Carl Halling

Member since August 17, 2020

Member for 5 years, 9 months

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45 Poems

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In a Forgotten Field in England

Posted Dec 26, 2020 · 20 lines · 5 critiques

It was my evening, that's
For sure,
‘Its your aura...
When are you going
To be a superstar?’

That seemed to be
The question
On everyone’s lips,
At last, at last, at last
I'm good at something.

References
To my innocent face.
‘You give to everyone
But are incapable

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Of giving in particular…

Inscrutable...blasé…’
Everything I’d always
Wanted to be, I now am.
At last, at last, at last
I'm good at something.

Carl Halling’s timeline

March 2026
27 Fri

New follower
@Lavender
August 2025
17 Sun

Anniversary
5 years of membership
August 2021
17 Tue

Anniversary
One year of membership
December 2020
26 Sat

Received a critique
on In a Forgotten Field in England from @Geezer
"is just a tiny bit like bragging, but I wouldn't let it worry me any. We all have that in us. We are afraid most times to be labeled a braggart and often underestimate our self-worth. I would liken this to a great night…"
26 Sat

Received a critique
on In a Forgotten Field in England from @Ray Whitaker
"This piece took me to a dark place. Where is this field? I need to step into the woods edge around it. The peice did take me along with it, tho. Moving. Thanks for placing it on The Stream"
26 Sat

Posted a poem
In a Forgotten Field in England
"It was my evening, that's"
Open thread 20 lines
21 Mon

Received a critique
on The Little Ones That Might Have Been from @Geezer
"If you did not let on that it wasn't exactly as you planned, it could be interpeted in the way described by Teddy and myself. We don't care that much if it doesn't reflect what you meant. Good work. ~ Geez. ."
21 Mon

Received a critique
on The Little Ones That Might Have Been from @Geezer
"you work on this piece some more. Maybe not right away, but some time in the future. This work is powerful and reeks of regret, but pointing to your own father. I understand with the explanation that you gave to Teddy…"
November 2020
23 Mon

Critiqued
"Siena Sunshine" by @Teddy15
"I love this, romantic in every sense, there is a mystery at the heart of it which I like very much, I don't know Italy, I went as a child, but only very briefly, but this was a real love letter to Siena. For me, this wa…"
17 Tue

Critiqued
"Guardian Angel" by @Teddy15
"...that you are OK. I have been concerned. Wishing you back here soon, dear Teddy. Carl"
15 Sun

Critiqued
"Guardian Angel" by @Teddy15
"I loved this, thinking of you, Teddy, and wishing you back to the best of health. Carl."
10 Tue

Received a critique
on This World of Ours Can Seem So Cold from @Gracy
"Hi Carl, this is indeed a sad poem, I hope you'll not be alone for Christmas? It's true, there are many homeless of all ages, we must try to help them as much as we are able. Gracy"
10 Tue

Posted a poem
This World of Ours Can Seem So Cold
"How my heart can ache"
Open thread 14 lines
03 Tue

Received a critique
on The Infamous Myth from @Lavender
"Hello, Carl, I would agree that the artistic spirit is set apart, not only in pain and suffering, but in joy, too. Art, music, poetry are the essence of our thoughts and feelings, and possibly not fully understood by an…"
03 Tue

Posted a poem
The Infamous Myth
"I was once in thrall to the infamous myth"
Open thread 10 lines
October 2020
31 Sat

Posted a poem
Seems You Found love
"Oh, at long last I’ve found you,"
Open thread 12 lines
28 Wed

Posted a poem
Jane and the Calf Love Crisis
"I couldn’t be more sure"
Open thread 20 lines
21 Wed

Received a critique
on Berlin, City of My Dreams from @Edna Sweetlove
"...was a very weird place. Crossing to the East was like stepping backwards in time to 1945! Re Hamburg - not been there for 15 years or so. The Reeperbahn was quite an eye-opener. I once took a party of business collea…"
20 Tue

Received a critique
on Berlin, City of My Dreams from @Edna Sweetlove
"..how well you know Berlin. I used to go there regularly from about 1985 to 1995. ."
20 Tue

Posted a poem
Berlin, City of My Dreams
"Once I had a love"
Open thread 33 lines
14 Wed

Posted a poem
On Hearing of the Death of an Old Friend
"I’m so sorry, my beloved old friend,"
Open thread 10 lines
12 Mon

Posted a poem
Some Sad Dark Secret
"‘Temper your enthusiasm,’"
Open thread 26 lines
10 Sat

Posted a poem
My Past in Peace
"One day, I’d like to go"
Open thread 10 lines
09 Fri

Critiqued
"Senryu" by @Teddy15
"Whatever suit you are in now, Teddy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
09 Fri

Posted a poem
Such a Short Space of Time
"I love, not just those"
Open thread 20 lines
08 Thu

Posted a poem
There Once Was a Long Vanished England
"There once was a long vanished England;"
Open thread 18 lines
05 Mon

Posted a poem
A Visitor from a Distant Generation
"In disguise as a young man in the city,"
Open thread 10 lines
September 2020
15 Tue

Highest posting month
September 2020 — 21 poems
03 Thu

Critiqued
" Mourning Regret" by @Teddy15
"I inspired this poem, I love it, is it sad, but it is also very beautiful."
03 Thu

First critique offered
on " Mourning Regret" (since unpublished) by @Teddy15
August 2020
23 Sun

Most-discussed work
Source of the Utmost(2)

13 critiques to date.
17 Mon

First publication
And If My Soul Is Crying
17 Mon

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.