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  Warrior Among Warriors

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  I can imagine myself as a lone wolf on-stage in an auditorium filled with hundreds of teenagers, and I know if I stated ‘Raise your hand if you are a warrior!’ I wouldn’t exactly see the makings of a wave. Are people ashamed to be warriors, embarrassed to admit the mortal power they contain wi...
• Opinion > Entertainment / Celebrities
  Modern Broadway

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  It is undeniable that classic shows and entertainment from the beginning of Broadway theater are the foundation of modern shows you will see in all over today. It doesn’t matter if there’s thrusting or corset strings busting; it all came from somewhere, and even the professionals today can learn...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  What consequences do you face when you act on your impulse? Three very different teenagers, brought together by their mutual death-wishes, meet in Aspen Springs, a psychiatric treatment center. Tony, Vanessa, and Conner all tried to off themselves in different ways for different reasons. They’re j...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Hear The Sound of Your Own Heart

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  I'm the gray in the sea Nestled between blue An uglier degree Of that lovely hue Just like standing by the shore I'm just another person you'd rather ignore Swallowed by the water My feet hit the sand Not bloody as a slaughter No gun in my hand My lips may turn gray Seems t...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Between by Jessica Warman

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  Jessica Warman's book "Between" is the story of soon-to-be 18 year-old Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Valchar, a spoiled girl who had the perfect life, until she was found drowned in the water beside her yacht. Or so everyone thinks. But was Liz’s life really perfect? With a mom who starved he...
• Opinion > Entertainment / Celebrities
  Next to Normal: The Musical

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  The Tony-award winning musical, Next to Normal, is no Sound of Music. Costumes aren’t adorned with sparkles galore as is the witch, Glinda’s, from Wicked; and I don’t think you can ever expect to see Julie Andrews prancing around on stage in this one. One can better describe Next to Normal as ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Mad World

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  The familiar, worn out faces, surrounding. There was no escape. My face remained blank, emotionless yet on the inside, I was screaming. Laughter and voices rang around me but even my sight became a blur; I frowned slightly. My vision was dancing in circles; it was a mad, mad world. I...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Past Puppy Love

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  It’s a nice moment when I can accept the realization that I am over a guy that I haven’t even seen in almost three years. I know I have been for a while because I’ve had the same thought before, that I can listen to a song that he introduced me to without cringing and finding another song to l...
• Poetry > Haiku
  February 27th

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  What feelings matter Maybe sadness, damn the rest Leaves me like a ghost...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Magic of Sadness

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  The magic of sadness When skin rots away There is little flesh left But there’s a brain, I do say Welling in that brain is the silence of tears For there’s an abundance of sadness that’s gathered through the years No pill can erase my blank-faced stare But a girl who has fallen can ...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  “Much Ado About Nothing” is a story written by William Shakespeare, who is famous for his dramatic works. However, Shakespeare also wrote comedies, and “Much Ado About Nothing” falls into that category. If you are like me, you can testify to how, in modern times, we can find the romantic as...
• Reviews > Book Reviews
  Blackbird: A Childhood Lost And Found by Jennifer Lauck

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  “Blackbird” is a phenomenally-written memoir by Jennifer Lauck. “Blackbird” is the telling of Lauck’s childhood, from age six to twelve. From an early age, Lauck had a difficult life thrust upon her, with anticipation only of hardship to follow, as that was almost all that Lauck had seemed...
• Reviews > Movie Reviews
  Les Miserables (2012)

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  ~This review contains spoilers~ As a musical theater fan, I eagerly anticipated the arrival of Les Miserables (2012) in theaters. Almost everyone I knew was thrilled and ecstatic in preparation for the movie that we hoped would blast our brains, their last breaths softly singing the tune of “D...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  [Yet to have an official title]

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  Introduction It wasn’t just a handgun that crashed through her window and struck the dewy grass that night. There were a few pinches of meth tied to it in a plastic bag. Madison was never into drugs, not that I knew of, but then again - I didn’t know she had a gun either. Madison Marie L...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Cannot See Air, But Air Can See Me

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  Heart beats in time With the steps I take Those which I cannot see (Did I make you up Inside my head?) A rush of wind past my shoulder A mere figment of extraordinary thought Focused on the walk that Is not in my sight Or the reality Of the blind world I take on With one foot placed in f...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Complicated souls

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  All the choices I'm making They complicate my mind All these chances I'm taking My success has been fined I think of all the people the lives they're leading on Some sliding down the pole Some just as they had drawn I tell them all I care 'Leave insecurities behind'...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Drowning for safety

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  Isn’t it in my constitution? A sign of my consideration To drag you underwater Into your lively grave of The dancing dead And fill your eyes in with concrete (For chivalry’s ashes wouldn’t do) To ward off the demons that blind you so effortlessly, my dear May I perpetuate your standst...
• Poetry > Haiku
  In celebration

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  When spirals reclaim Engaged ill we celebrate Under our gray skies...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Lethargic!

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  I am full of energy You are full of energy Next step is lethargy! The great imperative: to rot away as we succumb to the other ills Lethargic! We'll simply stop Eating and starve our bodies and minds To be or not to be exerted To exhaustion Let's join in to the statistic We...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Ed the Liar

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  Ed appears to us girls as the glamorous bad boy, the one you know you shouldn't trust but can't help but fall for. He possesses that dangerous, mysterious vibe, but also bears a sweet side that provides you with security. He is a charming enigma. He tells you you are so special, but reall...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Coin-Operated Girl

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  I'm a coin-operated girl Painted heart within My skin as green as sin A soldier in the shelf space A fathomable toy of manic, stoic glee The neighbors thin Rotting from within Eyes of marble stone My ruby lip is quivering but Exercising strength with auto-pilot joy Am I a coin-opera...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Ruby Fingers

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  I wear a ruby streak across my neck My fingers are never dripping dry Between my heart and yours is Albeit a tattered and quite worn Piece of duct tape To fix your world in all its cruelties To tape back your heart Staples are used as a secondary For extra coverage and strength The roses te...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Buttercup Surfaces

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  I haunt mansions of Edgar Allen Poe romances Not through alleys of Internet porn or free iPhone ads Running through meadows of CDs, instead of Rotten flowers, aren’t their ugly reminders Just lovely? I can stand on my toes And sing high notes from hell But whatever puts a smile on my fac...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  If I Told You

  

  By FaeNotMyName, Port St. Lucie, FL

  The urge to gently cradle my mask was near unendurable, how weightless it was, the urge to slowly set it beside me, never to pick it up again. Instead, I felt it as it was: seemingly molded to my skin, held in place by invisible, stiff, bony fingers. The mask left me feeling cold; I was losing air...