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Author has written 35 stories for Song, General, Love, Life, Family, and Politics. formerly known as do you has. older works on what a gas. named michael. or willis, as i'm more commonly addressed, at least by peers. seventeen. i'm delicious. of the male persuasion. i've been writing since around 2002 or 2003. back when i was 12 or 13 years old, methinks. residing in a small but growing town in north carolina. i'm surviving. my music picks as of 2006 november 17: tilly and the wall "perfect fit" tom petty and the heartbreakers "american girl" dar williams "as cool as i am" ben lee "cigarettes will kill you" ben lee "running with scissors" k-ci and jojo "all my life" of montreal "my british tour diary" am sixty "big as the sky" am sixty "just a dream" the magnetic fields "i think i need a new heart" the magnetic fields "no one will ever love you" belle and sebastian "if she wants me" mates of state "parachutes (funeral song)" mates of state "fraud in the 80s" hot chip "sexual healing" mr lif featuring ray boy fernandes "live from the plantation" republic of safety "vacation" okkervil river "the latest toughs" ben kweller "penny on the train track" what made milwaukee famous "hellodrama" regina spektor "on the radio" diplo "diplo rhythm" new order "ceremony" the killers "bling (confessions of a king)" the killers "sam's town" the killers "for reasons unknown" the killers "this river is wild" john vanderslice "the kingdom" nightmare of you "ode to serotonin" suburban kids with biblical names "rent a wreck" suburban kids with biblical names "loop dupliciate my heart" cold war kids "we used to vacation" jeff buckley "hallelujah" okkervil river "the president's dead" the rocket summer "move to the other side of the block" regina spektor "love affair" gym class heroes "cupid's chokehold" mayfly "it ain't me babe" lady sovereign "love me or hate me" head automatica "curious" lauryn hill "to zion" counting crows "sullivan street" jimmy eat world "a sunday" nelly furtado "afraid" suburban kids with biblical names "seems to be on my mind" so. i've been a lazybum lately. i apologize for my past and future misspellings within my works. and for forgetting whole words. 'cause i realized i do that a lot. and, of course, i apologize for my lack of reviews in the past and future. i try to read pretty much every poetic work (fiction, not so much) of those on my favorite authors list. it's just i don't always review. i know, i know, i suck at life. shhh. posted works - "danielle" // "little black book" // "(go ahead) the stage is yours" // "the goodwill revolution" // "freddy's not a punk" // "running with traffic (interlude)" // "blonde on blonde on blonde" // "the price of bliss" // "solitaria" // "enjoyable abuse of the chemicals among us" // "keen" // "grey haired apple" // "distance with a capital d" // "pictures of hands" // "when johnny was a child" // "louisiana air (what a scene)" // "what a terrible life" // "my face like braille" // "rescue me" // "she could win a war" // "growing up in summer clothes" // "chemistry with this machine" // "on the second day, we heard an alarm" // "tko" // "the auditorium" // "96 drops" // "rejection cake" // "we are not fish, we are men!" // "having a clue" // "donica" // "dynamite houses" // "mouse and a rabbit" straight in my head "raise your glass" // "to the bones" // "bolt from the blue" // "camouflage on the ceiling" // "jail cell song" // "envy rides" // "forest green" // "survey says" // "untitled (6-19)" // "waiting with the sunrise" // "celebrate dana" // "get jaded" // "teleteletelekinetics" // "tokyo" // "a bit of a smile" // "saint" // "no wine" // "mint mountain" // "boy, we are not in arizona" // "a linda blair morning" // "be your banshee" // "janie" // "ink on her face" // "dirty french words" // "glue to dark hearts" // "annie fights a ninja at the dirty disco (la violencia!)" // "my left arm" // "let's get invisible" // "no, please" // "marie and the concrete" // "poughkeepsie bowed its head and let her walk away" // "stop your goddamned screaming" // "in the middle of our street where we pushed and shoved and shook and danced" // "yes, those are my real teeth" // "casual fridays" // "the weather disagrees" // "street credit" // "superhero" // "queer apple" // "pavlov taught me everything" // "jesus seems" // "scramble in falsetto" // "by lonely i mean lonesome" // "apologies in advance" // "the bug that ate me" // "hey, cecelia, what can i do?" // "parlor" in all your teenaged glory "english" // "in all your teenaged glory" // "i know your name" // "shelby baby" // "my morning with the king" // "nobody wants to dance anymore" // "scout" // "love supreme on the silver stage" // "she speaks like marie" // "see straight" // "chase" // "i guess i just want people to know my name" // "ohio is not for lovers" // "like your sister" // "shave your head" // "delicate nonsense" // "somebody owes me something" // "you're beautiful to everyone but me" // "no pathetic bliss" // "the show is currently experiencing technical difficulties" // "song of innocence (18th century art)" // "glam bam bam" // "we need a brain" // "welcome, we say" // "shine on" // "mailbox" // "the best in venice" // "part of the legacy" holding on to teenaged glory (incomplete) "before we were crooked" // "child star" // "you are audible (rewrite)" // "i don't blame you" // "change" // "i didn't know your name" // "you could van gogh my ears" // "brick wall brother" // "those big brown eyes" // "back of your mind" // "barefoot" // "alcohol" // "glory to god, i guess" // "seventeen (or eighteen)" simplicity "simplicity part one" // "a bell" // "my face like braille part one" // "not i, said mr. loveless" // "my face like braille part two" // "a big big love" // "shampoo" // "simplicity part two" // "new york nights" // "time wasted" // "95" // "lost in translation" other / unposted "alone together" // "go with me when i go" //"jamie wasn't there" // "every impulse" // "don't" // "your marion awaits" // "do the jerk" // "sleepwalking in seattle" // "oh i oh i" // "sandwich philosophy" // "artistic differences" // "i'm a catch" // "bored little soldier" // "sly" // "that's not healthy" // "the boy with the glove" // "fire, fire, in your hair" // "godspeed" // "benevolent order of antelopes" // "you are audible" // "lucky" // "lime" // "holding the cellar door open for you" // "bomb me, baby" // "gamete" // "waltz once more" // "punch drunk" // "make it over" // "wallflower" // "breeze" // "granted (i will)" // "take me to the promiseland" // "black and white" // "sounds for europe to hear" // "to be an animal with animal instincts" | |||||||
