Eleri

Member since November 12, 2023

Member for 2 years, 6 months

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6 Poems

15 Comments

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Empty punts

Posted Feb 10, 2024 · 6 lines · 11 critiques

Bobbing in the water
sunlight glinting on their rims,
a dull thud as they collide,
but, when the water stills,
they are silent
in their loneliness.

Eleri’s timeline

November 2024
12 Tue

Anniversary
One year of membership
February 2024
11 Sun

Received a critique
on Empty punts from @Geezer
"I've seen those punts; not those particular ones, but others, like in Louisianna, as the tide goes in and out of the tidal basins. They do look lonely. ~ Geezer. ."
10 Sat

Received a critique
on Empty punts from @Lavender
"Hello, Eleri, A beautiful sensory poem. The personification in the final lines is wonderful. Thank you! Lavender"
10 Sat

Received a critique
on Empty punts from @Alex Tanner
"Plain, simple and descriptive. Never mind AI he has no soul or grasp of the simple. Good to read and picture. Alex"
10 Sat

Received a critique
on Empty punts from @Candlewitch
"I like the picture your poem paints. It is very nice to meet you. *hugs, Cat"
10 Sat

New follower
@Clentin
10 Sat

Received a critique
on Empty punts from @Clentin
"Good poem. I must admit I did not quite understand when I first read it. I looked up punts, good imagery, I really liked it."
10 Sat

Most-discussed work
Empty punts

11 critiques to date.
10 Sat

Posted a poem
Empty punts
"Bobbing in the water"
Open thread 6 lines
December 2023
16 Sat

Received a critique
on Tidelands from @Candlewitch
"Maybe it is just me; but I tripped over these rough lines: but there's none so deceitful as the sea, which rises up from underneath the sand. Then when you turn you'll see that you're not free as waves are flowing over…"
13 Wed

Received a critique
on The fall from @Candlewitch
"This could have been a much more traumatic experience. it sounds like pride took it on the chin! I was wondering, was it a bicycle or a motorcycle? either can be deadly in the rain! excellent write. *good wishes, Cat"
12 Tue

Received a critique
on The fall from @Lavender
"Hello, Eleri, If this really happened, I hope you are ok! There is a simplicity to this that somehow helps the reader (at least, me) dive deeper into its content. I love the image of "catching up" - there is a determina…"
08 Fri

Posted a poem
The fall
"Sunlight sparkling on wet leaves and mud"
Open thread 11 lines
02 Sat

Posted a poem
Out of season
"Through dank-clouded moorlands lost in a fret"
Open thread 10 lines
November 2023
30 Thu

Contest commendation
November 2023 New Member Contest

with "Results".
30 Thu

First contest commendation
November 2023 New Member Contest

with the poem "Results".
27 Mon

Posted a poem
Results
"When the doctor says it might be cancer"
Open thread 20 lines
14 Tue

Posted a poem
Tidelands
"The Norfolk coast is haunted by the sea"
Open thread 39 lines
12 Sun

First publication
Sand
12 Sun

Posted a poem
Sand
"Who knows what lays beneath the sand"
Open thread 16 lines
12 Sun

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.