Author: dead parachutist

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My Stories 18

2 Two Poems Two poems I wrote during senior year, decently written. They are meant to be taken seperately but it felt more appropriate to group them together.

Poetry: Love, K, English, words: 399, favs: 1, 4/12/2005

4 Untitled One of my favorite poems that I have posted here. It was one of those that took no revisions. I didn't even mean to write it, I was in a certain mood and just started typing and when I stopped it was there. I love it when that happens! hehe

Poetry: General, K, English, words: 34, favs: 2, 4/7/2004

2 The Task I had a vision for this short story for the longest time and I was so excited to finally begin writing it. Its long, but I felt I accomplished what I wanted to and I think its short enough so you're not bored...i hope..hehe Please R/R! Thanks

Fiction: Thriller, T, English, words: 3k+, 3/3/2004

Peace I really love this poem, which is funny because I thought it would only be OK as I was writing it. Looking back I loved some of the adjectives in this one.

Poetry: General, K, English, words: 120, 3/3/2004

1 Window I was intentionally trying to be ambiguous with this poem. I started off with a simple idea and went through a bunch of drafts and I finally ended up with this. Please R/R I'm interested to know what people think.

Poetry: General, K, English, words: 253, 3/3/2004

4 Untitled Play I really loved the idea for this and I think it came out very good. I just wish I had had more time with it, maybe I'll review it again sometime.

Fiction: Play, K, English, words: 4k+, 3/3/2004

And Justice For All Our first short story in Creative Writing. Overall I was satisfied with how it came out. Its about a futuristic justice system and an idea I had been playing with.

Fiction: General, K, English, words: 2k+, 3/3/2004

A Glance Back A short piece from Creative Writing an unusual object in our room. I chose to write about a typewriter I bought at a yard sale.

Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 498, 3/3/2004

1 The One True Place In English last year we were supposed to write a "Where I'm from Poem." My main goal with this was to state my view of how we are all from the same place but there are countless things that divide us.

Poetry: General, K, English, words: 403, 3/3/2004

3 Ode to an Ode I thought it would be funny to praise an ode.

Poetry: Humor, K, English, words: 141, 3/3/2004

2 Ode to Cross Country Shorts If you've ever run or seen a cross country race you'll know the shorts are, well...SHORT. Hehe...so I decided to write an ode to them!

Poetry: Humor, K, English, words: 153, favs: 1, 3/3/2004

3 Carry Our assignment was to write a poem about friendship. I liked how the Biblical allusion worked.

Poetry: Friendship, K, English, words: 350, favs: 1, 3/3/2004

1 The Trash Men This was cool. Our teacher only gave us the title of the poem and we had to write it based on that. Most people wrote about trash men, but I decided to do something else...

Poetry: Life, K, English, words: 329, 3/3/2004

2 Brave We had to write a poem in creative writing about somethign we felt strongly about. I normally dislike rhyming in my poetry because I feel it is to constricted and can give the poem a childish feel and undermine a serious message. But I decided to experime

Poetry: War, K, English, words: 581, 3/3/2004

The Swing This was something I wrote last year. I think it accurately reflects what I was thinkinig at the time. Hope you enjoy!

Fiction: General, K, English, words: 932, 3/1/2004

A Day with Sartre and Husserl Last year in philosophy I chose to write a comical situation in which I lived with the philosophers Sartre and Husserl. I thought it came out hilarious. Depending on your philosphical background you may or may not get the references..but read it anyways!

Fiction: Humor, K, English, words: 1k+, 3/1/2004

1 Philosophy Final Project This is one of my works that I am most proud of because it shows a different side of me. I took a Philosophy course last year in school and I absolutely loved it. For the final project we had to create our own life philosophy and mention philosophers that

Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 2k+, 12/26/2003

5 What is Running? In English last year we had to write a "What is " essay. I chose to write about the sport that I loved. I wanted to really focus on the things that only a runner could understand an enjoy and try to bring these out through my writing

Fiction: Essay, K, English, words: 1k+, favs: 3, 12/26/2003