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Siphiwe Skele
Member since January 16, 2026
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The Joker's Girlfriend
"I love you!" she said,
hands trembling. So I hid mine behind my back and assumed an air of subtle unbotherdness
"Are you willing to enter into the storm with me?" asked I.
And she did not hesitate, nodding in eager anticipation for me to finish laying out my question — as if, as if I was wasting time trying to convey in words what she had already learned from my thoughts.
She smiled, then twirled like a five-year-old outside an ice cream store while the owner shuffles through his ball of keys to open the door. "As sure as the sun is my personal lamp that burns at my every whim, I am sure you master the storm. Still, by the beard of Zeus, if not — then our souls will live eternally intertwined, dancing to the sweet melodies of the winds and dust. I need you more than the storm wishes to engulf you."
Siphiwe Skele’s timeline
- June 2026
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01 MonCritiqued
"if you asked " by @hwilliamsog
"I used to be able to write love poems like these, I can't anymore; been rejected a few times too many. Anyway, Kudos for allowing yourself to feel so deeply and be this vulnerable. Good read." -
01 MonCritiqued
"Idolatry machines" by @flj011278
""We are idolatry machines choking on the golden calf while creating our own gods" What a way to end a poem. I can feel the deep reflective isolation; from the poem I get the sense that it is voluntary or at least self i…" - May 2026
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29 FriReceived a critique
on The Joker's Girlfriend from @Geezer
"I would suggest that you put the words, "I love you" on a line all by themselves, with the [she said, hands trembling], in a line all of their own. Then add the line, "So I hid mine behind my back and assumed an air of…" -
29 Fri
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11 MonReceived a critique
on To kill a man ll from @Geezer
"that much dislike for the man, says a lot about this piece. I found that until I actually clicked on the [read more] block, I almost went right past it. I felt that I should investigate further and found that there is i…" -
11 Mon
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11 MonPosted a poem
To kill a man ll
"To kill a man, make sure he forgets what he is. Raise him up in order to bring him to his knees. To kill a man, cater to all his needs — easy does it. That way he won’t notice until he bleeds." - April 2026
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24 FriReceived a critique
on To kill a man I from @BlueSkies
"Thanks for the information! I look forward to it! I'll keep my eyes open!" -
22 WedReceived a critique
on I'm Afraid from @Lavender
"I get it! I really like minimalism - sometimes less is best. To enhance and deepen the theme, maybe simply change the title to something like "Horrified" or similar... Thank you! Lavender" -
21 Tue
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18 SatReceived a critique
on To kill a man I from @BlueSkies
"I found this poem quite interesting and very well written. The language, tone, and pace drew me in immediately and I had to read it twice. The message is clear as well. I see that you wrote that the second part is under…" -
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- March 2026
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27 FriNew follower
@Lavender
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16 MonReceived a critique
on Sorry for your loss from @Geezer
"context and syntax. I think that you have a good story here; you just have to put it in the proper syntax. The way the line: "A notification jolted my dreams.in the wee hours of yesternight" reads, makes me think that y…" -
16 MonReceived a critique
on Sorry for your loss from @Lavender
"I felt the struggle and anxiety here, from the first sentence to the clinched fists. And "coffin's barely hit the ground" and "cool zephyr" brings the reader to that abrupt change in mood and tone. You ask why you turne…" -
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02 MonPosted a poem
I was already dead when I entered the field of daisies ll
"And I was already dead when I entered the field of daisies, Upon which I had hoped to lay myself." -
01 SunCritiqued
"My Life as an Ugly Man" by @Sen99
"Very vivid imagery, by the end of the poem I could almost see the man—head bowed, long brown jacket and an unusually large hat; all this, of course, to conceal himself.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽" - February 2026
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24 TueCritiqued
"HOW TO CENSOR YOUR EXISTANCE IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS, WHILE DENYING DOING IT." by @Dominick Musiala
"DM, The tiresome search for validation—if no one agrees then it must not be good, I felt as I read the line "You are so desperate to win that you start getting slim" At the end of the third stanza, I loved how you revea…" -
24 TueFirst critique offered
on "HOW TO CENSOR YOUR EXISTANCE IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS, WHILE DENYING DOING IT." by @Dominick Musiala
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22 SunPosted a poem
I was already dead when I entered the field of Daisies I
"Let me place all my hope on this flower's petal then." - January 2026
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31 SatFirst publication
Before the thorns
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31 Sat
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16 FriJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 15 days later.
About Me
About me
28 year old male.
There is absolutely nothing interesting about me—at all. Nonetheless, these are some of my favourite writers and their works;
#1 Poet: Robert Frost
#1 Poem: IF, By Kipling
#1 Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
#1 Novel: Catcher in the rye
Yes, my favourite writers aren't the authors of my favourite works.
I am a paradox like that sometimes.
Location: ZAF
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