BlackestOpal PM
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Wine
A housewife left alone drinks her way into oblivion. "She shouldn't. It wouldn't please them. She has to please them. Everything she does needs to please them."Fiction: General, T, English, Angst & Family, words: 943, 7/7/2009
1 Clarity
But sweetheart, violence just won't cut it."Poetry: General, K+, English, Angst & Friendship, words: 209, 6/2/2009
2 October
A poem on fleeting adolescence and the changing leaves. "Each slow second makes them catch their breath as they grasp the pure joy and the debilitating sadness of it all."Poetry: Life, K, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 157, 10/21/2008
3 September
Musings on the start of a new school year and the lack of enthusiasm involved in it. "We half-heartedly dig up our hopes/From the pile of disappointments lying at our feet"Poetry: Life, K, English, Drama, words: 150, favs: 2, 10/19/2008
11 Canoe
A poem on being in the middle of nowhere with just about nothing. "The taste of salty sweat leaks onto dry lips. "Poetry: Nature, K, English, Poetry, words: 120, favs: 1, 6/8/2008
12On Existence »
Poems with the theme of existence. Added "On Conchs, Democracy and Ideals" and "On a Lack of Shoes".Poetry: Haiku, K, English, chapters: 9, words: 111, updated: 6/7/2008 published: 5/9/2008
8 Fragile Stance
A poem on debating an impossible, heartfelt ideal against a logical one. "Tiptoes resent their fragile stance..."Poetry: Life, K, English, words: 34, favs: 1, 6/4/2008
9 Holy War
A poem on the dangers of open mindedness and the pain of seeking spirituality. "I am left naked and alone to the mercy of..."Poetry: Religion, K, English, Spiritual, words: 60, favs: 1, 5/27/2008
5 Peonies
A poem in exactly fifty words on peonies. "Whites soiled, deep red stains sink into the ground's veins and flow down from the sky." About honour, success, and shame.Poetry: Life, K+, English, words: 52, 5/25/2008
7 The Forest Weeps
The forest weeps/Its tears fall fast/It cannot sleep/It will not last. A poem about life and nature.Poetry: Nature, K, English, words: 58, 4/12/2008
2 White and Black
A short Catherine De Medici and Dian De Poitiers faction. 'I could only bow my head and blush. "What is my colour?" I want to know what will please her. The Queen of France is reduced to a simpering child begging for praise.'Fiction: Historical, T, English, Drama, words: 1k+, favs: 1, follows: 1, 4/10/2008