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Bender
Member since December 20, 2015
Member for 10 years, 5 months
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Winter Beach
Hard gray and frozen day
Hunkered down in a dunescape drear
Tight lipped and knee hugging cold
Back to the offshore wind
No gull no footprint seen
As stiffly rising to face an angry surf
Begins an aimless solitary wander
Amid the scattered shells
Tide pool ripples to and fro
Bending reflections past and present
As low rustling sea oat whispers
Soft bring quiet musings
Hard clouds on sand on sea
Be hung in forlorn dismal aspect
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Casting the chill sullen vista of
A lover’s eyes gone cold
And so it was and now is
In concert with fate’s flow and ebb
The flotsam and jetsam of years
Lies strewn beyond recall
With one last turn full round
As sole transient on the bleak expanse
Comes the calm anticipation of
Advancing night’s good fire
Bender’s timeline
- December 2025
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20 SatAnniversary
10 years of membership
- December 2020
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20 SunAnniversary
5 years of membership
- December 2016
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20 TueAnniversary
One year of membership
- February 2016
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18 ThuReceived a critique
on Winter Beach from @Timbo
"Good poem nicely put together. Where's my coat and scarf! Tim" - January 2016
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03 SunReceived a critique
on Winter Beach from @scribbler
"I've never been at the ocean's edge in the dead cold of winter but I suspect your detailed description is accurate. Welcome to Neopoet. If you have any problems such as navigating site just ask me or any other member…" -
02 SatReceived a critique
on Winter Beach from @Geezer
"a day in my youth, when I ran away from home. I spent a miserable night, cold and alone and the next day, I was only too glad to return home to the things that were no longer a real bother. Welcome to Neo. and I hope yo…" - December 2015
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31 ThuFirst publication
Winter Beach
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31 Thu
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20 SunJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 11 days later.
About Me
About me
Artist/naturalist - curator of the Lowcountry Estuarium - A Coastal Learning Center with 25 yrs environmental education.
Location: SC - USA
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