ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
A collection of my work from circa 1995 to the present. Some dark and deep, others bright and cheerful. [December 2014]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (63) Asylum Of My Soul (Poetry) Nowhere to go. [36 words] Blanket Of Trust (Poetry) Take my secret to your grave [59 words] Blood Game (Songs) A lyrical taste of the hunt created solely for a friend's upcoming novel. [139 words] [Horror] Broken Halo (Songs) An angel falls from her sky [182 words] Bryna (Poetry) Saying goodbye to my mom [131 words] Columbian Necktie (Songs) When you've said one too many things to piss someone off...someone writes a heavy metal song about you. [99 words] [Horror] Dark Wave (Poetry) Exorcising demons of the past [113 words] Deliverance (Poetry) Lingering thoughts and images of something I cannot recall. [97 words] Denial (Poetry) Forbidden love [191 words] Downtown: Coney Island Footlong (Poetry) Part four of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [635 words] Downtown: Do You Have A Quarter? (Poetry) Part one of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [315 words] Downtown: Mr. O.D.C. Preacher (Poetry) Part three of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [261 words] Downtown: One Eye (Poetry) Part two of a series referring to Downtown Detroit's homeless population. [223 words] Dreamscape: The Thirst (Poetry) It even happens in your dreams. [77 words] Echoes In My Head (Poetry) Laying in bed on December 24th. [61 words] [Drama] Eternal Desire (Poetry) A vampire will stop at nothing to claim his bride and grant her immortality. [84 words] Ever And Ever (Songs) Just another heavy guitar and deep baseline type of song on the subject of immortality. [127 words] Faceless (Songs) The rise to the top can end abruptly. [116 words] Feels Like Forever (Poetry) Sometimes you miss someone, if even for a day, and it feels like forever. [66 words] [Romance] Here Alone (Songs) Sometimes you never see it coming [104 words] I Keep On Falling For You (Songs) Just found it and others in a folder tagged "1993 Work" [142 words] I Need (Poetry) This is a song about never really knowing what you had until it's gone. [124 words] I Own You (Poetry) Never forget that I own you. [88 words] Imperfection (Poetry) - [62 words] In Your Dreams (Poetry) - [71 words] Infidelity (Poetry) When a husband ignores his wife, a marriage will crumble and the wife will stray... [98 words] Influence (Poetry) How influential can a demon of the night be? [218 words] Losing Battle (Poetry) Prepare for sin. [109 words] Lost Without You (Songs) More from the "1993 Work" folder. [179 words] Mended Heart (Poetry) - [90 words] Never Regret What Makes You Smile (Poetry) When two people want to be together and they aren't. [94 words] [Relationships] New Beginning (Poetry) - [93 words] Nobody Likes You (Songs) How does it feel to be the person that has everything but friends? [170 words] Progressive Silence (Poetry) Sometimes there is no sound. Starting over never works. [79 words] R.A.O. (Poetry) Saying goodbye to my Dad [79 words] Remember (To Remind Me) (Songs) Punkish song. [103 words] Saddam Hussein (Poetry) I was bored. Therefore I write. [39 words] Sanguinary (Poetry) The blood continues to flow in this experimental preface followed by poetry. [128 words] [Horror] Seed (Poetry) Are eight lines enough? [44 words] Shattered Dream (Poetry) The result of betrayal by one's best friend and one's girlfriend. [141 words] Shut Your Mouth (Songs) Sometimes you just need to shut your mouth! [92 words] Six (Poetry) What would you do with only six days? [68 words] Someone Like You (Poetry) - [74 words] Sounds Of A Summer Countryside (Poetry) - [113 words] Standing On The Edge Of Depression (Poetry) Self-worth, self-pity and self-confidence. [137 words] Storymania (Poetry) What is Storymania? [97 words] Temporary Dreams (Poetry) - [36 words] The Din (Poetry) 42 strong words. [42 words] The Embrace (Poetry) A newly born vampire's first taste. [90 words] The Voice (Poetry) Evil whispers across the wind. [127 words] Theend (Songs) It's the end of this relationship. [106 words] To Be Alone (Songs) I'd rather be alone than trapped. [106 words] Unbridled Fury: The Battle To Breathe (Essays) Subconscious thought... [685 words] Unbridled Fury: The Subconscious (Essays) Subconscious thought... [365 words] Undaunting (Poetry) Bring me home [66 words] [Motivational] Unflowing (Poetry) - [62 words] Untitled -- 1989 (Poetry) As taken from "Disintegration". [96 words] Us (Poetry) - [182 words] Wake Of Destruction (Songs) You can run, but you cannot outrun fate. [112 words] We Are Right (Poetry) You should always fight for what’s right in life and in love. [113 words] [Romance] Witch Hunt (Poetry) Defeating the evil that takes away life is more difficult than it seems. [165 words] [Horror] (I See) The Light (Poetry) Can you see the light? [98 words] (It's Time To) Cut The Cord (Songs) There comes a time when you just need to cut the cord [131 words]
Nothing R Bennett Okerstrom
Nothing to fall back on,
Nothing to hold as mine,
Nothing to call my own,
Nothing to redesign,
Nothing to share a thought with,
Nothing to spend some time,
Nothing to catch my gaze,
Nothing to see as fine.
Nothing to shed a tear for,
Nothing to realign,
Nothing to set a goal,
Nothing to wine and dine,
Nothing to see away,
Nothing to drop a line,
Nothing to ask a question,
Nothing to love devine.
READER'S REVIEWS (13) DISCLAIMER: STORYMANIA DOES NOT PROVIDE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWS. ALL REVIEWS ARE PROVIDED BY NON-ASSOCIATED VISITORS, REGARDLESS OF THE WAY THEY CALL THEMSELVES.
"Indifference can be a frightening muse and state of mind...you reflect it well in this piece. This is artful, with a semantic structure to complement its purpose. Very capturing subject matter indeed. " -- Cole D. Wilmot, Amherst, MA, USA.
"Cole has beat me to the asshole. Nothing really draws me in." -- Frank.
"Sometimes having nothing is better than having the world." -- R. Bennett.
"Yes, R. Bennett ... if you have nothing, there is nothing left to lose ... It's amazing how this rings true for me as so many of your poems seem to do ... keep writing, your work is good therapy ..." -- Judith.
"I'm glad you like them. If you need therapy you better stay away from my Unbridled Fury series..." -- R. Bennett Okerstrom.
"Oh, but I can't ... they draw me in like so many of your other works ..." -- Judith .
"As long as they don't put you into some kind of psychosis...." -- R. Bennett.
"Hynotic trance, maybe ..." -- Judith.
"Keep your chin up Judith. I'm sure you have more than nothing." -- R. Bennett.
"I never thought that nothing could be so much. Another job well done!" -- The Reviewer.
"judith says it all... i agree with you in sometimes to have nothing is better than having the world...but to not have any form of love? " -- kat, Aust..
"Nothing to wrong, nothing to write, nothing to left, nothing to right. Yeah--I liked it, but then we have similiar styles." -- Mia Angello, WI.
"Thanks Kat and Mia!" -- R. Bennett.
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