Poetry

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"This man, subtle shadow, creeps upon me."

Written at age twenty-one in the midst of recovering from a spell of depression.

Last updated 08.Jun.2008

"Hi dies, O Dea, hi dies"

Written at age twenty. An attempt at writing Latin verse, with English translation.

Last updated 08.Jun.2008

Elegiac Fragments

Written at age twenty. Scrapped bits in my attempt at writing an elegy.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"This man, he roars in me, and won't leave be,"

Written at age twenty. The result of a semester of Romantic Poetry.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"A Hymn, Written in Dejection"

Written at age twenty. Yelling at God/dess.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Swing It, Baby"

Written at age twenty. Everything falls apart.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"That Girl is Dead"

Written at age twenty. Angsty, vengeful free verse.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Sub Mare"

Written at age nineteen/twenty. Simple rhyme scheme.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"The Passion of My Sin"

Written at age nineteen(ish). More silly love poetry, but this one has religious imagery.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"The struggle between is all that matters."

Written at eighteen/nineteen. What drives a soul to wander?

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Staring down the Barrel of a Forty-five"

Written at age eighteen. Things that go through your head as your stare down at death.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Parva Puella in Suo Genu"

Written at age sixteen/seventeen. Latin free verse with English translation.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"The Space That Loves; the Space That Lusts"

Written at age sixteen/seventeen. Silly love poem.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Playing the Dreadful Predator"

Written at age fourteen/fifteen. Ballad-esque with a rhyme scheme and refrain.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"An Affair"

Written at age thirteen/fourteen. Series of haikus.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Compared to You"

Written at age thirteen/fourteen. Silly if a bit angsty with a rhyme scheme.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Extinction"

Written at age thirteen(ish). Silly and short with a rhyme scheme.

Last updated 27.July.2007

"Path of Society I"

Written at age twelve. Short bit with silly images and a rhyme scheme.

Last updated 27.July.2007