Blue_Halcyon

Member since December 18, 2010

Member for 15 years, 5 months

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126 Poems

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Why Did I Love You?

Posted Aug 25, 2018 · 19 lines · 3 critiques

I have no courage left, your actions
have ground my heart into a fine dust...

You left me empty –
until the moments come
where you provoke the sphinx…
giving rise to an earthquake
that rends my psyche

...all of creation quivers around me...

and I realize that hole
where my heart once lived
is now a pit of fire - full of hatred and anger.

That smug smirk you wear
mocks my immobilizing fury,
invoking a bloom of violence

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in my fractured mind –
you smile at my pain,
and the emotional torment you inflict…

Now, all the tokens of love you’ve given
are covered with a gray, sooty ash.

Blue_Halcyon’s timeline

December 2025
18 Thu

Anniversary
15 years of membership
April 2024
25 Thu

Received a critique
on Obdurate from @Izzi Reinier
"Hi Blue Halcyon "Obdurate " is truly wonderful and so refreshing to read . You weave an illuminating " Roadmap " throughout the piece which conveys perfectly the subject of the poem. A fine Wordsmith you are in my humbl…"
December 2020
18 Fri

Anniversary
10 years of membership
August 2018
25 Sat

Received a critique
on Why Did I Love You? from @Catsworld
"In line 2 I would suggest to leave out (a), ground into fine dust sounds stronger and also improves flow and rhythm, I think. if you like to hear more, please tell. I’m new here ans just started finding my and your ways…"
25 Sat

Received a critique
on Why Did I Love You? from @lovedly
"for the contest"
25 Sat

Received a critique
on Why Did I Love You? from @raj
"although this poem is a vivid description of a heartbreak ..in my opinion it still qualifies by conforming to the title "why did I love you" ...i hope that whosoever is the judge would read it as a remorse where the pro…"
25 Sat

Posted a poem
Why Did I Love You?
"I have no courage left, your actions"
Open thread 19 lines
March 2017
15 Wed

Received a critique
on On the Bed of Hypnos from @Esker
"pedestals again offerings or offered ancient old sage writing from a youthful fire i remember my madcap chummies brilliant little lines and dramatic flourish come crash across my lap as i was trying to read 'im julliett…"
May 2016
18 Wed

Received a critique
on Nature's Crown from @Sparrow
"This can only be the Blue of the Bluebell as it heralds the Spring, so does this , lovely write. Even this old man made daisy chains when a young child, they adorned others as necklaces or as tiaras for princesses a ver…"
17 Tue

Received a critique
on Nature's Crown from @Esker
"I dont write constructed form but do have a love of reading it this is very delightful and refreshing thank U!"
16 Mon

Received a critique
on Nature's Crown from @judyanne
"I didn't mention it to you as I wasn't sure really what the rule is - I'm still not sure I only mentioned it to Blue as I saw she'd used two, and I wondered if I'd missed one - which I had lol xxx"
15 Sun

Posted a poem
Nature's Crown
"Awakened by the rains of spring"
Open thread 8 lines
December 2015
18 Fri

Anniversary
5 years of membership
August 2015
23 Sun

New follower
@Sparrow
22 Sat

Posted a poem
Obdurate
"I am disconnected, a broken circuit..."
Open thread 20 lines
10 Mon

Posted a poem
On the Bed of Hypnos
"i."
Open thread 48 lines
July 2015
26 Sun

Posted a poem
Oikotropic
"Hummingbird,"
Open thread 22 lines
January 2015
30 Fri

Most-discussed work
Detached Union

15 critiques to date.
30 Fri

Posted a poem
Detached Union
"Your volcanic breath scorches me,"
Open thread 24 lines
16 Fri

Critiqued
"Keke Beach" by @Shadowrose
"Isn't it such fun to torment people with abstract poetry? hahaha lol Maybe one out of a hundred people might actually see the actual seed of truth that produced the poem, but that's not the intent in writing abstractly…"
15 Thu

Critiqued
"Scorpion Witch" by @Shadowrose
"I'm looking forward to seeing some of your new writing."
June 2014
06 Fri

Critiqued
"Bones" by @violet
"I can't see anything to change, yet. I'm rolling it around in my mind to get a look at all the facets of it - I enjoyed reading it. It's good to see you posting some new poetry. :-)"
May 2014
16 Fri

