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Author has written 11 stories for Religion, General, Nature, Biography, Family, and Life. About: I am a print journalism student at the University of South Carolina. I write things because they need to be written. Do with that what you will. Influences: Vonnegut, Heaney, Bukowski, Donne, Garcia Marquez, Faulkner, and, most importantly, the Word and everlasting love of the never-ending Lord who manifested Himself in the person of Christ and who continues to work in our lives today. Shalom. |
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Frog on my Window
I was leaving the library late one night, when I found that a frog had attached himself to my car window and was sleeping quite soundly. Listen:
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 220 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
The Lighthouse and the Sky
The girl is an amalgam of various people I have known. Her name should be Esperanza.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 265 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
O North America
You may have noticed, as I have, that any standard map of the North American continent makes it appear to be balancing precariously on its Central American tip.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
Spray reviews
A graffiti artist's lament. I don't condone vandalism. I'm just telling someone's story. There was some pretty cool formatting stuff in this one, but this program won't let me transfer it from Word.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
Idol Hands
Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 253 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
Velcro Shoes
She was a substitute teacher with the stature of a student and the shoes of a six year old. I had to write a reality for her, even if it was inaccurate. If we ever cross paths again, I will give this poem to her.
Poetry: Family - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 207 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
Waiting All Day for Her reviews
I saw him working in the kitchen at an upscale restaurant. I could tell he didn't want to be there. So I wrote him a story.
Fiction: Biography - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,346 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
Creek
My place by the Sawmill Branch creek in Summerville. Nobody who lives there should go without seeing it.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 200 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
Pigs reviews
Here is a grisly anecdote from the life of Christ. It's about demon possession and pigs and redemption, and it's beautiful. It's described in Mark 5:9 through 13 if you want to look it up.
Poetry: Religion - Rated: K - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 183 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete
Digging Through the Dumpster
We were leaving a hotel in Shreveport, La., when I saw a man searching for something in a dumpster across the parking lot. This is his story, or at least the story I invented for him.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 467 - Published: 9/24/2007 - Complete