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E E Kenny
Member since November 9, 2022
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You are born
Maybe against your will
Maybe you fight
Maybe you pick your battles
And still lose
The little piece you kept for yourself,
Everything.
Folks will agree, then bury their noses in screens,
Call you loud, big mouthed and insane
You want to smash every single one of their window panes
And mark a red X on their door, so the whole world will know
That their houses are plagued
If violence is not the answer,
If violence never won a war or women’s rights
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Or Freed slaves, or prevented the execution of finite genocide
It’s ok, Theres a new right way
Fill in form 6234A and submit it to a 16 year old intern on minimum wage
That’ll show em
In 30 or so working days, excluding bank holidays
You smashed a glass in the street coming home
No idea where that came from
Life will seem full of inopportune timing
Slipping through cracks made from casts of your own skin
Worries that never come a knocking
Burrowing under you’re home
Until the stench rises
Someone will always put the kettle on
As if increased alertness is a comfort
And they’ll put milk in
Which you never take
But you drink it anyway
Your family has that Irish fire
You convince yourself
Yours is an appropriate rage
E E Kenny’s timeline
- May 2025
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11 SunReceived a critique
on Community Centre from @Rula
"You absolutely have a point and you have your message heard loud and clear. Thank you for sharing" -
10 Sat
- November 2023
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09 ThuAnniversary
One year of membership
- August 2023
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11 Fri
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08 TueReceived a critique
on Fresh Cut Grass from @Geezer
"I love that line; "We're not reading the same book. I hear that! Nicely done. I wouldn't want to change a thing; you have said exactly what I would have. Perfectly imperfectly, LoL Another good one. ~ Geezer. ." -
07 Mon
- July 2023
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09 SunReceived a critique
on teeth from @Obadiah Grey
"This is the best piece that I've read in quite sometime, Loved it! Obi." - June 2023
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28 Wed
- April 2023
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30 SunReceived a critique
on Time for coffee from @Geezer
"to see you still writing! I'm beginning to believe that you have found that home I spoke of when you first started here. You certainly have touched some of us, with your observations on living with problems of insecurit…" -
29 Sat
- January 2023
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04 Wed
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04 WedReceived a critique
on teeth from @Candlewitch
"the poem is edgy and creative. your words portray your emotions very well. thanks for sharing! *hugs, Cat" -
04 Wed
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04 WedReceived a critique
on Shinies from @Candlewitch
"it could be the time of year, too. January is usually a let down after December's bustle Of songs and stories. lack of sunlight, short days/long nights. feel better pamper yourself... *always, Cat" -
03 TueCritiqued
"WASTED" by @Alan Abrams
"And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning listening to the Terror through the wall Or your shadow at evening smoking in the supernatural darkness. I relate so much to this line, you are…" -
03 TueFirst critique offered
on "WASTED" (since unpublished) by @Alan Abrams
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- November 2022
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11 FriPosted a poem
Little kids (untitled)
"Awake, nothing to look at, just sea blood black, a paragraph before the nausea comes back, villages are birthday cakes, tiers of open ocean when we’re on our way to Ireland and we smoke cigarettes on the deck and it’s the best bit of the trip before we go back. She's the same, I swear she commands the thunder and rain, she’s ancient and holy, and for years I will see her this way." -
09 WedFirst publication
Night Owl
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09 WedPosted a poem
Night Owl
"The roads go one way, like closed questions, I just moved from London, if I drop you here is that ok, I'm weary enough to dismiss directions, no fear in scarcity, too full cut to be afraid." -
09 WedJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
I can only write after 12am, WUI.
Location: Bristol, UK.
Favorite Poets
eva h d
charles bukowski
sylvia plath
rupi kaur
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Decade
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Fresh Cut Grass
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Time for coffee
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Shinies
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teeth
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Little kids (untitled)
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Night Owl
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