http://slow.writerscafe.org/wellblowmedown The original writings of author Well Blow Me Down! en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776252775 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A metaphor for social anxiety; a fable about how the narrator overcomes it in one instance. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1182238/ Wordplay about a family similar in part to Shirley Jackson's protagonist in "One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts". Plays with idioms. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1132818/ Love song to a friend who might one day be a sweetheart... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093876/ Scuttle, the seagull from "The Little Mermaid," misses Princess Ariel after her wedding. Dedicated to my own niecelet, Gopherscout. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093828/ Song lyric about the dangers of oversheltering children. The conceit is that I am visiting my ten year old self and warning them. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093825/ I wrote this in about middle school. I wanted to try my hand at some half rhymes, which at the time I felt were perfectly awful. These rhymes here still are. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093824/ Nonsense rhyme from 1988 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093823/ Good night all! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093822/ worries about relationships http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093821/ Crossing the desert, Joseph scoffs at the shaman's superstitious ideas. (c) 2007 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093820/ Meta. Inspiration for ending a broken off tale. I ended up using "Ethan" rather than Ogden. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093819/ relationship story. Terse. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093818/ The ironic qualities of hope http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093817/ Part 4 of Porlock http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093809/ Porlock, part 3 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093716/ Porlock, part 2 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093715/ Part 1 of "Porlock," more like traditional poetry than the others. October 2003. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093714/ A poem in four parts, inspired by the story of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's writing of "Kubla Khan," which explains that he was interrupted by a person from Porlock before he could fully record his dream http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093712/ Fiction Exercise in Characterization http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093709/ The lure of the darkness beckons http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1093708/ A sort of response/homage to E. E. Cummings. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1089443/ Verbal homage to Thomas Tallis's famed canon. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1089441/ Self loathing rhyme http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1073874/ A poem of depression, loss, and blame http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1073869/ Musings on the differences between "real life" (outernet) friendships and Internet ones; also, a metaphor comparing these to narratives in fiction. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1073742/ "My Word" type of longish setup for a pun. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1073349/ Herman is visited for an encouraging talk over coffee with someone who has a larger view of what is going on in the world. A bit like an homage to Childhood's End. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1073348/ Silly song about a cathedral's plumbing and the person who loves it. A bit of parody on the Bells of Saint Clemens. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1073346/ Patter song type of poem about friendship and loss. Ironically sad. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1073343/ Internet crushes and friendship and a nonbinary person's search for advice on how to handle it all. Happy endings are my favourite! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wellblowmedown/1072735/