. Silver Chimes after Doom's Day reviewsHe promised her he'd come home. This is what Laura felt, how they lived before it happened.War - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 180 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 4-23-03 - Published: 4-23-0331. If Jesus had a Guitar reviewsthink. what would it be like if Jesus was here today? would you believe him? what if He had a rock band, would you listen then?Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 149 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 4-23-03 - Published: 4-23-0332. Freak reviewsThe people we least expect can be capable of true love. Look at this, an example of a boy who fell in love with a girl who was chronically ill. Love doesn't care who you are.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 87 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-22-03 - Published: 4-22-0333. Would it be Wise? reviewsthis is about a lover's dilemma. Or better yet, recognizing the real thing in someone else. We've all seen this before, questions a person will ask about an interest.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-22-03 - Published: 4-22-0334. Canticle to the Dragon reviewsThis is a tribute to dragons, ,beautiful and terrible creatures that we take for granted. Some may argue that they do not exist, but really a dragon is like a force of nature, unseen but powerful. Do you catch my drift?Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 252 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 4-22-03 - Published: 4-22-0335. Me, a Liar reviewsmore thoughts on the people who think they can get somewhere by lying, and how they look through my eyes.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 209 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-18-03 - Published: 4-18-0336. The Archer and His Path reviewsThis is actually dedicated to a friend of mine. He had the world at his fingertips, but he had butterfingers. But still, I know he can pull himself up from the ashes.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,443 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 4-17-03 - Published: 4-17-0337. Friends to Me reviewswe all have friends, don't we? valuable, but sometimes temporary. . . . loving, but sometimes backstabbing. It doesn't matter, they'll always be apart of our lives.Friendship - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 218 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-10-03 - Published: 4-10-0338. Army reviewsan idea, really, from a bystanders point of view and understanding of the device known as an army.War - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-9-03 - Published: 4-9-0339. A Town on The Shore, Winds of Memories reviewsThe skeleton of a seashore settlement, along with its people's grievances.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-9-03 - Published: 4-9-0340. Tribute to the Metropolis reviewsHow I miss the places. So vivid in my mind, I give you a shred on my home.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 997 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-8-03 - Published: 4-8-0341. The Other Way Around reviewsAgain, I must attack the issue of acceptance. many of you have either seen, heard of, or have been a part of this. A Reminder: This piece will only pose the question, "What if?" I hope reading it will be a worthwhile experience, and make you think twicYoung Adult - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,702 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-8-03 - Published: 4-8-0342. Heaven and Hell reviewsMany a religion teacher has crucified me for this....oh well.Religion - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 4-8-03 - Published: 4-8-03