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The Dinner Party

2008-07-20T22:32:04-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 5,357, Reviews: 2 Updated: 7-20-08, Published: 7-20-08
Status: Complete

a strained look at social dynamics and relationships and one-dimensional characters apparently. written under a deadline. does it work? my prose is not popular, I know.

Leaving a Mark

2008-07-20T22:24:25-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 312, Reviews: 4 Updated: 7-20-08, Published: 7-20-08
Status: Complete

a little self-indulgent I'm sure. but I found it crumpled under my desk and thought it was better than most things I've written lately.

Interruptions

2008-07-06T20:28:47-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Humor
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,419, Reviews: 2 Updated: 7-6-08, Published: 7-6-08
Status: Complete

Jolene's husband breaks out of prison and has one last wish for her before he heads to the border. WILL SHE BE ABLE TO GRANT IT? written for class, written to entertain. somewhat, so it's a step out for me .

losing

2008-06-28T21:55:31-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 201, Reviews: 5 Updated: 6-28-08, Published: 6-28-08
Status: Complete

inspired by emily haines but took on a life of its own.

faustian experience

2008-05-25T23:54:09-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 677, Reviews: 1 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

yes yes it's probably not faustian more icarus-like but it didn't have the same ring! anyway I love mass transit, here is proof.

the poet

2008-05-25T23:47:45-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 2 Updated: 5-25-08, Published: 5-25-08
Status: Complete

I don't like this poem really. a few lines, but that's it. it kind of feels too corny for me.

matches

2008-03-30T11:42:58-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 31, Reviews: 5 Updated: 3-30-08, Published: 3-30-08
Status: Complete

this is the result of a late night's experiments. I want to know if it works- I'm not sure if it does, I'm leaning towards a "no" on that one.

my scorsese days

2008-03-29T22:50:07-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Humor
Chapters: 59, Words: 8,825, Reviews: 111 Updated: 3-29-08, Published: 12-18-04
Status: Complete

collection of poetic mishaps that can't stand on their own not at all.

POET TO HIS WIFE

2008-02-21T18:19:56-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 353, Reviews: 6 Updated: 2-21-08, Published: 2-21-08
Status: Complete

it's not meant to be taken that seriously- I think you'll gather that by some of the words.

well, I never

2008-01-09T12:57:55-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 572, Reviews: 4 Updated: 1-9-08, Published: 1-9-08
Status: Complete

a big mess of a sweetintentioned romantic comedy of a poem. but the formatting probably went to hell. trying something different

the illusion of being close

2008-01-09T12:39:17-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 320, Reviews: 3 Updated: 1-9-08, Published: 1-9-08
Status: Complete

when you mistake a stranger for someone else, or how much I love nature symbolism.

to anne sexton

2008-01-09T12:23:55-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 345, Reviews: 3 Updated: 1-9-08, Published: 1-9-08
Status: Complete

found this in my email written after reading Middlebrook's biography.

if we should become dust

2007-11-14T21:18:45-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Supernatural/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 627, Reviews: 5 Updated: 11-14-07, Published: 11-14-07
Status: Complete

love in a postapocalyptic world vaguely. sort of. don't expect too much.

my hands building your house

2007-11-14T21:16:18-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 217, Reviews: 4 Updated: 11-14-07, Published: 11-14-07
Status: Complete

it has a failed rhythm to it more proof that I should just write things down when they come to me.

it all came down

2007-11-02T06:26:46-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Tragedy/Spiritual
Chapters: 2, Words: 3,112, Reviews: 7 Updated: 11-2-07, Published: 8-24-06
Status: In-Progress

I was never quite satisfied with the first one, so I revised a lot of it and I hope this is better.

seaside town

2007-11-01T22:18:41-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,096, Reviews: 3 Updated: 11-1-07, Published: 11-1-07
Status: Complete

it's kind of an epic for me. LENGTHY AND FORMATTING DIFFICULTIES and sort of disoriented so read at your own risk.

three moons over memphis

2007-08-24T23:07:13-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Spiritual/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 99, Reviews: 8 Updated: 8-24-07, Published: 8-24-07
Status: Complete

I caught the end of Boys Don't Cry the other month before I fell asleep and it put a bad taste in my mouth. citing the inspiration makes sense to me.

love and be loved

2007-07-20T09:50:36-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 22, Reviews: 9 Updated: 7-20-07, Published: 7-20-07
Status: Complete

sort of morbid, but a sweet morbid. if that exists.

