# Creative Writing **URL:** https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/c/creative-forums/creative-writing/26.md [Latest](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Creative Writing category](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/about-the-creative-writing-category/29)
**Author:** [@system](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
Elevate form over function to get at less easily articulable truths. --- ## [Haiku Tag](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/haiku-tag/27735)
**Author:** [@Oughtist](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Oughtist)\ **Replies:** 1897\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/haiku-tag/27735 "2026-10-31T15:51:44Z")
to soothe plaintive hearts the mind would create a soul for companionship for companionship matrices are created in an empty womb in an empty womb (your turn :slight\_smile: ) --- ## [Journal of the boring and mundane](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/journal-of-the-boring-and-mundane/85741)
**Author:** [@MrAuthoritarian](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/MrAuthoritarian)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/journal-of-the-boring-and-mundane/85741 "2026-10-29T18:28:26Z")
Everyone is panicking because of a death in the family. I have offered my help with this but nobody wants it. Everybody seems content with the pages of the will. I truly liked the man and hope that he found peace. Dogs,… --- ## [Poetry - a life saver](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/poetry-a-life-saver/84155)
**Author:** [@Bob](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Bob)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/poetry-a-life-saver/84155 "2026-10-27T01:03:05Z")
This is not easily recognisable for people geared to power structures who want to dominate, but for those who want truth, unity, beauty and goodness, it is a lifeline. --- ## [Alpha Two - Andrew Seas (cyberpunk)](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/alpha-two-andrew-seas-cyberpunk/48463)
**Author:** [@attofishpi](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/attofishpi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/alpha-two-andrew-seas-cyberpunk/48463 "2026-10-23T05:26:07Z")
Hey all I have release my novel Alpha Two for free now, download PDF, MOBI, EPUB formats. Philosophical contemplation regarding human sentience and Artificial Intelligence, and the driving force behind the quest for exi… --- ## [Gates ••••](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/gates/86473)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/gates/86473 "2026-10-22T22:58:33Z")
Pseudo-poetic Non-analgesic The rebel who isn’t rebellious Mind on matter, focused Stranger things from stranger places Transdimensional travel in my basements Selected applications of lunar phases Slices of heave… --- ## [Vampire](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/vampire/46136)
**Author:** [@Meno2](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Meno2)\ **Replies:** 718\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/vampire/46136 "2026-10-20T18:02:49Z")
Bounderied into places by Curve, into the shells buried Contained, but nearing The place where through the time’s annals, too many to count Dracul, Vision of whom fortified doubly by Helix, doubly so, to arise t… --- ## [RaptorWizard - Hyperspatial Clockwork to Bunny's Imagination](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/raptorwizard-hyperspatial-clockwork-to-bunnys-imagination/46673)
**Author:** [@Exuberant\_Teleportat](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Exuberant_Teleportat)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/raptorwizard-hyperspatial-clockwork-to-bunnys-imagination/46673 "2026-10-20T17:57:17Z")
Blast magic restore destroy delete animate extract extinct teach chalice latch chosen 1 wave volume mint trick crest moon downpour reveal I teach you the overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you d… --- ## [Montage Montage](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/montage-montage/86380)
**Author:** [@derleydoo](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/derleydoo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/montage-montage/86380 "2026-10-19T21:34:36Z")
post is empty\* post is empty\* post is empty\* Vanished. --- ## [Philosopher X-Man: Lady Tektonica](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/philosopher-x-man-lady-tektonica/85546)
**Author:** [@Ichthus77](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Ichthus77)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/philosopher-x-man-lady-tektonica/85546 "2026-10-05T01:25:54Z")
She’s a worldview shifter. Whereas some paradigm shifts are so drastic, they result in nervous breakdowns (so, not the Thomas Kuhn sort), she actually makes them happen rather than them happening to her… and it ripples o… --- ## [The House at the End of the Universe](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/the-house-at-the-end-of-the-universe/86353)
**Author:** [@attofishpi](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/attofishpi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/the-house-at-the-end-of-the-universe/86353 "2026-10-05T00:58:25Z")
Where am I? Am I dreaming? Am I still in the virtual world of cyberspace, the neural-net? I sat up on the dry parched Earth surrounded by dead grass and gazed up. Above me, the entire cosmos revealed its mystery, twinkl… --- ## [Pioneer •••](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/pioneer/86305)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/pioneer/86305 "2026-09-30T01:08:37Z")
Gemini Master sky Blaster I Slice the pie Survey the fields with care Kinky side Brutal lies Super fly Kerouac Was a fag Fly the flag Kill the stag From the ocean From the side I don’t mind What a find Wi… --- ## [At The Gate](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/at-the-gate/86288)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 5:04am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/at-the-gate/86288 "2026-09-27T05:04:31Z")
They loved, but they did not know what they loved. They yearned, but they yearned for vengeance. Beneath the layers of the greenery, And bright colours of their dreams, Lay a hidden monster. Its name wasn’t justice, … --- ## [Un Visage •••](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/un-visage/86274)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/un-visage/86274 "2026-09-23T17:47:18Z")
Sus! C’est quoi? Le grand mareschal Quand est-ce qu’il s’en vient? Combiens des etages? Il pluie dans le ciel Il pluie dans les arbres Il pluie comme un vent Qui prend tout dans sa marche Mais, dans sa marche, ce… --- ## [A Cold Night](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/a-cold-night/86271)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 4:47am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/a-cold-night/86271 "2026-09-23T04:47:57Z")