1. simplicity » reviewsexcerpts from a writing notebook stored deep in the desk beside my bed. poems date as early as december 2004.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 12 - Words: 572 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 2-6-062. mouse and a rabbit reviewsyou are the knife and i am the spoon. you are the words and i am the tune.Poetry: Song - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 315 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-4-063. straight in my head: pending works » reviewsi know these lines look crooked on paper, but i swear i've got it straight in my head. unfinished writings.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 47 - Words: 3,541 - Reviews: 56 - Updated: 10-8-05 - Published: 2-6-054. dynamite houses reviewswe are doomed! doomed, i tell you! but we all go down together.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 116 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-14-055. in all your teenaged glory: collected works » reviewsword after word inspired by yearbooks and one vivid imagination. because i'm not omniscient.Poetry: Song - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 28 - Words: 3,969 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 7-29-05 - Published: 6-1-056. donica reviewsode to a book with some autographs.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 91 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-26-057. having a clue reviewsi don't want to hear about the day the music ceased to exist.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 128 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-24-058. we are not fish we are men!'a school? yes. do we swim? most of us, yes. are we trout? i don't think so.' long lost friends deserve some words.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 112 - Published: 7-24-059. rejection cake reviewsone plus one plus one makes three. we love he love she love me.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-11-0510. 96 drops reviewslove lust love lust love lust love lust. which is it?Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-26-0511. the auditorium reviewsyou and i diving through the aisles sounds really nice.Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-26-0512. tko reviewsyou were a total knockout on stage.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 136 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-26-0513. on the second day we heard an alarmwhat do all these words mean? chicken scratch on college-ruled paper is NOT pretty, mind you.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Published: 5-26-0514. chemistry with this machine reviewslet's interact, robot robot.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-15-0515. growing up in summer clothes reviewsjigsaw hips give me pleasant chills down my spine.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-15-0516. she could win a war reviewsshe's your wife, hank! she is your bride!Poetry: Family - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 120 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-15-0517. rescue me reviewsit's your party, you can cry if you want to. i'm sorry that i'm not good at this comfort thing, but here's a poem to make up for it.Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-13-0518. my face like braille reviewsthis piece is about your eyes, my fascination, your life, my observations.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 370 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 1-5-0519. what a terrible life reviewsthe world is made of black and dark and red and blood and hurt and pain and blood and hate and evil. duh.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 1-5-0520. louisiana air reviewsThis is the script of how things would go, down in New Orleans where I hoped to see you having a good time. But where were you?Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 117 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-1-0521. when johnny was a child reviewscall him heavenly, call him sinful, but he's just a man. and i still don't understand what's wrong.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-1-0422. pictures of hands reviewsI have no pictures of you, but I can wish I do.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11-26-0423. distance with a capital D reviewsI love. I love fences. I love middle ground. I love confusion. I love suspense.Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 92 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-23-0424. grey haired apple reviewsMy horoscope said it was going to be a good day. Also, italics are good and punctuation & capitalization are bad.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 187 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 11-23-0425. Keen reviewsWe all know the beautiful people lead to beautiful bruises, but we (or at least I) can linger in love from far away. Then again, you spoke to that beautiful person, so I must admit I'm a bit jealous.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 354 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-22-0426. Enjoyable Abuse Of The Chemicals Among Us reviews'It's a vague and wonderful thing...' (originally written in summer 03.)Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 51 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-19-0427. Solitaria reviewsOh irony, oh patience, oh speed...(originally written in July 2003).Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 26 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-19-0428. The Price Of Bliss reviewsFailure isn't something we desire, but is it something to settle for? Why can't comfort, contentness, and happiness be free?Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 200 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-23-0429. Blonde On Blonde On Blonde reviewsA song dedicated to a friend of mine. A lot of things mentioned in this song very few people will understand. Obviously, there are some alcohol references - the rest I will leave for you to determine yourself. Interpretations are encouraged in reviews.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 195 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-6-0430. Running With Traffic Interlude reviewsA short piece about life flying by. When everything's normal - not going through heaven or hell - but you still feel like life is moving so fast as if it were being pushed by a wind (which explains the Windy City - Chicago reference in my poem).Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 51 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-18-0431. Freddy's Not A Punk reviewsI didn't have anything in mind while writing this, but it's vague enough to make up your own meaning for.Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-18-0432. The Goodwill RevolutionInspired by a bout of loneliness and my thoughts along with that feeling. Also, the tune is heavily influenced by Modest Mouse's 'The Devil's Work Day'.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Published: 4-17-0433. The Stage Is Yours reviewsFull title is 'Go ahead, the stage is yours'. This song is heavily influenced by Radiohead's 'A Punchup At A Wedding', and this song is named after a lyric from an unreleased verse of 'A Punchup...'Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 227 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-25-0434. Little Black Book reviewsFor a friend, suffering unrequited love and a certain dilemma.Poetry: Song - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 221 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-15-04
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