Tephra's Scribbles

Every now than then I give into the urge to write something. Most of it is never read by anyone else but there are a few bits that I feel confident enough to share with the public at large. I do not expect this page to be updated that frequently but stranger things have been known to happen.

Poetry

These are a few of my poems. Most were written in response to 'word sets' in poetry challenge threads in Alt.Fan.Dragons. The folks of AFD are a creative sort and for nearly a year there were word sets appearing at least once a week, sometimes once a day or even more often. As with all good things it didn't last.

• "I remember..." - a softly melancholy poem of remembrance
• "Angel" - a bit of spiritual fluff in answer to word list challenge
• "Storm Rising" - my favorite and more typical of my natural 'style'
• "I know you" - something I wrote coming out of a darker period of my life
• "Truth" - a bit of love inspired poetry, more passionate than sappy I think
• "Demons" - written around the same time as "Truth" though the last stanza is new
• "Revenge" - some fallen angel imagery
• "The Death of Love" - a somewhat prophetic poem about an ending relationship
• "Haiku" - a page that will eventually hold more than one haiku
• "Red Rose Petals" - a poem that I've been trying to write for months
• "The Searing Hour" - some 'sound poetry', or maybe it's just surreality

Rants & Rambles

Just what the name implies, my rants and ramblings on a variety of topics. Things here are probably the sorts of things that get people to haul out flame throwers. Odds are good that e-mail to me taking offense from these will just be deleted so don't bother.

• A rant on job hunting - a short rant after getting turned down for yet another job.
• A rant on baby dolls - I got mildly annoyed at a 'My Real Baby' ad on TV.
• A ramble on hugs - yes, I've actually pondered something as common as a hug.
• A ramble on Darkness & Light - this may be depressing, disturbing, or enlightening.
• Installing Linux - a bit of humour by a guest writer, William J. Rogers, Jr. (AKA: Havoc).
• "Better to have loved..." - my short opinion on the whole 'loved and lost' thing.
• Entitlement Attitudes - a rant, I've spared you the original profanity laden version.
• Surreal Reality - a short ramble about an odd occurrence.
• The "Gay Marriage" Ruling - a mild rant or a ramble, not sure which
• May 17th, 2004 - I wouldn't really call this a ramble, and it's certainly not a rant, a short commentary maybe.

Stories

I never seem to have time to write stories any more, or at least complete them. Writer's block is an evil, evil thing.

• Thou Shalt Not Peep - Not one of my finest but if you keep in mind that it was written to satisfy a friend's somewhat odd fetish I think you'll agree it could have been much, much worse.
• Drabbles - A place to put all the super short vignettes. Most of these are fan fiction sorts of things.

The Realm
Diversions

 

Quotes appeared in Writer's Digest magazine.

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