In the End
Bullets bring bitter ends to babbling boys Too twisted by teenage recklessness to realize the reality of rape And its critically cruel consequences If only…
Tag(s) You're it!
*Oooooh, key words!* Pick a "tag team" (below) and write a story that features those two tags. CAMPFIRE SOCIETY CALL ISOLATION TECHNOLOGY TEST BULLETS DUCK DEATH HOLE PRIDE LIFE PHILOSOPHY METAPHYSICS COMEDY FEARS SPEED RUN DARKNESS LIGHT CHALLENGE ACCIDENT EARTH MARS SPACE PILOT DARK FEAR POEM DAUGHTER *Extra points will be awarded:* _-If the "tag team" tags are the theme of your story._ _-If the first word of your story is one "tag team" tag and the last word of the story is the other "tag team" tag._ _-If you and/or others sequel and/or prequel and include some or all the other "tag teams"!_ *Oooooh, key words!*
Challengers
47 entriesHow Laughable
Comedy twists the deeply painful Into that which can be spoken of with relative ease Though often used to replace critical contemplation And mistakenly thought…
Lightning Strikes
Call me crazy Call me smart Call me fun Or just a waste But as I dance in tears from a dark gray sky My heart beats faster than a drum Faster than the wisps…
As Flames Die
Campfires cling to blackened logs Their sparks illuminate intimacy otherwise hidden By encroaching darkness A circle of implied closeness Created by the threat…
light
there is a crack in everything the broken shards can cut your fingers you see the crack and think there is only darkness but the cracks are how light gets in
Black Widow
Death lurks behind a curtain of white lace While shadows dance behind fluttering lashes Her cheeks may be rosy Flushed with anticipation But is it for A tepid…
17. Conclusion: My Dark Campfire
I *PILOT* my *FEAR* from *EARTH* to *MARS*, I hurtle through *SPACE* at the *SPEED* of *LIGHT* *SOCIETY* may *CALL* to me from afar; But I *RUN* through…
16. What it All Means to Me
*Philosophy* has a Laboratory. Hell--which for all I know is the same as Heaven--is where we can best examine ideas about existence and the meaning of our…
15. The Challenge: Wonders Ever Cease
*Challenge* me to a staring contest? The one who looks away first has to stay in the glass case, the bell jar. It’s not easy being eternal, you know? My story…
Wish Upon a Star
Dark meets light in an age-old dance of skin Slick with sweat And sounds Too primal to be just moans Though their skin so clearly reflects Their utterly…
A Promise to Return
Daughter, daughter, why do you cry In the forest beneath a dying sun I made a promise with a demon boy That I would go and not return Until stars fade from…
14. Persis Performs
*Dark* stage. PERSIS appears in taffeta, ribbons in hair. Curtsy. Rainbow appears upstage and vanishes. PERSIS: Dark is the hope that Papa fears the most…
13. Transparent Pride
“*Daughter*, dear, come here. Little one, be held by your parent.” Now I have to tell you, my sweet audience of a captive performer, I have no children, save…
Five Stages
“Earth to Brian.” It’s so beautiful here. I lie on the red sand and stare at stars winking in shared amusement. They sparkle in a sky clear of pollution or any…
The Final Frontier
“Space, the final frontier” The last unexplored territory left to the human race As if we have explored every other aspect Of the world beneath our feet But…
Dreaming of Dawn
Darkness creeps ever closer completely consuming every flickering star that dares to shine within the endless sky We cannot reach those ancient children of…
12. Tale Told by an Idiom
*Bullets* inside me, perforations, piercings. You’ve probably wondered how I made the transition from life to Afterlife; now’s your chance to learn. Before I…
11. In Obscurity, There is Protection
_“*Darkness* has always been on my side. What use have I ever had for the light, aside for its defining the borders of my zone of protection? Blackness keeps…
Poetry on My Daughter's Poem (Repost because it's not a sequel)
*POEM* on my Daughter’s Poem Laughter, Daughter? Aught? A poem! Just the gift I’m after, dear. Ring joy to the rafter here: Sonnets? Iambs? Yeah, I know ’em…
10. The Problem with Eternal Reward/Punishment
*Death*, I’ve learned, was the cue that the Judge was waiting for. I don’t know if His decision was based on all the facts, or a few selected tidbits, but I…