jlpvcreative words

essays, fiction, poetry, and randomness for children, older children, and older-than-children

email or call to inquire about freelance feature writing, book and film reviews, "the poem machine," etc.

essays + journals

Cynicism?... pshaw!
This actually happened. In real life...
An Extraordinary Adventure of the Sea
The morning of August the 16th...
Grandma's Lesson
This summer I had a dream of an earthquake...
Here Is New York
I went to see Janeane Garafolo...
INXS
I'm listening to INXS. Loud...
Kissing a Woman All Over Her Face
Greedy, hungry, devouring...
NYC 9/11 Journal
6 days of letters: 9/11 to 9/16, 2001
Something To Do With Oranges
She was effortless...
fiction

*new 12/10/02*
Cookie Helps
Gordon the Mouse put on his red shoes for a trip to the museum...
The Trees Had No Leaves
Once upon a time, which is to say a long, long time ago...
poetry

1 Lousy Stinking Poem Every Day for a Month
If you want a new poem every day of the month...
Birthdays For Everyone
Birthday poems for (lots of) friends...
Bunny Loops
I have never learned to tie my shoe...
Control
My friend Alice is a dancer...
For a few more precious seconds, the body I was born with was still in one piece
Making up your body parts...
Forbidden City
In Ancient Greece the Grecian populace...
Happy Birthday Generic Person
Happy Happy Happy Birthday...
My Love, She Sailed Away
My Love, she sailed away from me upon the sea one year... (a work in progress)
The Noah's Ark Cheerleading Squad and Drill Team Encourages the Land Creatures Against the Sea Creatures
Aardvarks, Antelopes, Bison, and Beavers!...
Outgoing Message
This is James Parsons...
Sneeze
I have a cold which makes me sneeze...
Stage Fright
I was standing up here thinking...
Waiting for the Microwave to Ding
Scruffy the Cat has lost his zing...