Midnight_Dreary's Profile
| Penname: | Midnight_Dreary |
| Country: | United States |
| Web address: | www.facebook.com |
| Favorite book: | The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart, The Terror by Dan Simmons, Relic by Preston & Childs, Anything by Edgar A. Poe |
| Member type: | Author |
| Member Since: | Oct 11, 2008 |
| Bio: | Manage three teams of software engineers. Sometimes it seems as if they are managing me. Spent 14 years in the Army National Guard. Entered as a Private and departed an Officer and a Gentleman. Worked in Iraq one year as a defense contractor. I thought I had survived the summer heat until August arrived. I learned an old Iraqi saying roughly translated as, "August is the month that melts the nails in the door hinges." Lived the majority of that time in one of Sadam's Palaces in his home town of Tikrit. It would appear that the "Food for Oil" program became the "Oil for Lavish Palaces in My Home Town" program instead. Iraq remains superimposed upon my being like some sort of strange tatoo. I have always enjoyed creative writing in all of its guises. I am happily married to an exotic beauty from a far-away land and we have two and a half children so far. I am also active in my LDS church and enjoy participating in weekend service projects assisting hurricane victims. |
User Writings
| Title/Name | Date | Ranking | Reviews | Type | |
| Oct 31, 2009 | 1761 | 6 | Poetry | ||
I try to encourage any and all feedback. I... | |||||
| Oct 18, 2008 | 807 | 12 | Poetry | ||
Revised and appended! Thanks in advance for... | |||||
| Nov 14, 2008 | 270 | 16 | Poetry | ||
Revised / appended: This story was inspired by... | |||||
| Jun 13, 2009 | 990 | 8 | Poetry | ||
This is another, perhaps feeble, attempt at... | |||||
| Feb 16, 2009 | 1693 | 9 | Poetry | ||
This song is dedicated to my recently deceased... | |||||
| Jul 2, 2009 | 3569 | New | Poetry | ||
This piece is derived from... | |||||
| Apr 11, 2009 | 1786 | 6 | Poetry | ||
This poem is dedicated to all of my friends and... | |||||
| Apr 19, 2009 | 1957 | 7 | Poetry | ||
This was just a quick flight of imagination;... | |||||
| May 15, 2009 | 3447 | 4 | Poetry | ||
I wrote with a killer headache one night and... | |||||
| May 17, 2009 | 3251 | 3 | Poetry | ||
This is my first attempt at a Haiku. As... | |||||
| May 21, 2009 | 3151 | 3 | Poetry | ||
I'm anticipating that some of you will not have... | |||||
| May 21, 2009 | 1807 | 6 | Poetry | ||
This is my first try at Tanka. Found the... | |||||
| May 23, 2009 | 1288 | 7 | Poetry | ||
Another Haiku. | |||||
| Apr 3, 2010 | 1858 | 6 | Poetry | ||
This is an old poem circa 1987 that my wife... | |||||
