coal and marigoldshide bio
Author has written 60 stories for Life, Song, Haiku, Spiritual, Love, Friendship, Humor, General, General, Nature, Essay, Romance, and Fable. in words she's a: whorecrux. on-the-edge-of-seventeener. babooshka (ya-ya). crazyawesome (no debate). deep-thinker-sitting-in-a-puddle. lots of other things that she would rather not admit. she likes: completely silly pop music. amazing indie/jazz/alternative/awesome-need-not-apply music. snapple and lemonade. jim halpert. red pandas. lots of books sitting on high shelves. overcast days. finding the humor in things. she knows when she sees it. NOW READ, KIDS. |
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Short Bits by Kaethe Airlia reviews
A collection of micro poetry. NEW Transcendence, Maybe; Hope; Grief; Sorrow
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 85 - Words: 2,764 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Updated: 11/14/2009 - Published: 11/6/2005
24 over insomnia by she's not breathing reviews
it's the number i hate, the hours i can't sleep away. one day. one year. you are everything, but you don't know how tangled i still am. REMOVED.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 24 - Words: 240 - Reviews: 218 - Favs: 70 - Follows: 8 - Updated: 3/25/2007 - Published: 3/25/2006 - Complete
six hundred two by always gats b y reviews
girls struck by lightning
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 51 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 4 - Published: 7/20/2006
The Astronaut by rightclick5ave reviews
we collided, and now we're hurtling to Earth at the speed of love.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 494 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/14/2006
Rooftop Dreams by Linnet reviews
(For who cares for ninety-degree April days, when cool, sensuous nights spray the sun-drugged days with romance) A series inspired by nighttime visits to my roof.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 253 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 4/16/2006
Summer by classic violet reviews
just remember to breathe.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 35 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 2 - Published: 4/8/2006
To My Microwave Oven by Victor Vestitor reviews
The epic battle between Man and that loathsome, radioactive, carcinogenic beast: The Microwave. In this case man loses. May you, dear reader, have better fortune.
Poetry: Humor - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/27/2006
Crisp Spin: A Dream by Moondog Dozier reviews
fleshing out the copper for the silver in the sun
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/23/2006
subtract me here by bright horizon splash reviews
oh the pain...
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 2 - Published: 3/14/2006
She Was A Dreamer by agirlnamed-aly reviews
Too bad she suffered from insomnia.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 169 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 2 - Published: 1/5/2006
A Fairy Tale by Steelsheen reviews
The princess is really tired of waiting for the requisite knight in shining armor to come rescue her, said knight is really tired of freeing avian creatures, and the green-skinned guard is just really tired. Parody of your usual damsel-in-distress story.
Fiction: Fantasy - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,055 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 9/24/2005
Admirer by grim-dreamer reviews
Dedicated to the one I love - but who is it? (Is it you)
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/9/2005
The Hitchhikin' Coat Stealer by She's a Star reviews
Driving down a deserted road on a rainy night, a young man comes across a girl walking in white...New twist on a classic ghost story.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,954 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 6 - Published: 10/8/2002
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pomegranates, too reviews
tongues and tastes and tickets for trips.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4/27/2008 - Complete
pomegranate reviews
and i swear that you still linger on my lips.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 31 - Reviews: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/24/2008 - Complete
the sea house reviews
come inside, the water's too warm.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11/6/2007 - Complete
trophy larva reviews
darling! get the frame!
Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Humor/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10/9/2007 - Complete
at the window and into the rain reviews
she falls like sand through a sift.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10/5/2007 - Complete
for less reviews
with nothing left except an old wedding dress.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 27 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9/28/2007 - Complete
page five ninety six reviews
rush.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 29 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7/19/2007 - Complete
merci and denada reviews
ignore the signs.
Fiction: Fable - Rated: K - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6/22/2007 - Complete
why california? reviews
like a beverly hillbilly.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Adventure/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6/11/2007 - Complete
ricardo reviews
clasps my hand.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 18 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6/11/2007 - Complete
island hopping, boat docks reviews
All aboard for abroad.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Mystery/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 43 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6/10/2007 - Complete
breeze through your fingers reviews
You were always apologetic when you drank.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 898 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/9/2007 - Complete
sunflowers reviews
for 2007, 2007, 2007.
Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 266 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3/14/2007 - Complete
elysian reviews
this is where all heroes rest.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 56 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2/23/2007 - Complete
sans lace trim reviews
we make no sense.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 93 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 2/16/2007 - Complete
the water whispers reviews
angela, the water doesn't respond.
Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2/15/2007 - Complete
the roadways are no exception reviews
linger in this town.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1/30/2007
after the delilahs reviews
after the leaves have grown weary and cracked.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/23/2007 - Complete
beautiful, beautiful reviews
and not in the same conventional way.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 430 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/19/2007 - Complete
trees of metropolis reviews
loveless feeling drives the car.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 70 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11/22/2006 - Complete
televised reviews
when celebrities seem close enough to catch.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 41 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7/21/2006
firefly candles reviews
fifteen still tastes like yesterday.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 97 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/17/2006
a thing with wings reviews
you never see a chicken soaring towards the stars.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 4 - Published: 7/10/2006
hallways or more appropriately… reviews
Hallways were simply not designed to accomodate anti-social people (my attempt at humor after reading too much David Sedaris).
Fiction: Essay - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 468 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6/26/2006
stuck at the top reviews
ferris wheel rides that last too long.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/21/2006
she's dancing legless reviews
she crushes cans like dreams.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/6/2006
but it rained then reviews
irony at the beginning of june.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 185 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/2/2006
abbey road on the river reviews
summer started out right.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 18 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5/31/2006
optimism soaring across the sky reviews
the sun's still up there alone.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 126 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 5/26/2006
abstract meant accidental reviews
you never meant to be an artist, you say (no one ever believes you).
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 70 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5/22/2006
crashing the world with a splash of heaven reviews
there's a flower hanging from a cloud.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 22 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5/18/2006
pastel splattered year reviews
melting dreamsicle orange (haiku).
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5/4/2006
may means longing for lounging reviews
waiting, waiting, waiting.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 53 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5/3/2006
just purple reviews
muffled bangles and wearing that clover halo you crafted (her).
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 2 - Published: 4/23/2006
may queen can't handle summer reviews
she's the beach after a storm (dirty sand with gunk between your toes).
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 4/11/2006
harmony and sand on her feet reviews
dancing to the beat of a tambourine.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 18 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 4/10/2006
see for saw reviews
and we sat on the seesaw like we did when we were young (a collection).
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 221 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 2 - Published: 4/7/2006
infinity poets sing to stars reviews
nighttime nebulas shine like your eyes and there's a song for each star.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 43 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4/4/2006
getting over it reviews
I wouldn't call the action littering.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 224 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4/3/2006
thwart by autocorrect reviews
wanting to be raw, but...
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 36 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 4/1/2006
april showers bring what? reviews
A little more downpour...
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 3/28/2006
a medley of march reviews
And just over the rainbow.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 3/26/2006
and I fed you shoe polish reviews
It was something you lacked.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 64 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 3 - Published: 3/24/2006
sorry foliage reviews
No, it's not you that I'm sorry for.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 55 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/23/2006
spill the paint reviews
Darling, you need to draw on the walls.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 142 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/22/2006
hey blackclad girl reviews
You're no opal in the jagged, sweetheart.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 102 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 3/15/2006
seven dollar magic reviews
You don't know why sticky popcorn floors could bring a girl to cry, so you just nod as fireworks explode behind the perfect kiss.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Drama/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 329 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/10/2006
better oxygen reviews
But your words are still so pretty and your notes are so hard to read.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 186 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/9/2006
a thought on edgar reviews
A thought on our favorite Mr. Morbid Pants: Poe. You know you were thinking it, too.
Poetry: Humor - Rated: K - English - Humor/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 29 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3/5/2006
girls with parasols reviews
Plastic scones and apple juice tea are on the menu tonight.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 198 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/4/2006
crush reviews
I am held by rose-chained walls.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2/19/2006
proper application reviews
We wore them as diamonds.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 32 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 1 - Published: 2/18/2006
parentheses reviews
I hide behind them.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Spiritual/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2/17/2006
shoes too big to follow reviews
She faded elsewhere; a place that you could never go.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Tragedy/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 66 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2/17/2006
Such Simple Cliches reviews
I do relate to unoriginality, I do recognize with simple rhyme.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 42 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 2/16/2006
Halfway There reviews
Everyone's heard the mantra of a glass half-full vs. half-empty, but what if the glass was never filled in the first place?
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 123 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8/15/2005
Thunder Goddess reviews
I always loved thunder and the fear it caused. While most children would hide from the sound, I would welcome it with open arms and bathe in its mysterious glory.
Fiction: Spiritual - Rated: K - English - Drama/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 396 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6/11/2005
Broken Petals reviews
Broken glass petals are delicate, but mysterious in a most frightening way.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6/10/2005
Blue Starred Skies reviews
Starry-eyes do cling to the sky when he leaves you.
Poetry: Song - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 195 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6/9/2005
A Raining Fall of Fate reviews
A symbolic poem told by a raindrop. I wrote this when I was 11, though a writer's life has to begin somewhere...
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 233 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8/20/2004