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| Demodocus |
Author has written 32 stories for Nature, General, Friendship, Haiku, Life, Love, Song, and Fantasy. | |||||||
1. Athlete's ChorusDedicated to a man and athlete whose nature I failed dismally to embrace until it was too late...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 113 - Published: 5-10-08 - Complete2. My Heart is YearningInspired by the Christian hymn, but nondenominational. Though no mention is made of its characters or situations, this spiritual also derives some inspiration from the Lunar RPG series.Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 134 - Published: 2-17-07 - Complete3. Stilllife reviewsBecause poems about perfect love are good for greeting cards...Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-16-064. Sunrise Snowfield reviewsAnother winter poem. Contains non-standard English usage. Glad to be back writing.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-26-055. Flash and Burn reviewsWhile we may never manage to understand our emotions, understanding can help us manage our emotions.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 125 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-19-046. The Final Redemption reviewsDedicated to a young man who passed away here, whose laughter shall be missed by all. For faith fills the void left by understanding.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 202 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-19-047. The Other Side of Light reviewsDedicated to a very dear friend I've made during my job training. Some people, by living life, make life livable. By embracing life, they make it embraceable.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 10-19-048. A Chilling Warmth reviewsStanding out in a gentle snowfall at night can be quite inspiring. Oh, and by the way, if any of you have a degree in psychoanalysis, please don't hesitate to let me know why the heck I'm writing a winter-oriented poem on July 21, a very humid day in souPoetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 136 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-21-049. The Fire of Compassion reviewsThough few consider it, campfires can have a very powerful influence on our lives. This is a campfire song without a tune, complete with the good cliches. If you like such things, you should definitely enjoy this one.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 121 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-20-0410. Which Way? reviewsAnother darker piece, expressing my frustration at a venture which was unsuccessful.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 202 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-14-0411. Touched reviewsTo be touched by the one you care most about...can one truly put this into words? This first villanelle in my collection is a mere attempt at that, written on the spur of the moment.Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 101 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-10-0412. Ode to the Setting of the Sun reviewsA rather abstract poem about how I feel when I gaze at a sunset. It is a really amazing sight which defies description, much as this poem does, I am afraid.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 125 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 3-29-0413. Skyrider reviewsInspired by a passage from a story on fictionpress, this is my first truly fantastical poem posted to this site. No actual characters or situations were plagiarized, to the best of my knowledge.Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 139 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 2-4-0414. The Kiss of Life reviewsTo be kissed, in sixteen lines of iambic pentameter...Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-2-0415. Will You? reviewsInspired by varying philosophical views on the will. Somewhat abstract and metaphysical; read and enjoy. Contains a deliberate use of nonstandard English grammar.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 12-12-0316. The Soul Basis reviewsSpurred by a reading of Plato's "Phaedo", an inspired poem about not fearing death or its aftermath. not a call to suicide!Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 128 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 10-12-0317. The Thorn Catcher reviewsVery simple, but quite complex in its own way. A call to action against human suffering. Somewhat Nietzschean...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9-16-0318. Bastard reviewsA poem, whose title is a pun on the name of the Egyptian cat goddess, written on the spur of the moment. Expresses the writer's frustration about losing one of his closest friends, after browsing a web site she hosts.Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 9-5-0319. Classical reviewsClassical music, in eleven words...Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-24-0320. The Perfect Fire reviewsA bit darker, though not by much, sings of man's desire to be without flaw and error.Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 75 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-22-0321. Athens reviewsA song written in 1995 and reproduced from memory, this piece was written, as its content may indicate, while enrolled in History 100: Western Civilizations I. It is my first song posted to this web site.Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 190 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-22-0322. Windlove reviewsJames Fenton? Emily Dickinson? Both have written, among other things, poems about the wind. To be blunt, I only wish to follow their example. Short and sweet.Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 107 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-17-0323. Love Someone reviewsA very simple love poem: quite familiar to many, but shall draw a smile to the lips of the true romantic...Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 7-13-0324. Just a Game reviewsThe inner life of a baseball fan trying to decide how to handle his feelingsPoetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-5-0325. Beyond reviewsInspired by a documentary on cosmology, a sonnet about the universe; what we know, but more importantly, what we don't know, what we can't know, what we shouldn't knowPoetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 160 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-5-0326. The Good, the Bad, and the Real reviewsAnother piece about perspective, but there are some darker themes in this piece, so the rating will be slightly more restrictivePoetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 447 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-26-0327. Tops in Portland Coffee reviewsONe of the hardest things to learn about in life is getting perspective on a difficult situation...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 145 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-26-0328. For Nothing reviewsOne of my first, very abstract, metaphysical...Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 196 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-26-0329. MindsongsThere are actually multiple haikus in this entry...Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 70 - Published: 6-26-0330. It's Hard to See reviewsTwo of the most supportive friends I've made on and are praised in this longer poemPoetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 443 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-26-0331. Guitar reviewsThis is, in plain English, how I feel about the instrumentPoetry: General - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 68 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-26-0332. Butterfly, Butterfly reviewsTitle says it all...very metaphysicalPoetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6-26-03
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