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The Works of Barbara E. Prater ![]() I am slowly getting over my fear of being plagiarized. I have begun to post some of my works, so watch for them if you're interested. I beg of you, though: please do not destroy my fragile faith in humanity by taking my works without crediting me; I will find you, humiliate you, and sue you, rest assured :). My short stories tend to follow a theme of young women in some point of the process of losing and finding inner strength, growing or "growing up" in the process. I have always had an overactive, daydreaming imagination; most of my stories spin off from something that could have been, or something that I saw in the people around me, or some little tangent that life could have followed but didn't. I do tend to be sympathetically emotional in my life ... the story of others' lives affect me. My stories: "The Feeling" -- May not be appropriate for younger readers "Hurt Me" (under revision) "Pen Pal" "Rhythm" "Wild Strawberries" (under revision) I have been writing poetry since fourth grade (at least, that's the first memorable poetry I wrote). Until my second year at college in Intro to Creative Writing, I had always considered myself a poet first. I realize now that stories and poems fulfill two very different aspects of my creativity: stories help get all those dreams and images out of my head, while poetry gives my emotions a place to explain themselves. I could never eliminate just one, and there are elements of each in the other. My poetry is fairly direct, "evocative" I am told, often image driven. The subjects include love (in, out, and everything in between), inner self, nature ... I guess the subject of poetry isn't as important as what is said on the subject, though. Some of my poems: "Barb" "The Crayfish" "Daddy's Last Dance" "Dedicated to RHS Class of '95" "First Impression" "Flesh and Blood" "For the Wounded" "Heat" "Lido Beach" "Midwinter Blues" "Moonlight Moonbright" "No Words" "Phobias" "Prayers" "Present" "The Rush" "Sailing On" "Showcase" "Solar Energy" "Supercell" "Tears" "Tease" If you are for some reason insanely curious about what I write, please email me and I will send you things personally. ![]() ![]() |