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| darkstar-rising |
Author has written 69 stories for Friendship, General, Politics, Fantasy, Love, Life, Religion, Family, Biography, General, Haiku, War, Humor, Song, Humor, Historical, Nature, and Work. Just an occasional poet, trying to get by. I try to be constructive with commentary. | |||||||
1. The SendOffA drunken punchup at a funeral. Why the hell not?Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 75 - Published: 10-14-07 - Complete2. Saturn and the Sunan insight into changing patterns of human behaviour outside of work, compared to inside it.Poetry: Work - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Published: 10-8-07 - Complete3. Cold Handswhen communication breaks down, there are no apologies. An unbroken circle.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 70 - Published: 10-8-07 - Complete4. StrawMan Soliloquy reviewsA poem reflecting on feelings of inadequacy.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-2-06 - Complete5. Petite Guerre reviewslittle war, a series of haikulike stanzas on fencing.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-25-06 - Complete6. The Boy Who Wasn't Grey reviewsA short poem on the insidious nature of sloth. A sortof antiPleasantville.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 71 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-23-06 - Complete7. Catus s felisA poem of leaving and returning home. Specifically, my cat doing it. Really, it is a wider allegory of wanderlust and what home isPoetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 192 - Published: 11-23-06 - Complete8. Pluto, the planet that wasn't reviewsA gentle poke at the largely unnecessary reclassification of what a planet is that now excludes Pluto.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 120 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-18-069. Muttface reviewsAn animal cruelty poem. Why not? It is an analogy for human cruelty and suffering, of course, and was something of an experiment in storytelling.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-26-0610. Times New Roman the tribulations of a dyslexic reviewsAn haiku written in frustration at the automatic font on this site, and of my friend's writings on a political message board [Axis of Justice].Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-4-0611. An Overview of Dinoflagellate Biology reviewsThis poem has the same title as my dissertation, which is what this is about. I discovered, researched, and worked on a charming little group of algae that I found had many of the metaphorical characteristics of humans.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 178 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-28-0612. Discerning the Improbable reviewsI wrote this for a freind as a stream of conciousness poem. It's inspired by a technical fault. A bit of a sarcastic look at improbability, in a strange sort of way.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 43 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-19-0513. Romance, Post Modern Style » reviewsa collection of cynical views of romance as it stands today. written in classic St. Valentines' Day style. Sorry about the gimmick. New verses 8 - 15Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Romance/Parody - Chapters: 15 - Words: 247 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 2-2-05 - Published: 3-29-0414. Theft reviewsA haiku about being stolen from. No matter how small, it's just not right to have to go through it.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-6-0415. A Window Facing West reviewsA poem written for a friend. Not my usual subject, but it was refreshing to write. I think we all should have a window facing west.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-6-0416. Strangers to ZenParadise isn't something that needs over-analysing. I realised during the writing of this that perfection isn't perfect, its subjective. I realised, while writing this summary, that i've written little to do with the poem. Sod it.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Published: 7-27-0417. Earliest ArtA bit of a look into the affect a documentary that I watched once had on me. It really stuck with me, so these are some of my thought on it.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 87 - Published: 7-17-0418. Horizon reviewsNow, the title is a working title [if you have a better idea, then by all means suggest one.] Something of a look into the nature of time and space, with personal overtones.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-17-0419. Carnival Grace reviewsA poem that uses an extended metaphor for my newest little friends. It seems to have a distinct "Awww" factor.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 92 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-17-0420. With us or Against us reviewssomething of a sequel to The Day Today, but from a different perspective.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 89 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-2-0421. When Less than is equal to Greater than reviewsa socio-political poem. similar to What if God were an atheist, but not as good.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 149 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-2-0422. A Brief History of the Cold War reviewsOne of my favourite pieces that i've ever written. its all fact, taken from very reliable sources. Honest! it doesn't seem quite as funny as when i wrote it.Fiction: Historical - Rated: K+ - English - Parody/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 335 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-30-0423. Short Stay Haiku reviewsA Haiku about writing Haikus, (there's a surprise). its a bit like parking a car.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-30-0424. The Y Factor reviewsa self-depreciating look at genetics, and more specificly, the Y chromosome. a poem about genetics? why not.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-23-0425. 6'000'000'000 over x reviewsi'm not too confident of this one. its a poem that uses a traveller as a metaphor for a certain type of person. i think.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-23-0426. And what if God were an Atheist? reviewsa socio-political poem with metaphors or extended metaphors. its sort of similar to Their Zenith is Our Nadir, but not as good.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-6-0427. eMpTyV reviewscareful, bad words again! dealing with the social aspect of consumerism and branding, with heavy amounts of spite.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 67 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-4-0428. Phisi Ollie Geei've been practising with progressive structure here, and playing around with biological terms too.Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Parody/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 68 - Published: 4-3-0429. like a Heart Clamp reviewssome people would say i don't take well to failing. damn right i don't.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-31-0430. The Islander reviewshere, I wrote about the solitude I feel sometimes, and how its effects conflict upon me. the "he" of the poem is the same subject as "the Good Freind gone".Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-28-0431. CitiZen reviewscareful, there's a bad word in here! something of a strike-out at commercialism. i even managed a loose rhyme or two.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 53 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-28-0432. An Albino Chameleon in Snow reviewsthis one's inspired by an advert i saw in The Big Issue about social work with people who hurt themselves. it's similar in content to "tribal markings"Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 3-28-0433. the People of the Quiet reviewsa surreal experience led me to write this. it really was quite strange. probably my 'flu playing me up. it is a little similar to The i Of The Storm.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 74 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 3-19-0434. Ishmaelite reviewsanother political poem. a statement against war.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2-22-0435. KnifeEdge reviewsA poem about living life by straight-edge rules.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 68 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-18-0436. Narciscissor reviewsthis poem is one i've written about the manner in which one of the people I live with holds discussions. it could be extrapolated to incorporate just about anyone though.