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Catherine DeGear
Member since November 16, 2021
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Four Chord Wonder
Plucking the strings her careful fingers
Mask the energy smoldering
Underneath her skin
She is wired and off somewhere in her head
She can’t speak
But she does sing
As the strings bend and twang
Like the wild trees swaying in tandem
To the side of the old grey house
Where inside a light green room
A sunburnt orange lamp flickers,
And the reel-to-reel tapes whir
Late into the night as her
Maple guitar makes the sounds
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That give the colors in her head
The language they need
Leading them on to seed
The words, the melodies, the songs,
As they pour out like they do, a nourishment
Of sorts, for herself and
Then later
Friends, associates, her family, her past
Her present, her audience, her everything
She writes this way always after
Working her way
Through the pounding driving waves
She swims through every morning
The sea brine clinging to her skull
The salt feeding her and clearing out
Her mindscape, sweeping the debris away
The way it does, leaving her breathless
And blank
Until another song arrives
Tapping her on the shoulder
Catherine DeGear’s timeline
- November 2022
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16 WedAnniversary
One year of membership
- November 2021
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24 WedReceived a critique
on Four Chord Wonder from @Ray Whitaker
"I have several times attempted to write about what music is…. And be poetic about it. Not so much with success…. Altho I gave it a great shot (IMHO). Maybe I didn’t have enough rhythm…. Or maybe It was out of tune someh…" -
22 MonReceived a critique
on Four Chord Wonder from @Ray Whitaker
"I have always enjoyed the poetry about music, those are close to my heart. it's pretty difficult to write poetry that combines the wherewithal of music. you speak to the creative effort, and I infer that the muse of the…" -
21 SunCritiqued
"falling stars" by @Breakinglogic
"It's simple and to the point. Short poems are not easy (at least not for me) so I admire anyone who can do with seeming ease. Catherine" -
21 SunCritiqued
"Spider's Last Dance" by @Michael Anthony
"The observational quality of the poem, kept ever so simple: sitting at the table suddenly noticing a spider hanging on a thread all the way through to realizing the spider was dead (how many people would take the time t…" -
21 SunCritiqued
"The Wet Coast Condition" by @Owl Has My Soul
"I liked the way the poem moved between the description of the weather and its impact on nature in general while also including the thoughts of one who experiencing it all and how it can affect mood either positively or…" -
21 SunCritiqued
"Dried Up" by @coosh1
"Like the imagery in this poem, especially the first stanza...like the first line in the second stanza as it perfectly captures and reminded me of the smell of smoke and the immediate reaction it provokes.... Catherine" -
21 SunCritiqued
"Femaelstrom..." by @Geezer
"I liked the imagery in the poem, especially the bit about it not being personal...Mother Nature's throwing a tantrum and basically we are just in the way. Also liked the use of rhyming as it's not something I do at all…" -
21 SunFirst critique offered
on "Femaelstrom..." by @Geezer
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21 Sun
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21 SunReceived a critique
on Rafaela #2 from @Breakinglogic
"I saw a slice of this on IG and searched it up. Your language really set an atmosphere. Really enjoyed the read and hope to see more. Welcome to Neopoet" -
20 SatReceived a critique
on Rafaela #2 from @Michael Anthony
"Welcome to Neopoet CD! Glad you are here. Love this piece, and the last stanza was inspired - well done! Cheers" -
19 FriReceived a critique
on Rafaela #2 from @Owl Has My Soul
"I love how this poem so smoothly paints such a rich texture of the time and place and all the emotional subtext of the model and painter. I really look forward to more of your work :-)" -
16 TueReceived a critique
on Rafaela #2 from @Geezer
"what a model is thinking about while sitting for an artist! Surely, this is the universal theme. In the days and weeks that a model has sat for the artist, they are drawn together and many times, made it more about the…" -
16 TueFirst publication
Rafaela #2
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16 TueJoined Neopoet
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First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
Music lover, book geek, occasional poet - been writing on and off since I was 15 as poetry seems to be my favorite mode of communication via the written word.
Location: San Francisco
Favorite Poets
Denise Levertov
Elizabeth Bishop
Octovio Paz
Robert Lowell
Kenneth Roxroth
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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