on buying my first pack

2007-07-20T09:28:35-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 450, Reviews: 3 Updated: 7-20-07, Published: 7-20-07
Status: Complete

i'm really sorry about the formatting. i let someone help me edit this, and i'm not sure if it came out all right, but ah well.

plagiarist heart

2007-07-05T22:40:37-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Romance/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 216, Reviews: 4 Updated: 7-5-07, Published: 7-5-07
Status: Complete

i felt my way through the motions. really, i think this starts off with a lot of potential but it lacks a vibrancy to me.

rabbit

2006-08-24T12:12:17-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 129, Reviews: 19 Updated: 8-24-06, Published: 8-24-06
Status: Complete

this should be the last you see of me (poetry-wise) for a while. refreshingly short for me.

lovelorn

2006-08-20T13:01:59-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 119, Reviews: 10 Updated: 8-20-06, Published: 8-20-06
Status: Complete

it's very simple, and not too overdone. but I don't know if it makes much sense.

the horror of the seventies

2006-08-07T10:18:18-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 457, Reviews: 10 Updated: 8-7-06, Published: 8-7-06
Status: Complete

this- well- you know, it was fun to write.

passerby

2006-02-04T16:14:15-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 492, Reviews: 9 Updated: 2-4-06, Published: 2-4-06
Status: Complete

a little formal in style- observations from an outsider. you know.

i want something i could never have

2006-01-21T10:32:43-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 212, Reviews: 7 Updated: 1-21-06, Published: 1-21-06
Status: Complete

all the angst kills me. I have to thank Elliott Smith though, just for something I threw in.

teenager fail to be

2005-09-08T13:12:01-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 280, Reviews: 14 Updated: 9-8-05, Published: 9-8-05
Status: Complete

probably one of the last few semi-decent poems I've written. so inspired, so temporary.

semiautomatic

2005-06-11T22:03:53-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Angst/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 391, Reviews: 24 Updated: 6-11-05, Published: 6-11-05
Status: Complete

dedicated to Jess, Jerusha and my favorite word- semiautomatic.

weakwilled

2005-05-17T14:37:38-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 163, Reviews: 24 Updated: 5-17-05, Published: 5-17-05
Status: Complete

she's back and common sense would dictate otherwise.

you're that kind

2005-05-06T19:20:48-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 77, Reviews: 19 Updated: 5-6-05, Published: 5-6-05
Status: Complete

don't try to make any sense of it. really, don't. (spiritual? elaboration needed? nah.)

the twentieth century is dead

2005-05-02T18:00:33-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 256, Reviews: 11 Updated: 5-2-05, Published: 5-2-05
Status: Complete

written after the deaths of Arthur Miller and Hunter S. Thompson.

murmur

2005-04-21T19:36:09-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 348, Reviews: 20 Updated: 4-21-05, Published: 4-21-05
Status: Complete

the one who will never belong, this truly deserves the double angst rating.

say anything

2005-04-16T16:02:02-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 186, Reviews: 11 Updated: 4-16-05, Published: 4-16-05
Status: Complete

2nd of my movie series, desperation & Dogs Die In Hot Cars.

please tell me

2005-04-10T18:54:44-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Humor/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 615, Reviews: 13 Updated: 4-10-05, Published: 4-10-05
Status: Complete

Girl gets drunk, confronts God at bar about sorry life, and is destined to hell. I don't think it's good.

the alchemist

2005-03-27T11:40:54-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 201, Reviews: 22 Updated: 3-27-05, Published: 3-27-05
Status: Complete

last thoughts.

like jekyll and hyde

2005-03-20T14:39:08-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 838, Reviews: 9 Updated: 3-20-05, Published: 3-20-05
Status: In-Progress

IF I DID NOT LIKE THIS POEM A LITTLE I WOULD NOT KEEP IT UP.

tangerine girl

2005-03-19T18:03:18-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Friendship
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Fantasy/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 183, Reviews: 17 Updated: 3-19-05, Published: 3-19-05
Status: Complete

my friend wanted me to write her a poem. so, I did.

reflections on alienation in a food court

2005-03-07T20:34:04-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 262, Reviews: 10 Updated: 3-7-05, Published: 3-7-05
Status: Complete

my thoughts during a recent trip. Shelley-inspired to a point, different a bit, and pretty bad.

the aviator

2005-03-02T20:19:51-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 231, Reviews: 11 Updated: 3-2-05, Published: 3-2-05
Status: Complete

The man who just wanted to fly. (not relating to the film, although I do want to see it.)

