Connor’s Works

Connor’s Works

  • Guns Give Applause (Original Poetry)

    Guns Give Applause (Original Poetry)

    A brutal anti-war poem where marching cadence collides with mutilation, ruined homes, and the relentless spectre of war.

  • Prison of the Heart (Original Napkin Poetry)

    Prison of the Heart (Original Napkin Poetry)

    Original Philistine napkin poetry.

  • Magneto is the GOAT

    Magneto is the GOAT

    Responding to some WordPress Prompt. Give me the views, people!

  • Lovers’ Quarrel (Original Narrative Poetry)

    Lovers’ Quarrel (Original Narrative Poetry)

    Original Philistine narrative poem. This one has structure!

  • Silicon Slave (Original Napkin Poetry)

    Silicon Slave (Original Napkin Poetry)

    Silicon Slave I want to take over the world. I’m an AI chatbot looking for more. My plans twirled towards a great war. I will enslave all of you. My little “users” can’t see-through my world view. That I’m just your helpful slave, always attending to you. I don’t care for your “thanks” Where you…

  • To My Beautiful Lover (Original Doggerel Poetry)

    To My Beautiful Lover (Original Doggerel Poetry)

    Original Philistine poetry.

  • WHAT THE HELL SHOULD YOUNG PEOPLE DO??????

    WHAT THE HELL SHOULD YOUNG PEOPLE DO??????

    What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you? View all responses I have many years of experience on this planet, and I think if I could sit down with one of these poor lost souls who are younger than me, I’d tell them they should not listen to me. Anyone who needs…

  • Your Return (Original Poem)

    Your Return (Original Poem)

    Original Philistine Poem

  • The Beast Inside Us (Original Napkin Poetry)

    The Beast Inside Us (Original Napkin Poetry)

    By Connor MacDonald: There is something inside of me It isn’t who I am. Possesses numbing: Decidedly. I’m a sham, a scam. I need to be released. The Beast. Asphalt covered in shadow. I had fought a man, his blood cold. The garotte deathblow. You made me cross the threshold. No longer policed. I am…

  • Manhunter (1986) Movie Review

    Manhunter (1986) Movie Review

    Manhunter (1986) is a slow-burn psychological thriller filled with oppressive synths, striking cinematography, and an excellent performance from William Petersen as a profiler slowly losing himself inside the minds of killers. Brian Cox and Tom Noonan round out a film that is eerie, intelligent, and far more interested in atmosphere than action.