Critiqued
"Michigan Avenue" by @eightmenout
"I'm assuming in the 4th line that "I" should be "It", or maybe it was a little of your subconscious bleeding through. ;-) I like the particular feeling this poem invoked. I must admit, the feeling it left me with may he…"
March 2014
06 Thu

Critiqued
"Poem: Sola Scriptura " by @jjbreunig3
"I knew you had to be the first commenter on this poem, elf. ;-) I have one comment about the poem. Absolute truth - if you happen to study history and the evolution of different religions you'd realize that you might be…"
July 2013
29 Mon

Critiqued
"Goodbye Town" by @Broken Flashback Gypsy
"I do not envy your heartbreak, but I do envy your current ability with words. Excellent poem! Home is where the heart is - I'm dreading the day I have to move out of Florida."
29 Mon

Critiqued
"Subtle Tear" by @Broken Flashback Gypsy
"Skewer him with your arrows! :-D hehehehe Your poems are getting very good. I can tell your writing is maturing!"
May 2013
29 Wed

Critiqued
"21 May 2013 (Relativity Workshop) " by @Beauregard
"It got me to wondering as well.... http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/why-cigarette-smoke-is-blue-or-white/"
October 2012
07 Sun

New follower
@Seren
December 2011
18 Sun

Anniversary
One year of membership
April 2011
29 Fri

New follower
@press
March 2011
16 Wed

New follower
@magics02
January 2011
27 Thu

Posted a poem
The Misty Dawn
"Through the trees gentle Nyx overleaps"
Open thread 13 lines
December 2010
18 Sat

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.
April 2010
13 Tue

Posted a poem
Stratagem's Rube
"Complicated, complex,"
Open thread 35 lines
09 Fri

Posted a poem
A Sea of Suds
"We stand around,"
Open thread 17 lines
05 Mon

Posted a poem
Absent Sounds
"Cutting in"
Open thread 11 lines
04 Sun

Posted a poem
Too Much Broken
"A labyrinth of laborious breaths"
Open thread 14 lines
August 2009
27 Thu

Posted a poem
Frigid Claws
"Withering the soul"
Open thread 5 lines
March 2009
15 Sun

Highest posting month
March 2009 — 17 poems
January 2009
19 Mon

First critique offered
on "God is Tampering with my Fate" by @washing tears
17 Sat

First publication
Somnolent

About Me

About me

I've been writing poetry since I was around 11 years old, but I didn't begin to write proficiently until I joined a poetry site which eventually changed its set up and lost its following. That's when I found Neopoet. I was trying to find a new poetry site that created the same sense of community that I had found at the previous site. Needless to say, I found it and have been here ever since. I've been on the site for about 4 or so years and have made some really good online friends here. So far I have one book of poetry published under my previously married name of Misty Christian - the title is Transcendental Gateways. I'm currently working on my next manuscript. I work in law enforcement, currently working on getting my degree in Chemistry, and I'm a mommy of the sweetest little boy and little girl in the whole world. ;-)

Location: Florida, USA

Favorite Poets

Sylvia Plath

Rumi

Kahlil Gibran

Edgar Allen Poe

Lewis Carrol

Yeats

Bukowski

Langston Hughes

Johanne Wolfgang von Goethe

ect.

Contest Wins

This member has not yet won any contests.

Workshops

		Skill level:
Assonance and consonance	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2012-03-08	Concluded

15 years of membership

on Obdurate from @Izzi Reinier

10 years of membership

on Why Did I Love You? from @Catsworld

on Why Did I Love You? from @lovedly

on Why Did I Love You? from @raj

on On the Bed of Hypnos from @Esker

on Nature's Crown from @Sparrow

on Nature's Crown from @Esker

on Nature's Crown from @judyanne

5 years of membership

"Keke Beach" by @Shadowrose

"Scorpion Witch" by @Shadowrose

"Bones" by @violet

"Michigan Avenue" by @eightmenout

"Poem: Sola Scriptura " by @jjbreunig3

"Goodbye Town" by @Broken Flashback Gypsy

"Subtle Tear" by @Broken Flashback Gypsy

"21 May 2013 (Relativity Workshop) " by @Beauregard

One year of membership

Membership begins

March 2009 — 17 poems

on "God is Tampering with my Fate" by @washing tears

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