Summary: A collection of assorted poetry and verse I've written over the years.
Rating: 15
Category: Non-Naruto Fiction > Poems
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Dark, Fantasy, General, Horror, Humor, Parody, Poetry, Sci-Fi, Spiritual, Supernatural, Tragedy
Warnings: Dark, Death
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapter: 45 Completed: No
Words: 19603 Read: 102012
Published: 31/10/13 Updated: 21/07/19
1. At the Moon by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 4]
(208 words)howling at the dark side of the moon
2. Hallmark Holiday by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (294 words)
Something I freestyled one afternoon, years ago, dreading the traditional Last Minute Christmas Shopping Expedition I was going on later that night.
3. Dark Reflection by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (201 words)
One day, I was digging through some of my old notes, I stumbled across this untitled poem:
4. Flawed Logic (a rant) by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (345 words)
Years ago, a friend of mine tried to start a band while I was in college, and I took some time out from writing fiction (in the couple year gap between the older Tradewinds manuscripts and The Book of Hondo) to write song lyrics. A lot of what I wrote was pretty lame, though it did yield a few that had a chance of becoming songs if the actual band itself had ever managed to fully form. This was a fragment of something I wrote, what was supposed to be a multi-part piece, though, looking at it years later, this was the only verse I think is actually worth anything.
5. Ghost Towns by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (504 words)
I didn't try my hand at songwriting until I was in college. Sadly, I have all the musical talent of a stump (Okay, I lied, the stump has more musical talent than me :( ), but when a friend of mine tried to start a band, I experimented with writing lyrics. Sadly, nothing ever came of it, as he was never able to get a solid crew together, but I still believe the experience helped me become a better writer. (For what it's worth, years later, he did get something off the ground. If you're ever in Washington state, keep an ear out for the Walking Talls. :) ) This is something I wrote back then:
6. Dead End Drive by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (354 words)
This was something else I wrote, around the same period I wrote "Ghost Towns"
7. Battle Hymn of the Insomniac by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (254 words)
exactly what it sounds like ;)
8. Insomnia by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (420 words)
Life gets strange without sleep...
9. Slippage by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (702 words)
What happens when reality itself starts forgetting how to keep it real...
10. Lost Verse (Silent Hill) by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (200 words)
the first of the Lost Verses...
11. Lost Verse (Raccoon City) by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (211 words)
Another Lost Verse
12. Lost Verse (The Nameless City) by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (252 words)
One Night Only!
MC Lovecraft, waxing arcane on why we're all insignificant specks crawling on a pale blue dot, spinning through a cold, indifferent universe! Good night! Sleep tight! Don't let the Nightgaunts bite! :D
13. Losing It by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (234 words)
Exactly What It Says On the Tin :)
14. What's My Name Again? by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (243 words)
a Blink 182 parody
15. Gotta Go by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (202 words)
Agnostic Front parody
16. Follow the Leader by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (323 words)
The chase is on...
17. Been There, Done That by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (920 words)
students of life never stop learning...
18. Clockwork by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (1086 words)
This one goes out to everyone who labored on "Labor" Day, the most ironically named holiday on the calendar.
19. Pass It On by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (1002 words)
The Revolution is still on...
20. No Way Out (The Empty Set) by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (593 words)
Monotonous Phenomenon
21. Wrong Track by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (401 words)
catching the Mystery Train
22. Twilight by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (990 words)
Flashlight: "Submitted for your approval: the story of Darek Chambers, age 19. A young man who, tired of driving in circles, took off on the ultimate road trip in search of a little adventure. Little does he know that he is about to get more than he bargained for. For at the last turnoff, he made a wrong turn, driving off the map and onto the endless highway of the Twilight Zone..."
23. Without a Trace by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (358 words)
thinking of old times...
24. FF (Fast Forward) by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (629 words)
A memory of the future, a dream I want to live...
25. I'll Be Staggerin' Drunk for Christmas by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (201 words)
A country-fried ode to Holiday stress...
26. Last Time to Church by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (201 words)
on change, and walking away...
27. Unfinished Business by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (541 words)
on the treadmill of life...
28. And That is the Truth by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (422 words)
2015 Tribute Version
29. Free-Market (S)creed by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (506 words)
TABLE OF (DIS)CONTENTS:
0 - Pre(r)amble
I - Articles of Conglomeration
II - Incarceration Proclamation
III - G7 Summit Address
IV - We Have a Scheme
V - America the Pitiful
30. What Holiday? by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (254 words)
A question I keep asking myself, year after year...
31. These Are the Days by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (336 words)
The place is here, the time is now...
32. The Quest by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (439 words)
Don't know what I'm looking for, but I'll know when I find it...
33. Epic by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (553 words)
'Til All are One, may the Force be with you...
34. The Story of Jesus by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (255 words)
...but not the one you're thinking of. ;)
35. Just Once... by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (202 words)
I'd like to see...
36. Unfortunate Son by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (221 words)
Trying to imagine Memorial Day from six feet under...
37. Get Real by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (424 words)
A different take on words most of us have all heard before...
38. Give 'em Hell! by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (358 words)
take a stand
39. Tradewinds by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (443 words)
a theme song? =P
40. I Want My Country Back by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (1089 words)
One September night, I fell asleep in the United States of America, and I've spent many years trying to figure out where the hell I woke up... :(
41. That Monkey Is Not Your Friend by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (201 words)
Thank you for smoking. :/
42. P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (829 words)
If you don't speak up for others, who'll speak up for you?
43. What You Are In the Dark by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (423 words)
always an interesting question...
44. Forever War by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (548 words)
If you didn't have to be a soldier, what did you want to be when you grew up?
45. One Trademark to Rule Them All by shadesmaclean [Reviews - 0] (231 words)
on Comic-Con trademark bullying