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midautumn
for the moon festival. written in mid september.
Poetry: Haiku, K, English, words: 22, favs: 1, 9/30/2007
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pithos
she who sends up gifts. [.5—it's been awhile.]
Poetry: Haiku, K, English, words: 11, 8/25/2007
7the empty house
a succession of losses.
Poetry: Life, T, English, Tragedy, words: 145, favs: 1, 12/24/2005
6in memoriam
reflection on a tragic and brutally sudden death - rest in peace, golden boy. [based on a true story.]
Poetry: Life, T, English, Tragedy, words: 209, favs: 3, 11/29/2005
20moon lanterns
because the full moon never ceases to make me shiver. [written for the moon festival on september 17, 2005.]
Poetry: Haiku, K, English, words: 13, favs: 3, 9/22/2005
6vitae
recycling's all in vogue. [a collaboration with m. fajar dating back to late August. you can probably guess who's who.]
Poetry: Life, K, English, words: 333, 9/21/2005
6poisondipped
you will have nothing but the memory of us.
Poetry: Love, K+, English, words: 123, 9/21/2005
7beggars and pigeons
survival, after all, is the greatest motivator.
Poetry: Life, K, English, words: 126, 9/21/2005
5lingua franca
the streetlamp flickers in the hollow of your palm.
Poetry: Love, K+, English, words: 162, 9/21/2005
11against the sky
a tree's life in quadrants. [written for the 'tree' application prompt at xpoetic.]
Poetry: Haiku, K, English, words: 16, favs: 3, 8/1/2005
8perception
wherein perceptions are shattered and reborn. [written as my application poem to xpoetic]
Poetry: Life, T, English, words: 158, 8/1/2005
5an invitation to tea
it takes more to convince me than bribes and invitations. [written for the 'teacup' prompt at xpoetic.]
Poetry: Life, K+, English, words: 127, 8/1/2005
6but one moment
all it takes is a single minute, a single crescent of light. [.5.7.5]
Poetry: Nature, K, English, words: 39, favs: 1, 7/11/2005
6occulere
it is an asylum for the mad artisans.
Poetry: Life, T, English, words: 249, favs: 1, 7/11/2005
9permutations
he's transformed me from your party-girl into a classier geisha. [written awhile ago during my 'hiatus'.]
Poetry: Life, T, English, words: 202, 6/19/2005
5the divine
wherein love is found and lovers are scorned. [not exceedingly pleased with this one, ah well.]
Poetry: Love, T, English, Romance, words: 331, favs: 1, 6/19/2005
7dark side of the moon
i am a stranger in these self-forsaken lands. [this one's dark; it's a sort-of-not rant. i'm sick of being lied to and being patronized.]
Poetry: Love, T, English, words: 19, favs: 1, 6/5/2005
19limelight
i'm drunk on society.
Poetry: Life, T, English, words: 26, favs: 2, 5/30/2005
5ouroboros
love is life's fairest illusion; and what is life?—simply death's mirror existence.
Poetry: Life, K+, English, words: 765, 5/2/2005
33her name was love »
in which m. fajar and i explore love's myriad natures. he is the evens and i the odds (but he is, of course, as odd as i am). [please read as a single continuous poem.]
Poetry: Love, K+, English, Poetry, chapters: 14, words: 669, updated: 5/2/2005 published: 4/24/2005