http://www.booksie.com/jp23 en-us Publish.Read.Get.Read Author Thu, 23 May 2013 21:58:41 EDT MikeDefraga(MikeDefraga.com) http://www.booksie.com/parts/images/logo.gif www.booksie.com http://www.booksie.com/other/essay/jp23/how-i-felt-about-writing-in-8th-grade http://www.booksie.com/other/essay/jp23/how-i-felt-about-writing-in-8th-grade This essay is the one I refer to in my profile as the essay claiming that writing is, "the zenith of all things in all Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:01:42 EDT http://www.booksie.com/non-fiction/poetry/jp23/the-circle-of-atp http://www.booksie.com/non-fiction/poetry/jp23/the-circle-of-atp In case you're wondering what kind of nerd would take the lyrics of a popular Disney song and replace the words to all Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:02:09 EST http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/polosohper http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/polosohper A pole notes from his post The type of men he finds the most. For logic it watches the sky And observes the clou all Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:10:15 EDT http://www.booksie.com/other/short_story/jp23/the-train-of-time http://www.booksie.com/other/short_story/jp23/the-train-of-time In order to escape imminent death, millions of people crowd around the train tracks, hoping to hop the Train of Tim all Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:12:07 EDT http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/the-lachrymosity-of-the-weather http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/the-lachrymosity-of-the-weather This is the contest poem I've been telling you about. It didn't get into the anthology, but I still think it's g all Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:25:14 EDT http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/and-the-greatest-of-these-is-love http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/and-the-greatest-of-these-is-love Jacob, an escaped slave, returns to his former plantation to rescue his father. If he is caught, he could either re all Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:33:22 EST http://www.booksie.com/war_and_military/short_story/jp23/nickotine http://www.booksie.com/war_and_military/short_story/jp23/nickotine The Nickites are invading King Robert's kingdom. Brig. General Jacob must set off to find the warrior Sam the Grea all Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:28:07 EST http://www.booksie.com/science_fiction/short_story/jp23/the-snufflies http://www.booksie.com/science_fiction/short_story/jp23/the-snufflies Snuffy seeks to build a telescope in order to obtain the first close-up video of a comet, but discovers something m all Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:46:39 EDT http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/tattered-soles http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/tattered-soles Last year I received an assignment from my history teacher to write a short story about the journey of a Holocaust all Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:22:09 EDT http://www.booksie.com/fantasy/short_story/jp23/taric-the-vanquisher http://www.booksie.com/fantasy/short_story/jp23/taric-the-vanquisher When the city of Bellopolis is plagued by a dragon, King Rudolf enlists the help of a knight named Taric. all Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:08:54 EDT http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/seeds-of-redemption http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/seeds-of-redemption This is a 31st chapter that I wrote for John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath." If you are unfamiliar with it, i all Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:00:22 EDT http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/rbc-poem http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/rbc-poem This is the poem that was read on April 15 at the RBC fundraiser. all Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:27:29 EDT http://www.booksie.com/science_fiction/novel/jp23/the-darkest-night-:-prologue/chapter/1 http://www.booksie.com/science_fiction/novel/jp23/the-darkest-night-:-prologue/chapter/1 Jansyl's 83rd science fair features many gadgets and gizmos, all competing against each other to win first prize. all Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:58:28 EDT http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/the-twister http://www.booksie.com/poetry/poetry/jp23/the-twister Literally, this poem is about a girl who gets caught in a tornado, but symbolically it's about the various challen all Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:21:27 EDT http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/a-dystopic-phenomena http://www.booksie.com/historical_fiction/short_story/jp23/a-dystopic-phenomena Plagued by racial prejudices, a first grader struggles to cope with the differences between her old northern school all Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:06:49 EDT