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| C.H. Bashaw |
Author has written 59 stories for Love, Life, Play, Song, Haiku, Essay, General, Religion, and Friendship. Name: Chris Age: 18 High School: Capistrano Valley High (2005-2009) College: Cal Poly Pomona (2009-2013) Major: Communications/Journalism | |||||||||||||
1. Be reviewsFor AngelaComplete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 237 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-12-09 - Published: 9-12-092. To Angela reviewsTo date, I've yet to write a more perfect eulogy to celebrate someone who's so close to my heart.Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 524 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-7-09 - Published: 9-7-093. Bull In A China Shop reviewsHere I use metaphors to examine the delicacy of a relationshipLife - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 73 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-27-09 - Published: 8-27-094. To My Heavenly Messenger reviewsShe will remain in my heart, despite the distance.Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 322 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-24-09 - Published: 8-24-095. The Crown of Another KingSad, angry, happy, frustrated with the situation. Poem composed at different times when I was feeling completely different. The tone might suddenly change.Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 406 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 8-20-09 - Published: 8-20-096. Carpe DiemSeize the day, or rest of the week.Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 8-18-09 - Published: 8-18-097. Lowered Head In Guilt reviewsNot really a haiku... just a 575... too lazy to change the type.Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 7-28-09 - Published: 7-28-098. Summer Nights reviewseh, it's self-explanatory.Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 7-28-09 - Published: 7-28-099. The Eye of GodAbout the Helix Nebula and man's desire to test his limits.Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 7-23-09 - Published: 7-23-0910. Effort Unknown reviewsI gave a friend's girlfriend a ride. Sometimes you just have to accept reality.Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 281 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-28-09 - Published: 6-28-0911. Because My Lights Are On reviewsWho doesn't love the night?Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-22-09 - Published: 6-22-0912. Is It Summer Heat reviewsI really shouldn't tell her.Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-22-09 - Published: 6-22-0913. Playing truth or truthA summer bonfire with a friend, an acquaintance, and someone completely new... no one wanted to do "dares."Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-21-09 - Published: 6-21-0914. Look Between the Trees reviewsI was in bed, trying to fall asleep in my suburban home when I saw an old-growth forest in my mind.Complete - Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-17-09 - Published: 6-17-0915. FlyingI wrote this a long time ago and only changed a word.... "Need" to "long"Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 6-13-09 - Published: 6-13-0916. I Don't Understand YouYou never spoke to me and told me what was wrong, so I lose your friendship over what was probably a petty matter. Nothing of value was lost, then.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 209 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-9-09 - Published: 5-9-0917. The Bond Unravels reviewsWritten BEFORE three of my friends turned on me... I saw it coming.Complete - Friendship - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 245 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-28-09 - Published: 4-28-0918. A Night At A Lake...and beneath a starry sky/ 'twas a faultless affair for which I could've died....Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 297 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-28-09 - Published: 4-28-0919. The Whole Story Is Beautiful 41909 reviewsIt would have been two years... but instead of pining, I celebrate.Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 4-28-09 - Published: 4-28-0920. One Dark Morning On A Cold March DayI dreamt of a friend...Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-28-09 - Published: 4-28-0921. A Dutiful SpillIt just came to me... it's not perfect.Complete - Religion - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 228 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 4-28-09 - Published: 4-28-0922. I Feel Extraodinary reviewsI wrote this during a strange and very euphoric experience I had about half an hour ago... I think it captures what I felt to the best words can.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 4-27-09 - Published: 4-27-0923. Sonnets 9 through 14 » reviewsThese 6 sonnets are addressed to a bad friend "the queen" and to the other 2 friends who I lost to her.Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 6 - Words: 666 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-9-09 - Published: 3-9-0924. Sonnets 1 through 8 » reviewsEach chapter is a sonnet I wrote. The dates on which they were completed are included.General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 880 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 2-16-09 - Published: 2-16-0925. A Recollection and Want of Peace » reviews**Please be sure to recognize that there are 7 chapters. This is by far my longest piece. It's a narrative about a relationship I was in a while ago, which is still a great source for a lot of my poetry.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 7 - Words: 1,806 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 1-1-09 - Published: 1-1-0926. Stranger Letter to a Later Lover reviewsAnother one of my "don't give up, the right girl has got to be out there" poems.Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 12-31-08 - Published: 12-31-0827. No One Else Has To Know reviewsAn attempt to drain negative energy that should have been gone 9 months ago.Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 74 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-31-08 - Published: 12-31-0828. Sixteen reviewsWritten a few days before my 17th birthdayLife - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 89 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-31-08 - Published: 12-31-0829. Betrayed reviewsOnce a sweetheart, she now is a friend.Complete - Love - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 164 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-31-08 - Published: 12-31-0830. Hate In Its Purest Form reviewsHistory repeats itself.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: M - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-16-08 - Published: 7-16-0831. Untitled 2 reviewsFor KatieLove - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 71 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-8-07 - Published: 9-8-0732. Dots reviewsI draw dots to further express that which words can no longer.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 62 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 2-11-07 - Published: 2-11-0733. A Toast to My Friendships and Forsaken Youth » reviewsA collection of some random poems that deal with frienship and looking back on life that are too short to have their own individual entry.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 415 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-23-06 - Published: 10-28-0634. Conflict reviews....Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-23-06 - Published: 11-23-0635. Liar reviewsI kinda just started writing this...I don't think it's about me...but when I write, it's as if a new person takes over...maybe it is about me? Hurray for the subconscious!Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 110 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11-16-06 - Published: 11-16-0636. The Room reviewsAn english assignment...we were supposed to write an essay about a place using only precise description...being a poet, I found this assignment rather fun.Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 430 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-1-06 - Published: 10-1-0637. My Generation reviewsInspired when my history teacher said to the class "My generation has failed to bring peace to the world, maybe you guys will be the ones that save it."Haiku - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 9-17-06 - Published: 9-17-0638. I Beg of Thee, Give Me Amnesty reviewsSo yes, once again I'm after someone. We've been out twice last year, but it didnt seem like it was going to work. Now I feel totally different, and I hope she's willing to give me another chance.Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 9-11-06 - Published: 9-11-0639. Pain reviewsAnd so after all these years, I finally let it all out.Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 389 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-30-06 - Published: 8-30-0640. The Way It Should Be reviewsThe title says all...Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 134 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-27-06 - Published: 8-27-0641. The Dream of Reality reviewsHave you ever wondered if your nightmares were someone else's reality? ...Thanks to my insomnia, I've put out another poem in the early A.M.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 188 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 8-20-06 - Published: 8-20-0642. The Price I Pay reviewsLast January I had turned someone down...5 months later I feel like an idiot. (Don't worry fair xandria...this is the last one I post before my holiday, and you most likely know who this is for.)Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-6-06 - Published: 8-6-0643. Lucky Stars reviewsNot sure what I was trying to say here...this is 1 of my 3 truly "emo" poems in existence (the others arent posted...)...but I think I was tryng to say something like "Be careful about how you treat your friends cuz they may be all you have"...Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 8-6-06 - Published: 8-6-0644. A Friend To You reviewsEver feel like all you are is "just a friend" to the opposite gender? This was written for someone back in February, but now she's one of my best friends. I ask too much I guess.. .this is also among my best love poems.Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 119 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-31-06 - Published: 7-31-0645. Untitled reviewsHave you ever wondered where your future signifigant other is? And do you ever wonder if you'll ever find them?Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 79 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-31-06 - Published: 7-31-0646. Fifteen Years Wasted reviewsNot very uplifting...rather pessimistic. I feel I'm growing up too fast becuase there's alot of things I've never done that could only be done when I was young (rhyming skillz...)Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 160 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-22-06 - Published: 7-22-0647. Poems from Camp Whitsett » reviewsThe only poem that I dont really like is "The Night", it has some major flunecy issues. My favorite is "Homecoming"...it will make you think twice about boyscout camps...(these 3 were written at boyscout camp)Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 275 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 7-22-06 - Published: 7-22-0648. The Fire reviewsThis is one of those poems that's meaning is really up to the reader. However, this is indeed a love poem. If you can see how it is as such, please post your thoughtsLove - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 75 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 7-10-06 - Published: 7-10-0649. The Tragedy of Teenage Misanthropy » reviewsI'm writing a play based on my poem "Ballad of Teenage Misanthropy" Please check for each scene in different chapters. Comments are encouraged and appreciated.Play - Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 2,134 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 7-5-06 - Published: 7-3-0650. The Three Artists In Me reviewsThis is about my decision on whether to join my school's jazz band, or join drama club. Those are two different artists, can you guess the third?Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 211 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-28-06 - Published: 6-28-0651. My Lost Paradise reviewsThis was a poem I had to write for english class...the teacher put so many guidelines and requirements that it didnt feel much like poetry, but this is what I put out and I like it. It gave me the chance to reflect on my lifeLife - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 139 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-21-06 - Published: 6-21-0652. Driven Mad reviewsThis was the bridge between lyrics and traditional poetry for me...in other words, the first actual poem I've written that lacked a chorus...I am actually very pleased with it and I hope you will sense how I was feeling when I wrote it.Life - Fiction Rated: K - English - Angst/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-20-06 - Published: 6-20-0653. The One I want reviewsThis was written somewhere between February and April 2006. Fairly new, however my feelings for the person are long gone. The person it is written for is also the young lady introduced to me by the antagonist in "Ballad of a Failed Friendship"Love - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 160 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-20-06 - Published: 6-20-0654. Never Again Am I going To Put Up With You reviewsThis is one of those "read between the lines" poems. I feel really uncomfortable posting my hate poems because they let loose the demons that I thought were locked away...Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 137 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-20-06 - Published: 6-20-0655. 21006 Cold Blood Revenge reviewsThis is not one of my better "F-you" poems...because it's in song format. It's very contemporary and straight forward. It was also written about the same person in "Ballad of a Failed Friendship". I actually regret alot of my writing about this person becLife - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 187 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-20-06 - Published: 6-20-0656. Testimony of the Conscience reviewsThis was written before my ballad about Jared. In this one, the narrator is my mind and it is speaking to me. It will kinda give you a chill as Jared's ballad might have...which is exactly what I want to give you.Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Angst/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 6-19-06 - Published: 6-19-0657. Ballad of A Failed Friendship reviewsThis is a true story...nothing is exaggerated. These events happened the way they are presented.Life - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 607 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 6-19-06 - Published: 6-19-0658. Ballad of Teenage Misanthropy reviewsThis is about a teen, Jared (who represents me), that distrusts humanity. His mental instabilty and distrust in people (and himself) leads him to ditch his friends and eventually end his life...however I wont be ending my life anytime soon...I hope.Life - Fiction Rated: T - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 376 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-19-06 - Published: 6-19-06