Niniel Uskglass
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since: 11-06-05, id: 500404
country: USA
Author has written 72 stories for General, Biography, Love, General, Haiku, Family, and Life.

I'm young (ish) and I don't believe it's in my character to get older. I write for my own benefit, but I don't always understand everything I say. I pretend to be a private person who doesn't share my emotions but apparently I'm not. And yes I have "issues" like everybody else, but nobody tells me what they are and they say I have to figure them out myself. Go figure. Constructive criticism is always greatly appreciated, but so are little lines saying that you liked what I wrote. It's nice to know people actually read what I write occasionally. If you see something wrong with formatting or typoes (ie last line on the left side of the page) drop me a note and I'll fix it. usually.

Excerpt from Anne Carson's book Plainwater:

On Hedonism
Beauty makes me hopeless. I don't care why anymore I just want to get away. When I look at the city of Paris I long to wrap my legs around it. When I watch you dancing there is a heartless immensity like a sailor in a dead-calm sea. Desires as round as peaches bloom in me all night, I no longer gather what falls.
-Anne Carson


1. Migration
Driving down Highway 99 at night...
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Published: 1-2-11 - Complete
2. The Crown Jewels The Other Woman
A twist on the fairytale of the kind girl who speaks and rubies tumble out of her mouth.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Published: 4-11-10 - Complete
3. A Family Recipe
A poem about life. And my mother.
Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 78 - Published: 4-11-10 - Complete
4. Mine reviews
I have never written a love poem before. But here it comes, flowing out of me.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 111 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9-5-07 - Complete
5. Perfect Farce
A response to Tim O'Brian's The Things They Carried
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,053 - Published: 5-10-07 - Complete
6. The Wall
You can't live your life while trying to forget it.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 260 - Published: 6-15-06
7. Us reviews
Salt
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-2-06
8. Faking It reviews
Feeling like what you felt was fake.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-2-06
9. Guilt reviews
I'm being guilt tripped. And it's working.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 83 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-2-06
10. Hibiscus
"emotions swell/with rivers"
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Published: 4-2-06
11. Sorry
Remorse
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 60 - Published: 4-2-06
12. Skulls
"Cactus blooms/naked flowers"
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Published: 4-2-06
13. Saturdays
A more lusty love poem
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 40 - Published: 4-2-06
14. All I ever wanted reviews
simple love poem
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-2-06
15. Tryst reviews
A short haiku.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-2-06
16. Reflections
"Reflections: of the unsaid."
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 153 - Published: 4-2-06
17. Farce reviews
An odd style (I hope you didn't mind- it came barreling at me at the end of the tunnel. Please review.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-31-05
18. Once for a While
Make of it what you will. Thanks.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Published: 12-29-05
19. Love reviews
Please don't make me explain my emotions. There's too much love here for us all.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 230 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-29-05
20. Honeysuckle reviews
Please don't make me explain my emotions. There's too much love here for us all.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-29-05
21. Leopards reviews
This takes a quote from the author Kafka and attempts to seamlessly integrate it with a quote from Momaday. It was written in the early hours of the morning when divine inspiration struck.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 329 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-23-05
22. Autobiography in Six Sentences reviews
I'm not sure how to qualify this. It is an autobiography in six different types of sentences (ie complex, simple, compound, etc.) Try mixing up the order too.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 155 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-23-05
23. Hung reviews
I have no idea where this came from. I started it once. Then finished it later. And now I've completely redone it.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 91 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-23-05
24. To Prince
Please don't make me explain my emotions. There's too much love here for us all.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 280 - Published: 11-23-05
25. Diamonds reviews
please just read it and review. comments are appreciated.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-21-05
26. Poems for Matthew
These are poems I wrote upon seeing the Laramie Project. For those of you who don't know it's the true story of a college kid who was killed because he was gay. I know it has bad editing and I didn't capitalize and use punctuation, but in this case it's t
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 186 - Published: 11-19-05
27. Remembrance reviews
A poem about lost chances
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 19 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-15-05
28. Words reviews
The cruelty of words
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-15-05
29. Black reviews
A poem about regret.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 53 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-15-05
30. Desert Storm reviews
