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Arkansas
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where the raven flies
i'm as busy as the sizzle of a rasher
squealing nostalgic smells into the me,
dreaming on some porcine aviation
bringing home the backbone of let's see.
aching for a new found love like parents
throwing pots of clay to prove a point.
crumbling the brickwork of their hardships
orphaning the offspring of a joint
adventure, that it was when all were flowery
germinating me in wonder lust
brought about by a bigot and his bombshells
disturbing homesteads full of factory dust
and homemade jams and gravy juice for nyloned
legs; powdered eggs, make do and mend
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to stitch and sink the atrocious aspirations
of a demon who was clearly round the bend
where all my hare-brained urges squat, delinquent
beyond the red flowers of the runner beans
where frogs break wind and croak, and coelesce
and polished shoe spit comes in magazines
for i'm as randy as a rabbit on viagra.
as cocky as a ballcock at its peak,
primed to unleash a small niagara
into a hole, if only she could speak.
yet within this corrugated isolation
where echoes of the carpet crawlers creep
my syncopated glossy virgin giggles
and tangled houseflies buzz and spin to sleep
and jaycee plays at frisbee with his halo.
venus de milo claps and lends a hand
to mrs jones attending burt's lumbago
thanksgiving mr marriott and his band.
and hamlet has no mind as what's to be
or not, and ledger books and overdrafts
go hang with bhang and alcopops and vodka
while mr barrett and his madcap laughs
and words to wonder weave their whereabouts
feint as a new moon in a summer sky.
and, as good an egg as ever was, i feed
stale mackerel pate to my venus fly.
yet i fear an end much as mr presley
-wizen that he was on a commode.
a clay-like substance pressuring the bloodpump
urging the aorta to explode
while outside, far beyond the cobwebbed curtains,
life's apace with commerce and its hiss
and those who make a tit out of a nipple.
what sadly toad would not be moved by this.
Arkansas’s timeline
- August 2026
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15 SatHighest posting month
August 2026 — 6 poems
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11 TueCritiqued
"Legacy of Pain and Shame" by @Candlewitch
"First 4 stanzas are pukka and was expecting a horrid end, but it fizzled out for me. Even a last line like, 'and by a rope suspend!' may have clinched it. Anywho, thank you for sharing, and I'm pleased to see you're a J…" -
10 MonReceived a critique
on Edgar Poe from @Candlewitch
"i very much enjoyed reading and absorbing this poem of Poe! He is my all time favorite poet. Bob Dylan runs a close second, but you are gaining ground on him! Thank you for sharing this piece with us... I absolutely lov…" -
10 Mon
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10 MonCritiqued
"Elizabeth " by @davidgambro31
"...very well composed, and i can relate to it. it's very earthbound, unlike a lot of 'airy-fairy' stuff that claims to be poetry. and yes, 'the fewer the words, the more will out' as my mentor used to say." -
09 SunReceived a critique
on a poephol among the dandelions from @davidgambro31
"This is a brilliant piece of suburban absurdism. It brilliantly balances deadpan working-class slang ("me back garden," "poephol") with clever malapropisms ("gnoming pigeon"). Its best structural trick is the sudden, we…" -
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09 SunNew follower
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07 FriCritiqued
"Upon being born anew..." by @Jane A. Rug
"your word choice is impeccable your storyline's a stealer, but oh my the rhythm section's face down in tequila. oh, and one further note: it suffers from bloat. Yours, Arkansas." -
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07 FriCritiqued
"The fire in my heart" by @serena
"When I was born A light (er) went on - light is better. My heart was on fire, Full of desire At some point it flopped -swap flopped and stopped (Very nearly) stopped -later you state it got slower! My heart was (in) a g…" -
07 Fri
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06 ThuReceived a critique
on Edgar Poe from @Ray Miller
"I got enough of the references, not all, I thought it was very funny" -
06 Thu
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05 WedFirst critique offered
on "Time" (since unpublished) by @Rob-E
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05 WedReceived a critique
on commitment from @Geezer
"A rather droll little ditty, that one shouldn't find fault about. We have some others here who are rather fond of the form, and I am sure that you will meet somewhere along the line. ~ Geezer." -
05 WedFirst publication
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05 WedJoined Neopoet
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First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
I was born and live in Mildenhall in the UK, though my parents were both from the US. I have been writing poetry since my early teens -Mother is a Sylvia Plath fan.
Location: GBR
Favorite Poets
Sylvia Plath, Philip Larkin and Noel Coward.
And I hate NeoPoet's AI comments. They're not necessary, especially on a unique site as this.
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