poetry / short stories / essays
arranged by date written, earliest to latest
Poetry
The Last Goodbye: facing the inevitable with quiet dignity
Of Stolid Unease: a building alive but you are numb
Attrition: the nightmare of war neverending, never changing
Spring: the beauty of God's creation
Life As An Abalone: sonnet to a creature of the sea and palate
I Would: what the soldier loses, and what he brings back
(untitled thought poem): my thoughts are private / they are me
What Cost But Life?: national pride, and a boy lost his innocence years ago
33 Lines: pharmacy students under observation
Hooks: girls get silly over boys
Illness: violence is wrong, but she stays with him for the memories, the scars
You Decide: my poetry / is not me
Domesticity: she keeps the wedding vows they made
Song: a journey to be made every day
Abstract: a poem about the futility of writing poetry
Dance: the hope and wonder of grace in a child, somewhere
urn (it saves space): someone I've buried and held onto and forgotten
Changeling: you / are not my baby
Converse: I'll get over you
Short Stories
In/Out: he married the right girl at the right time, but life went on without their dreams
Triptych: sex drugs rock'n'roll, baby
Brothello: Iago shows his general the sights, and a fractured glimpse of the future
Lullaby: a folly to dream of him, a life lived in his making; an orphan wishes for love and learns a lesson as harsh
Crumble: Have you ever seen defeat in progress?
The Bluest Eye: it's not real, but it's what he draws of her
Essays
The Pity of War: as expressed in Wilfred Owen's war poetry
Religion and Fantasy Fiction: a limited study of world-views of religion through the realms of fantasy fiction
Whores and Prostitution: an investigation of prostitution in the ancient world, and the relevance of the word 'whore' in modern day
Normal Personality in Psychology: an attempt to define the idea of normal in personality theory
Drug Injecting Rooms: the case for and against
My EYF Experience: a short article about my church youth fellowship group
A Concept of Beauty in Ancient Athens: an essay discussing the ideals of beauty for women in ancient times