Hennen's Observer
  • Home
  • Writings
    • Poetry
      • Published Poetry
    • Prose
      • Published Prose
    • Culture
      • Contributor Interviews
  • Community
  • Submit
  • Shop
  • Login/Logout
  • Forums
  • Home
  • Writings
    • Poetry
      • Published Poetry
    • Prose
      • Published Prose
    • Culture
      • Contributor Interviews
  • Community
  • Submit
  • Shop
  • Login/Logout
  • Forums

Prose

The Fireman

Details
Written by: gingercat
Category: Prose
Created: December 22, 2010, 12:05 pm
Hits: 2589

    The whole school knew about me and Ricky Burns. Or at least it felt like the whole school knew about me and Ricky Burns because I tripped nearly every time he came into view and stared at him wide-eyed all through lunch and squealed a little in my seat every time the teacher called his name.

Read more: The Fireman

4 comments
2.5k views

The Transition

Details
Written by: Vangoman/ Dan Van Fleet
Category: Prose
Created: December 21, 2010, 11:31 pm
Hits: 2617

I learned to tie my broken shoelaces in a dirt brown ground down town; the town was so poverty bound that there was not enough money to entice the city officials to contemplate embezzlement. The educational gutter system in sundown town was pathetic and ludicrous at best with little to no scholastic benefit.

Read more: The Transition

1 comment
2.6k views

Adjunct to "A Tiny Light"

Details
Written by: Joshua Hennen
Category: Prose
Created: December 19, 2010, 7:13 am
Hits: 3400

A dialogue between two people  in which each takes his turn speaking:

"I want your opinion. Does God exist?"

"By the term 'God ' what do you mean?"

"Well a loving personal God."

"As espoused by the Abrahamic religions?"

"Yes."

"It doesn't matter."

Read more: Adjunct to "A Tiny Light"

9 comments
3.4k views

A Tiny Light

Details
Written by: 55mangos
Category: Prose
Created: December 19, 2010, 3:37 am
Hits: 2109

God-fucking-damn it was the first thing I thought when I woke up. I had to give a presentation in my Conflicts in Asia class that day. I put on a ragged polo shirt which was I assure you classier than my usual holy T-shirt shuffled out of my dorm into the dining hall shoveled a shit-ton of oatmeal and raisins into my mouth to try to fortify my weak body from skipping dinner the night before, and resentfully made my way to class.

Read more: A Tiny Light

1 comment
2.1k views

Movies

Details
Written by: Jabburwock
Category: Prose
Created: December 18, 2010, 8:33 pm
Hits: 1622

Marshmallows plop into my bowl leaving the comfort of their plastic bag to prepare for their inevitable fate. Most people use popcorn but to me marshmallows are always the perfect movie food. I guess it has to do with the movie nights Mum used to have. When a movie would have a certain type of food as a plot point, she would prepare some of that food to watch during the film.

Read more: Movies

0 comments
1.6k views
  1. One Lonely Job
  2. Cry
  3. One of Those Days
  4. Diodes of Diamonds

Subcategories

Published & Contest Winning Prose

Page 34 of 76

  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38

Random Comments - Prose

wickedwahine_69
wickedwahine_69 posted a comment in Lack of responsibility
Thanks ;)
about 14 years ago
Falonmonet
Falonmonet posted a comment in Love Addict
However you feel when you read is why I write--so ...
about 15 years ago
Joshua Hennen
Joshua Hennen posted a comment in Mercy
I like this piece and your idea for "farmnotes," i...
about 15 years ago
Joshua Hennen
Joshua Hennen posted a comment in Therapy For Me (Explicit)
I love the simile, "the disease that infected my m...
about 16 years ago
wickedwahine_69
wickedwahine_69 posted a comment in Men
Thank you ;)
about 14 years ago
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Code of Conduct
  • Contact Us