Buddha

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The Many Shades of Dorian Gray

Posted Jan 19, 2016 · 22 lines · 5 critiques

A self portrait painted with self importance

paints proudly spread on a life's canvas.

The vibrant, playful tones of childhood

preoccupied hours and dillydally

wishing for tomorrow, wasting today.

Thus giving way to the lusty decalesent

hues of adolescence. Hedonistic thrusting of

paint and pallet, hastily cleaned brush and trowel

self satisfaction, no heed or need of others.

Beauty and sensual fulfillment embellish the beast.

Autumn pastel shades adorn adulthood

furtively picking up the lost pieces,

Trying comically to recapture the wasted youthful hues

dulled and dried by overuse, abuse and time.

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The gray winterly landscapes come to soon,

Humbleness regains nothing, no tint nor dye,

no pill or potion can hold erect the sagging canvas

a self portrait indeed!

An audience of jackals,

crows and clowns.

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December 2025
24 Wed

Anniversary
10 years of membership
February 2023
25 Sat

Received a critique
on The Many Shades of Dorian Gray from @Candlewitch
"I have always been intrigued by the story of Dorian Gray. it is one of my favorites. I think the best lines of your poem are: Trying comically to recapture the wasted youthful hues dulled and dried by overuse, abuse and…"
25 Sat

Received a critique
on The Many Shades of Dorian Gray from @Leslie
"Although there are many unsavory characters in the world. I think the character depicted is some ways descriptive of the natural man in all of us. The wisest among us choose to subdue the beast while those who refuse to…"
December 2020
24 Thu

Anniversary
5 years of membership
December 2016
24 Sat

Anniversary
One year of membership
January 2016
20 Wed

Critiqued
"THE VISITOR" by @scribbler
"A lovely and touching tribute to an amazing artist, thank you."
20 Wed

Critiqued
"PASSING THROUGH" by @Geremia
"We are between worlds and it is difficult at times to understand this world that we are traveling through on to the next. The journey is far more interesting than the destination. Well penned"
20 Wed

Critiqued
"fear me not O death!" by @lovedly
"We challenge death from the mountian tops of Everest down to the depths of the sea... yea even penned pages of poetry. Lovely as always Lovedly."
20 Wed

Received a critique
on The Many Shades of Dorian Gray from @Esker
"and there are many the bullies true not knowing the flexible and expendible ways for enhancement soaking it all up for their common cup rare are those who give treasures of worth value and mirth the merit falling back i…"
19 Tue

Received a critique
on Brush Stroke from @lovedly
"is divine like red wine"
19 Tue

Posted a poem
The Many Shades of Dorian Gray
"A self portrait painted with self importance"
Open thread 22 lines
19 Tue

Critiqued
"I Am Here" by @Sparrow
"The poem reaches very deep emotions, for those watching and waiting on the other side. Well done Sir Poet."
19 Tue

Received a critique
on Brush Stroke from @lovedly
"all artists are lovers first... they kiss .... never miss pierce then tear the canvas gals in tears he fixes her soul solely on silk only nothing to unveil all is shown revealing the camouflaged hole and sole the whole…"
19 Tue

Received a critique
on Reaper from @lovedly
"pustules okay====puss kind.... but bursrting..... perhaps bursting or bustring or bursting which??? needs slight edit may be only 4 ME"
19 Tue

Received a critique
on Reaper from @Esker
"white robed physisians with plastic facial gear move amongst the dead and dying the oozing once living last rites before the passage and safe packaging reminds me of the little rezervation where the dogs had rabies...th…"
19 Tue

Received a critique
on Reaper from @Sparrow
"If I remember way back this is the picture of the Black death, maybe to satisfy others, "Ring a Ring of Roses" should have been brought in somewhere to take the dark edge off of the write. This needs expanding into a st…"
18 Mon

Posted a poem
Brush Stroke
"A brush Stroke"
Open thread 12 lines
18 Mon

Critiqued
"his train episode " by @lovedly
"I enjoyed the inuendos burried in your poem. The work flows nicely."
18 Mon

Posted a poem
Egotistical Vaingloriousness
"Lashing out unguided missiles"
Open thread 14 lines
17 Sun

Critiqued
"Darling" by @Rula
"I enjoyed this Rula, very Shakesperian and a lot easier to read."
17 Sun

Critiqued
"kissme a trillion " by @lovedly
"Your poem speaks of emotion and lonelyness to me, easy to follow and well constructed."
16 Sat

Posted a poem
Love Lost
"Empty bed cold heart"
Open thread 3 lines
16 Sat

Critiqued
"not tomorrow was posted in advance" by @lovedly
"A very thought provoking poem Lovedly. All we have is today, we cannot promise anything more because tommrow is not ours to promise. In fact all we have is this moment... ? Hummm I feel another poem comming on, you have…"
15 Fri

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First critique offered
on "Forest Walk" (since unpublished) by @Sparrow
24 Thu

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Anticipation
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Location: San Diego, California U.S.A., USA

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10 years of membership

on The Many Shades of Dorian Gray from @Candlewitch

on The Many Shades of Dorian Gray from @Leslie

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"THE VISITOR" by @scribbler

"PASSING THROUGH" by @Geremia

"fear me not O death!" by @lovedly

on The Many Shades of Dorian Gray from @Esker

on Brush Stroke from @lovedly

"I Am Here" by @Sparrow

on Brush Stroke from @lovedly

on Reaper from @lovedly

on Reaper from @Esker

on Reaper from @Sparrow

"his train episode " by @lovedly

"Darling" by @Rula

"kissme a trillion " by @lovedly

"not tomorrow was posted in advance" by @lovedly

January 2016 — 5 poems

on "Forest Walk" (since unpublished) by @Sparrow

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