I'm a senior at Woodland High School and I just started writing poetry in September and I am gradually writing on a more regular basis. I am influenced by a broad and growing range of people and things from poets of several generations, to cars, to bums.

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1. Once Upon a Will Be

stories about boxes and riverbeds that never will be stories that never will be stories about someone who is not me

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-18-08 - Published: 7-18-08

2. Eighteen

When the entry way to the perfect summer day turns back to a storm drain

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 101 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-9-08 - Published: 7-9-08

3. Any More Frayed reviews

Sort of a song-poem. The meaning is self-explanatory in my opinion. Its about coming out of an identity crisis. I assure you it is not emo though.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 103 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-5-08 - Published: 7-5-08

4. Severed Yell

A follow up to my poem Long Time Yell. For context purposes, I reccomend reading the other poem first, but the messages are very different and independent of each other.

Friendship - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 136 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-30-08 - Published: 6-30-08

5. To Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Based on an evening with friends during which we played the question game from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead

General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-24-08 - Published: 6-24-08

6. Empty Eden reviews

And wrong questions Are chucked half- Answered

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-9-08 - Published: 6-9-08

7. Jan Something

never-ends and reverends

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-25-08 - Published: 5-25-08

8. Head Lice reviews

newer vices

General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 55 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 5-25-08 - Published: 5-25-08

9. Long Time Yell reviews

1... 2... 3

General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-4-08 - Published: 5-4-08

10. Chromium Reflection

This reads like a chant.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 262 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 3-23-08 - Published: 3-23-08

11. Socks and Missiles reviews

so what are you worrying about?

General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 222 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-15-08 - Published: 3-15-08

12. Us and Them and the Bomb reviews

Take a wild guess what this one is about...

Politics - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 3-15-08 - Published: 3-15-08

13. poet's reassurance reviews

Title basically sums it up. I wrote this while getting frustrated after a week of trying to write a poem around a good verse and only coming up with bad writing.

General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 68 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 3-15-08 - Published: 3-15-08

14. Grandfather God in the water

One may call it my first religious experience, met years later with something fairly different.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 390 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 2-25-08 - Published: 2-25-08

15. Culturally No Jew reviews

religion isn't about...

Religion - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 314 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 2-14-08 - Published: 2-14-08

16. The Plastic Recorder reviews

very exhausting to perform

General - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 162 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-2-08 - Published: 2-2-08

17. Waiting Part 1

First part to a longer social commentary about waiting.

General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 452 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-22-08 - Published: 1-22-08

18. you gotta play the game

just three lines I came up with. I plan to expand on it at a later time.

Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-5-08 - Published: 1-5-08

19. Death of a Sensationalist reviews

At the basic level this is about a woman being stabbed. It took me a while and multiple readings to figure out the actual meaning.

Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 41 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-13-07 - Published: 12-13-07

20. Camoflauge Pants Man

I wrote this poem while reflecting on an incident in front of a movie theater only an hour before. I have a feeling that it loses some of its effect when it isn't read out loud correctly.

Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 222 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-26-07 - Published: 10-26-07