http://lindsaysscribblings.com Poetry, Prose, and Photos by Lindsay Bernsen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:24:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a discussion of Ayn Rand's view on women, it is first important to note the primary time period of her most notable works of fiction - the late 1930's to the the late 1950's (Anthem: 1938, The Fountainhead: 1943, Atlas Shrugged: 1957), when American women were only just beginning ... http://lindsaysscribblings.com/essays/ayn-rand-and-women This is a study of character-interaction. While they might seem the complete product of circumstance, there is always one basis for any love triangle: poor timing. There are two basic scenarios: If a girl and a boy are (ostensibly) in love and have just committed to each other, but the boy meets ... http://lindsaysscribblings.com/essays/freezer-door/character-interaction-study-1 You cannot own people - even slavery is only the (presumed and imposed) right to a physical body. No amount of bidding sub hasta will ever give you the right to a soul, and if it could, it would be worthless, as the value of such possession is ... http://lindsaysscribblings.com/prose/possesive Desire I can write of Fury just the same But Love Love My pen tarnishes thy name http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/writers-block The ink heart on my hand bleeds And I want it to bleed Into you To Impress you Imprint you Meld you Mine With a single Spasmodic squeeze The ink heart on my hand bleeds Like I will If you leave. http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/ink-heart Everyone who knew me,  knew. You knew me too, didn't you? http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/love-and-war/knew Oh, my love This lust Is not well-intentioned Not innocent Not sweet Oh, my love This lust Demands satiation Immediate and Indiscreet. http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/oh-my-love-this-lust ‘Twixt you and I, nothing should ever intercede - not conspiring mothers, not pernicious lovers, not distance, not time, not cloth. ‘Twixt you and I, nothing should ever intervene. http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/twixt-you-and-i Rumors are vicious But people are worse Suspicious Seditious Perverse Calumny is vicious But gossips are worse http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/social-commentary/of-gossip-and-gossips You follow him. Follow him everywhere And always have. You follow him Follow him everywhere: Dog-tailing your prince charming But never keeping his pace. I accompany him Stroll with him Converge with his path We converge And yet you follow. http://lindsaysscribblings.com/poetry/amo-amare-amavi-amatus/you-follow