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The Eccentric poet
Member since May 3, 2018
Member for 8 years, 2 months
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Hidden Narcissist
I'm alone when I'm with you,
Never here always there.
I'm hurting I need you,
But you are too far to care.
I Confronted you,
But I'm the monster?
A deep shade of green.
I apply your pink paint everyday
So, by no one, you are ever seen.
I turned your red flags into bunting,
Yay I survived another day!
I smoothed your cloven hooves,
And put your pitchfork away.
No tears before bedtime,
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Trauma, take a long reprieve.
Feelings, flashbacks get in line.
It's time gentlemen please.
One day you will awaken
but I will not be there.
No one to tell to shut the fuck up
Nobody left to care.
Beware!
The Eccentric poet’s timeline
- July 2026
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17 FriReceived a critique
on Hidden Narcissist from @TheWanderer78
"This piece effectively expresses the feelings of emotional distance, disconnection, and loss associated with conflict in a relationship. The words are biting and the emotions feel authentic, but the piece tends to decla…" -
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- April 2026
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14 TueReceived a critique
on Time to give up? from @ritam
"My comment itself is about the mental state-depression, not about your writing. Sorry if it led to a misinterpretation. I have no reason to question why one writes nor is it what my comment was meant to express." - March 2026
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23 MonReceived a critique
on Time to give up? from @ritam
"Depression is not a "pretty" picture but empathize with the thoughts." -
20 FriReceived a critique
on Time to give up? from @Geezer
"but the idea is sound and the work is pretty good. Here a few ideas I have for this one. I've never been a high achiever, [Didn't want to win the day.] - trying to keep the rhyme and meter. I was the disappointing daugh…" -
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- August 2025
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26 Tue
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26 TueReceived a critique
on Sophie from @Ray Miller
"Funnily enough, we've an adopted daughter called Sophie, and the poem could have been describing her - beset by social anxiety, a gifted artist. Maybe successes would be preferable to winnings. I'd associate winnings wi…" -
25 MonNew follower
@Geezer
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- July 2025
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28 MonNew follower
@Candlewitch
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28 MonReceived a critique
on Robin from @Candlewitch
"Your poem Is a journey of trials and tribulations. It is a heartbreaking story... I know first hand about depression and mental illness. I hate that term...to me it is just another debilitating illness. (and does not ca…" -
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- April 2025
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30 WedReceived a critique
on Ode to my chest infection from @Lavender
"Hello, EP, A fun (but pretty gross) write! I really like the reference to creaking floorboards. Great imagery. I hope you are feeling better! Thank you! L" -
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- March 2025
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- December 2024
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17 TuePosted a poem
It's beginning to look alot like F*ck This
"Its beginning to look alot like fuck this," - September 2024
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- August 2024
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- February 2024
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- November 2023
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- May 2023
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03 WedAnniversary
5 years of membership
- March 2021
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15 MonHighest posting month
March 2021 — 9 poems
- March 2020
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16 Mon
- May 2019
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03 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- May 2018
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07 MonFirst publication
My daily struggle with BPD
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03 ThuJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 4 days later.
About Me
About me
Hiya I'm Shelly Andrea aka The Eccentric Poet, I have been writing since I was 6 years old and am now 44.
I write when I can concentrate long enough
Location: Lichfield UK, GBR
Favorite Poets
Oscar Wilde
Shakespeare
William Blake
Wilfred Owen
W. H Auden
Lewis Carroll
Philip Larkin
Recent Work
Ode to my chest infection
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Ode to Mr Rat
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Time to give up?
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Betrayed
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Daughter
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