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Hope
it overflows
it oozes from your fingertips
which you use to mold this clay
all these pieces of clay
Hope
cannot be denied
cannot be dropped nor left behind
nowhere you can go where it is out of sight
just open your eyes
Hope
with arms outstretched
follows your forever through the darkness
through the fog it shines a light
waiting to be received
so that you can know
you are ever beloved
(12/14/06)

      Here's a sampling of my poems, the first two which are separted from the others are ones I chose which show where my own passion is more than the others. Look below the line of titles to find other things to look into here.

(click on the title to read the poem)

I Hope They Think You're Crazy
Heaven So Near

The Bazaar
Centipede (Parable) / Happens Every Day - two short poems
Charles McCarthy's Banshee
A Clack Bat is the Luckiest Thing
Empty Except For God
The Flea Circus
From the Lover To the Whore
The Lover and The Whore (Trilogy)
Nothing To Hide
The Princess
Trigonometry and The Glory of God
Well Wisher

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      I starting writing novels when I was about fifteen. I have removed the sample chapters of the first version of both books which had been here on the website. I may or may not eventually get around to rewriting my first two novels to make them better as I had planned to do. More likely, I will go on to write other things. A page describing my first two novels.

      Twice now, I've done this challenge as a part of national novel writing month which is based on a book called "no plot, no problem." by Chris Baty (which by the way, I haven't got around to reading yet, but it has been highly recommended to me..). The challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. The first time I did it, I lengthened my goal to 45 days, but at least I met the goal I set for myself. Then two years later, the third time I did the challenge I finished in the one month goal time. (The second time I did it, I quit in the middle so that hardly counts.) Anyway I'm posting this rather bizzare and fun story here for anyone to read because I don't plan on ever publishing it. It's the novel I wrote the first time I did this challenge: And Now For Something Completely Nickle. I plan to possibly someday rewrite and try to publish the second novel which I finished in the novel-writing challenge.