see you in the morning

2005-02-15T16:49:40-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 586, Reviews: 20 Updated: 2-15-05, Published: 2-15-05
Status: Complete

in which i sell myself for used love.

the distance

2005-02-10T16:21:37-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 432, Reviews: 16 Updated: 2-10-05, Published: 2-10-05
Status: Complete

you tell me. (I don't claim to be good at poetry, because I'm not)

i am the disease

2005-02-01T19:26:20-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 254, Reviews: 19 Updated: 2-1-05, Published: 2-1-05
Status: Complete

I do need those easy pills, thank you.

reprieve

2005-01-08T17:50:43-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 170, Reviews: 10 Updated: 1-8-05, Published: 1-8-05
Status: Complete

the appeal of this word struck me in a most unusual way.

stained fingernails and speeding glass

2004-12-15T19:18:02-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Horror/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 112, Reviews: 12 Updated: 12-15-04, Published: 12-15-04
Status: Complete

thought this one up in traffic. winter weather and driving terrifies me.

silent movie

2004-11-22T17:55:32-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 137, Reviews: 10 Updated: 11-22-04, Published: 11-22-04
Status: Complete

(one of my longest droughts, broken at long last) silent movies fascinate me.

one for the team

2004-10-22T18:28:54-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 435, Reviews: 12 Updated: 10-22-04, Published: 10-22-04
Status: Complete

propagandist lies!

winston salem

2004-10-16T11:38:53-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 193, Reviews: 11 Updated: 10-16-04, Published: 10-16-04
Status: In-Progress

love missed its mark again.

eskew

2004-09-13T16:38:45-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Spiritual/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 121, Reviews: 7 Updated: 9-13-04, Published: 9-13-04
Status: In-Progress

written in memory of 911. halfinspired by radiohead's pyramid song. old.

sexuality is a bad word

2004-08-24T15:03:30-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: M
Genres: Drama/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 536, Reviews: 21 Updated: 8-24-04, Published: 8-24-04
Status: Complete

my thoughts on my bisexuality. religious references, John Lennon and Buddha ensue. kind of Tori-ish.

run on sentence

2004-08-20T10:12:16-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Horror
Chapters: 1, Words: 108, Reviews: 10 Updated: 8-20-04, Published: 8-20-04
Status: Complete

disturbed a bit.

platelets

2004-08-12T20:48:53-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Song
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 141, Reviews: 11 Updated: 8-12-04, Published: 8-12-04
Status: Complete

(thin skin pricks so easily.) high expectations for this one but they fell.

x

2004-08-06T20:14:40-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Romance
Chapters: 1, Words: 129, Reviews: 16 Updated: 8-6-04, Published: 8-6-04
Status: Complete

two that never were- one was so close but unreachable. and it the end it all fell.

don't keep me

2004-08-02T20:18:54-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 63, Reviews: 8 Updated: 8-2-04, Published: 8-2-04
Status: Complete

infections. it kind of reminds me of Ryan Adams or Elliott Smith.

pristine pariah

2004-06-13T19:43:52-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 188, Reviews: 6 Updated: 6-13-04, Published: 6-13-04
Status: Complete

I really wish you would.

my hands are clean

2004-06-13T19:35:56-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 96, Reviews: 4 Updated: 6-13-04, Published: 6-13-04
Status: Complete

whatever were. short. not that great.

jane he says

2004-05-23T19:18:05-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Love
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 98, Reviews: 17 Updated: 5-23-04, Published: 5-23-04
Status: Complete

and he thought he knew her so well. do I suck, or what?

popular sometimes

2004-04-07T19:10:54-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 138, Reviews: 5 Updated: 4-7-04, Published: 4-7-04
Status: Complete

The maddening crowd, a person can't trust it.

the next james dean

2004-03-19T20:13:58-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Angst/Drama
Chapters: 1, Words: 124, Reviews: 7 Updated: 3-19-04, Published: 3-19-04
Status: Complete

Leaving this world before you have a chance to fall.

slowdrawn car crash

2004-02-05T17:20:40-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: Life
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: Tragedy/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 146, Reviews: 6 Updated: 2-5-04, Published: 2-5-04
Status: Complete

I think it's about death, but it's hard to say. Abstract, trails off. References to death of Bonnie and Clyde.

Polaris

2003-05-25T19:42:26-08:00

Author: wordsworth in a garbage can
Category: General
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Spiritual/Sci-Fi
Chapters: 1, Words: 213, Reviews: 6 Updated: 5-25-03, Published: 5-25-03
Status: Complete

I honestly don't know what I was thinking when I wrote this.