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 67 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-18-0437. A Great Speaker in the land of the Deaf reviewsa very short poem about living by ideals.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-15-0438. 1945 reviewswar haiku. again, i apologise if it is below par, i don't really know haiku, but it just gets the point across in such a punchy way.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-29-0439. Survivors and Casualties reviewswar haiku. i'm still not too confident writing haiku, but never mind, eh? hey look, the summary is longer than the actual poem!Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-28-0440. Antistipated reviewsi suppose that his constitutes a little angst. A look at what I feel like when love doesn't go my way.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 122 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-28-0441. Their Zenith is Our Nadir reviewsI've tried to make almost everything in this poem symbolic. try to figure it all out,Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-27-0442. Six Minute Epic reviewsThis is the fruit of one piece of English homework i did, to "create a piece of writing to sum yourself up". i thought it might be fun to do a song. It took me two weeks to come up with this. serves as a lesson against being too clever -grinPoetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-23-0443. Genre » reviewsthis was an English class task. we had the first line given to us, then we wrote a next line and passed it on. hilarious at the time. expect the odd. we were 16 at the time.Fiction: Humor - Rated: T - English - Parody - Chapters: 7 - Words: 988 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-23-0444. Sympathy with mondayThis isn't a standard love poem. I'm not sure if it really qualifies as a love poem, but anyway, its more a sign of respect for something that is vilified unduly.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Published: 1-23-0445. The Gift reviewscaution: don't read this if you've got a headache. its a concept piece, and its a tad strange. and its not easy to read either.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 19 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-23-0446. The Day Today reviewsa war poem, probably unfinished but i think it'll stay that way [i think of this as my great unfinished symphony]. i'll let you make your own minds up on it. i like it quite a bit.Poetry: War - Rated: K - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 57 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-23-0447. tHE wORD iS bUT a cUP reviewsthis is intentionally in this format. it has many implictaions to the wider world, writing, and meaning. A bit of a gimmick, but who cares?Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-19-0448. Pax Vobiscum reviewsi decided to deal with oprimism, multiculturalism and all things feelgood. please, enjoyPoetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 94 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-16-0449. The VICIOUS act reviewsmore political poetry, although i'm not confident over this one. look up the PATRIOT act for a closer idea of what i'm getting at.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 77 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-14-0450. The Collective reviewsmy first Haiku. its a phrase i've had for almost a year, then i decided that it could be put into haiku.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-14-0451. Ranom Insane babble reviewsThis piece I wrote a long time ago. I dislike the implementation, and the title, and half of the content. But I can't manage to refine it. So here it is, I guess. My least favourite of all my work. Probably.Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 239 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-8-0452. ME reviewsa pseudo-autobiography. I wrote this about a year ago, in a half hour stint. My writing group was asked to open a piece of work, so this is mine. the occasional swearword, so careful if you're a young 'un.Fiction: Biography - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 381 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 1-8-0453. Written in Ink, not Set in Stone reviewsThis is a culmination of old style me poetry and new, it is neither one i would write now, nor one that i would have written then.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 73 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-8-0454. Spoil the Vote reviewshere, i make another statement against the political way that is adopted by western civilisations generally. This piece is Pro-True DemocracyPoetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-8-0455. 300696106 reviewsThis is a poem concerning my psycological state during an hospital stay. It is constructed entirely of things I said at the time, so expect some slightly strange content.Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 225 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-8-0456. Water, Not Wine reviewsMy concerns on the afterlife; or lack of, or presence of. My fear of being wrong.Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 163 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-31-0357. Kian's Tale reviewsthis one was written for my first nephew's christening. it's nearly three years old now. I always get commissioned to do poems for family celebrations, and i always think that they need more work, which is strange, i never add more work to my pieces.Poetry: Family - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-30-0358. Healthy Young Man reviewsWhilst not without my problems, I still can function. I'm not really that dangerous, so why could I be sedated and/or locked away for what makes me different? I fear the psychiatrist.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-30-0359. Truelove reviewsa bittersweet romance revolving around a 'not "the one", just "one of the many" ' scenario.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-28-0360. Nothing to Report reviewsthis is a poem about the tendancy for organizations, governments and the like to tell you nothing [note: that's notPoetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-28-0361. The Big Man UpstairsThis is actually not really about God, not necessarily. It's more specifically about the authorities in my life, my equals, my betters, and those other personalities that crop up from time to time. I guess it could still be about God.Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Published: 12-27-0362. Virtue reviewsHere I explore the very reason I continue to try with every ounce of my existance, in every aspect of my existance.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 117 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-27-0363. Upon the Eve of NeverDawna tale of unrequited love, and if that isn't stereotypical enough, its got lots of religious imagery in it.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Published: 12-26-0364. Mute reviewsa statement against the antipolitical movement that seem to reside. there's apathy, and then there's that one stage higher, actively destroying others' opinions.Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-26-0365. Tribal Markingssometimes we all feel like the warrior here. rated for some mild reference to cutting yourself.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Published: 12-26-0366. Steel Heart reviewsa statement against the over-entertainment driven pop culture that currently resides over millions.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 172 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-26-0367. To the Good Friend gone reviewsI have three things left of the best friend i ever had. this is one of them, which i wrote years after his death.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-26-0368. The i of the Storm reviewsif you've ever had this moment of absolute calm during an emotional time, you may have some idea what i'm getting at. this is the fruit of one such instance.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-26-0369. On Discovery of truth reviewshere, i try to discuss the priorities of parts of betrayal on a scale of emotion.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 94 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-26-03
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