This is not about the war. Please tell me what you think.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 120 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-15-05
31. Bruised reviews
Please read and review.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-15-05
32. My family's Scents
Please read and review.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 85 - Published: 11-15-05
33. Unfeeling reviews
About the misconception that sometimes people are emotionless.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-14-05
34. Poems for Julien reviews
Sappy love poems, but terribly one-sided.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-14-05
35. Quiet reviews
I had a headache at the time.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 80 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-10-05
36. Snapshots of Memory »
This story is a mix of the movie Citizen Kane, the book Catcher in the Rye, the way my life could have gone and unwittingly my grandmother's life as well. It is the story of a playwright and her life.
Fiction: Biography - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 2,222 - Published: 11-9-05
37. You Used to Love reviews
A poem about my father.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-9-05
38. Winter in New York
What Winter in New York felt like.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Published: 11-9-05
39. Wedding Day
"...Oleanders/ on my mother's wedding day/ I was not there."
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 58 - Published: 11-9-05
40. Used to grow
Misletoe on oak trees
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Published: 11-9-05
41. Tired
About being tired of life
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 135 - Published: 11-9-05
42. The saddest thing reviews
Daffodils on a bare hill
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 36 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
43. Temptation reviews
Wanting what you can't have.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 36 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
44. Synonyms of Love
It's about...
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 86 - Published: 11-9-05
45. Spiders and Flies
The end of the day and the lack of distinction but remnant of alienation.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Published: 11-9-05
46. Sensory Perception reviews
Please read and review.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
47. Pinecrest reviews
Memories and poem writing all in one.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 65 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
48. Odd
How society can ostracize and alienate people.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 70 - Published: 11-9-05
49. My favourite things
A poem about deceit.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 68 - Published: 11-9-05
50. Motionless in the Shade reviews
A poem about waiting and not being able to do anything.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 33 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
51. Morning
"webs of deceit twirl/ballerinas so pretty..."
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Published: 11-9-05
52. Lust reviews
"eroticism in your o..."
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 37 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
53. Lights
City lights in winter.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 313 - Published: 11-9-05
54. Lies
My little collection of lies.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Published: 11-9-05
55. Interplay
A compilation of haiku's to make one longer poem.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Published: 11-9-05
56. Home
Looking for your home, knowing you have a house.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Published: 11-9-05
57. Grownup Perfume reviews
a poem about adolescence.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-9-05
58. Geisha reviews
This was originally for a class I took. I kind of like it. Tell me what you think.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 37 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
59. Frog Jumping Jubilee
More childhood memories
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 24 - Published: 11-9-05
60. Fragments
About having so many pieces of things in your head.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Published: 11-9-05
61. Fountain reviews
A poem on life.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 203 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
62. Forgetfulness
About forgetfulness...
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 21 - Published: 11-9-05
63. Flowers reviews
"...And flowers bloomed black."
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
64. Expeditions and Santas
Some memories I have
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 300 - Published: 11-9-05
65. Dishwasher reviews
About felling drained and useless
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
66. Carnival of Emotions
All kinds of colors, and all kinds of emotions
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 78 - Published: 11-9-05
67. Bricabrac
Please read and review.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Published: 11-9-05
68. Bitter
"read your arrogance in the lines of my face..."
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Published: 11-9-05
69. Because reviews
Illustrating a bit of heatbreak...
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 43 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-9-05
70. Alone reviews
It's about being alone...
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 77 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05
71. Alligator Spirits
A bit of an abstract poem, but I liked it. Let me know if you do.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 30 - Published: 11-9-05
72. Advice reviews
Short bit I wrote. Just some general advice not to follow. Please let me know what you think.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 69 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-9-05