A pretty maiden grasps from the water A handfull of Moon A swan looks back at her --- ## [Once upon a time in Maxu Pixu](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/once-upon-a-time-in-maxu-pixu/86250)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/once-upon-a-time-in-maxu-pixu/86250 "2026-09-20T09:30:28Z")
--- ## [Red Tree •••](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/red-tree/86203)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/red-tree/86203 "2026-09-11T08:26:28Z")
Knowledge in the eyes Miracles are scryed Horizons full of dope The Sun shining on the dirt The traction is complete The steel is sharp and triple forged The wind is ice but isn’t cold Somewhere there is a mountai… --- ## [The great misunderstood](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/the-great-misunderstood/86184)
**Author:** [@Elemental](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Elemental)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/the-great-misunderstood/86184 "2026-09-08T01:46:23Z")
Oh for the great misunderstood, if only they would could should, but they are misunderstood, so they can’t. And that is the dilemma, which is the dilemma, of the great sedate, misunderstood. --- ## [Wanna write wanna can’t stand not to](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/wanna-write-wanna-can-t-stand-not-to/81428)
**Author:** [@meno41](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/meno41)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/wanna-write-wanna-can-t-stand-not-to/81428 "2026-09-06T13:07:49Z")
The name of this post is writing for its own sake. It’s bout about the 3 or three Cheryl’s. And it will take many many volumes to do so, and her heart hurts and I tell her mine hurts her just telling of her hurt heart. … --- ## [\[ watch this space \]](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/watch-this-space/47833)
**Author:** [@Ichthus77](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Ichthus77)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 8:49am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/watch-this-space/47833 "2026-09-04T08:49:21Z")
Sometimes I feel like I’m doing internal space exploration. There’s a lot to be discovered “out there” and where no man has gone before in the depths of the sea — and the self — “in here”! I learn new stuff all the time … --- ## [Pickie pie](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/pickie-pie/44353)
**Author:** [@Meno2](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Meno2)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/pickie-pie/44353 "2026-08-26T10:03:18Z")
The swinging times rolling on defined its poverty, the last stage of its corrupness appearent, when the signs of elegant poverty were torn down and a new bachaus redevelopment made for getting impassable. Well they were… --- ## [Resources, reflections/refractions and reactioms](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/resources-reflections-refractions-and-reactioms/86100)
**Author:** [@meno41](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/meno41)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/resources-reflections-refractions-and-reactioms/86100 "2026-08-25T02:24:54Z")
Last night lack of sleep found me searching, found the following. Will go around it and find meaning in it, as an augmentation: / confused: :heart\_eyes: confused: : It started with a Russian paper : followed by two o… --- ## [Writing short stories](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/writing-short-stories/86086)
**Author:** [@Bob](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Bob)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/writing-short-stories/86086 "2026-08-21T14:01:14Z")
I’ve started writing short stories instead of novels and articles. I’m avoiding writing about current affairs because it just isn’t worth it. Here’s my latest rendering: Does anyone else have experience with short stor… --- ## [Notes ••••](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/notes/85517)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 2321\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/notes/85517 "2026-08-18T16:40:21Z")
It’s funny, I don’t miss Quebec, but I do miss Ontario. Ontario is where I was born, isn’t it? --- ## [Bars •••••](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/bars/85899)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/bars/85899 "2026-08-11T08:13:00Z")
Drive fast Legs like a winding river Lips like a sweet dessert Eyes like a desert Spoke to the Moon last night Asked for her blessing Piston is forged steel Go where I tell it --- ## [Philosophy is not for the faint of heart](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/philosophy-is-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/45619)
**Author:** [@Meno2](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Meno2)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/philosophy-is-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/45619 "2026-08-10T02:46:41Z")
Philosophy is really the digs unearthed by brawn and muscle Incorporates a lot of nasty stuff underneath Sinew and bloody entrails served one war another that’s what’s left of his memory Poor kid had to have mom and … --- ## [I am..](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/i-am/47749)
**Author:** [@MagsJ](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/MagsJ)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/i-am/47749 "2026-08-05T10:43:11Z")
\_ I am currently a genie, I grant All, with that that they wish. --- ## [Stars In The Black Night](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/stars-in-the-black-night/85650)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/stars-in-the-black-night/85650 "2026-08-02T18:13:57Z")
Stars in the black night Smoke rising from a distant clearing Pine trees stand eternal --- ## [Do you believe in magic?](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/do-you-believe-in-magic/85897)
**Author:** [@meno41](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/meno41)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/do-you-believe-in-magic/85897 "2026-07-29T17:56:22Z")
Do you believe in magic? Do you, you, You! The middle of the room is empty. There is nothing but a big elephant in there, they are composed of many Elephants writing. They write spuriously so that they will not be … --- ## [North ••••](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/north/85788)
**Author:** [@Socrates](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/u/Socrates)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/t/north/85788 "2026-07-28T12:53:54Z")
The jagged teeth of the Rocky mountains Remind me of something Communicating Some mortal truth Beauty, once again, beauty And I [Next page](https://www.ilovephilosophy.com/c/creative-forums/creative-writing/26.md?page=1)