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| Abortive Measures |
Author has written 32 stories for General, General, Politics, Haiku, Nature, and School. '... to such men the desperate and horrible thought has come that perhaps the whole of human life is but a bad joke, a violent and ill-fated abortion of the primal mother, a savage and dismal catastrophe of nature. To them, too, however, the other thought has come that man is perhaps not merely a half-rational animal but a child of the gods and destined to immortality.' - Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf 'I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use - silence, exile, and cunning.' - James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | |||||||||
1. Another Wound reviewsJust trying to avoid the schoolbooks.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-8-08 - Complete2. DirgeWe are so similar to each other because our ailments are the same... Awkwardness is contagious, but so is empathy. Something of a quiet realisation. Oh, and the title just seemed to fit.Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 484 - Published: 6-20-07 - Complete3. SteppenwolfMr.Hesse, Mr.Hesse... you've reaffirmed my angst.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Published: 3-2-07 - Complete4. Media reviewsGlobalisation's a very international peculiarity. First thing I've written in what seems like years, so bound to be a bit rusty. Also, if anyone could tell me how to vanquish the line breaks I'd appreciate it.Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 33 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-2-075. Friday Afternoons at School Swimming Lessons reviewsI never really liked mandatory exercise, anyway.Poetry: School - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-26-066. Waiting for Critiques reviewsTitle says it all.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-28-057. Three Little Piggies reviews'Or we'll huff and we'll puff and blow your Europe down.'Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-23-058. The Sea reviewsNot the kind of thing I usually write, but seeing as how I was sitting in the school hall finished my exam and dying to be free, I thought I'd indulge in something different. It's about... um... the sea.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 33 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-21-059. How Soon Is Now? reviewsEngland needs a real hero now, as I discovered one night whilst listening to The Smiths. 'Cemetry' is intentionally misspelt in the second stanza. I don't suppose anyone will know why...Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-18-0510. Modern Amenities and Siddharta Gautama reviewsHave you heard the fable about the Buddhist monk trainee who didn't quite make it? Sometimes being atheist has its disadvantages...Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-18-0511. MiniRockers and Other Subculture Excuses reviewsMusic is not a brandable product. Hating your parents doesn't denote angst. Hopefully, if I stick this in angst it'll appeal to some of its main targets.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Parody/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 35 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-17-0512. Soapland Hedonism reviewsOriginally intended as a tirade against the fairytale endings so often desired in the media, especially in cinema, this morphed into a rant against desire in general.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 60 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-15-0513. Definitions reviewsI love you, 'Concise Oxford Dictionary'.Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 87 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 12-4-0514. A Design for Death reviewsBased on the Manic Street Preachers song "A Design for Life".Poetry: Politics - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-4-0515. Tonight reviewsSometimes I don't sleep very well. Again, partially inspired by Allen Ginsberg, this is my ode to all night-owls.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-2-0516. Untitled reviewsI was sitting in my room trying to cure writers' apathy and musing on existence...Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 125 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-30-0517. Studying reviewsAfter reading an existentialist masterpiece you're less likely to care about your grades...Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 38 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-30-0518. Haiku Untitled reviewsA free hug to anyone who guesses what this is about. I know it's rubbish, but bear with me.Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-23-0519. Insults reviewsSometimes people call me derogative names, but I define myself by them. NOT AS CHEESY AS SUMMARY SUGGESTS.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 81 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-23-0520. Mind and Anima reviewsAnd conflicts.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-18-0521. Two and Two is ? reviewsNineteen Eighty-Four' inspired piece. Not quite sure why it belongs in politics, but hey, I had nowhere else to put it!Poetry: Politics - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 35 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11-9-0522. In Response As Regards My Prose reviewsIn response to a recent criticism of a prose piece I submitted here.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 29 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-28-0523. Depression reviewsI assure you this is not archetypal adolescent angst.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 24 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-28-0524. Sing Debauchery reviewsA cynic's view of leftist protests, considering the 'Soviet experiment.'Poetry: Politics - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-15-0525. Shakespearean To This reviewsMan kills everything.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 18 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-15-0526. Timeless reviews'I live off this; your little articulations on my present state of mind.'Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 78 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-15-0527. Computer Screen MS Word, monopoly, 12:05 am GMT reviewsDerp.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 67 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-14-0528. On BeingWhat am I?Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 40 - Published: 10-14-0529. He reviewsAnd he seemed so educated at the time.Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-12-0530. Loves His Shakespeare reviewsConflicts at English classtime. Very far removed from my usual angst pieces.Fiction: General - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 488 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 10-12-0531. On Learning from Experience reviewsDedicated to the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, "starving hysterical naked."Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-9-0532. Degenerative reviewsA general musing on life.Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9-11-05
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