Michael Neumann

Joined January 2021

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A Colour So Noble And True
Known to most as the colour of royalty, You have long held my unwavering loyalty. The first colour I look for in the night sky,
By Michael Neumann5 years ago in Poets
Balancing the Blue with the Green
Mixed in equal parts blue and green, The calmness you bring me is easily seen. Though you may only be a hint in the stormy sky,
By Michael Neumann5 years ago in Poets
Teal – the Colour of Peace & Balance (to me)
As a kid my parents let me try a bunch of different team sports. One of the first was soccer where I was a proud member of the Teal Tornadoes. We were named for the beautiful, reflective jerseys we got. I remember seeing that colour and needing to know everything about it. It became my favourite colour right there and then. With the name of the colour now in my vocabulary and the love of it well secured, I started noticing it everywhere – as it was the perfect blend of green and blue. It was the colour of the community pool, it blended with grays on a stormy day, it could be found in the water of the mountain lakes and prominent in a lot of my cartoons.
By Michael Neumann5 years ago in Poets
Taurus Thoughts from a Rhino
The strong but caring Taurus. Somedays I find that I fit into my astrological sign, and some days I do not. For context, I find Taurus typically depicted something like:
By Michael Neumann5 years ago in Futurism
Grandma's Black Notebook
As I opened the letter from my Grandmother a chill came over me. I wanted to throw it away but couldn't. "You have to find the black notebook. It was taken or lost in the black of night. In this book are the codes for the continuation of our species and if the code is not connected before the 21st hour of the 21st day in the 21st year we will die. You are the deliverer born on the 21st day of the 11th month. You alone must find the Black Notebook."
By Michael Neumann5 years ago in Criminal
20000 and the Cost of Generosity
When Steve woke up on that chilly March morning, he didn’t think it would be any different than the last however many days of Marchtober since the pandemic started. He had been working from home as an administrator to a medium-sized accounting firm. The office phone had been forwarded to his cell - something that haunted him regularly. With tax season starting his phone was more of a curse than a blessing.
By Michael Neumann5 years ago in Humans
Magical Tattoos: The Barn Owl
This is the recorded case study of magical tattoo 2497071 – The Barn Owl. First recorded by the Documancer Natwun upon joining a party with a goliath. It was said this goliath, K’Lun, had followed the ancestral teachings of her clan in the path of the beasts. This is a copy of his records:
By Michael Neumann5 years ago in Futurism