Gracy

Member since February 4, 2020

Member for 6 years, 4 months

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109 Poems

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Steppes

Posted Nov 19, 2021 · 32 lines · 5 critiques

The brown unmoving steppes
hypnotize in noonday light;
the prickly brushwood
arid rock
thirsty silent earth.
I have known
solitude impregnated
with mysterious consonances
on gray spaces of the steppes.
I have sensed
forms of timid creatures
mimicking grasslands,
hidden from mortal eyes.
Lean horses kneel by water holes

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fed by streamlets dried up long ago.
The beauty of the steppes endures,
enigmatic,
under gray-green fabrics
God weaves over the land.
Sovereign,
Andean heights watch
with sharp eyes of a condor
the quietude of plateaus.

Their unrelenting semblance,
mesmerizing hues
appear to be a craving
numbness or a void
crying out for some transcendent passion
stolen from the unreal dome
of startling blues
-some godly meaning in the sky-
revealed only to the patient eye.

Gracy’s timeline

February 2025
04 Tue

Anniversary
5 years of membership
July 2022
24 Sun

Received a critique
on Steppes from @nokros
"i need to compliment you on this piece I just stumbled upon. I adore the picturesque view you painted as well as the structure. Keep it up."
December 2021
19 Sun

New follower
@Jackweb
12 Sun

Critiqued
"TRUE POEM The Appointment " by @lovedly
"Dear lovedly, your poem is also emotionally disturbing to me. I've lost two young sons, as you most likely remember, at a very young age. Keep writing and touching other poets' hearts."
12 Sun

New follower
@Ray Whitaker
09 Thu

Critiqued
"BLUE RIDGE ECHOES" by @scribbler
"What a lovely poem, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I shall return to get the full implications of some lines, as I don't know "the territory", so to speak, Gracy"
November 2021
21 Sun

Received a critique
on The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth) from @lovedly
"I said the same thing but by then SHAKES was dead sad no he missed me"
21 Sun

Received a critique
on Steppes from @Geezer
"as logical as anything I've read lately. Your cinematic view, heightens my imagination and lifts my soul; knowing that there are still people that see such beauty in the world around us! Bravo! ~ Geez. ."
20 Sat

Received a critique
on Steppes from @Triskelion
"I really enjoy the imagery you create in this piece. I would like to see a version of this with the word I replaced with "she". You have left a brilliant openness there that I find hard for me to personalize in the fina…"
20 Sat

Critiqued
"DEFINING SIN" by @lovedly
"Hi Lovedly, highly original poem. It was St. Augustine who said we are all sinners. I like the way you've put the SIN into words. Enjoyed, Gracy"
19 Fri

Posted a poem
Steppes
"The brown unmoving steppes"
Open thread 32 lines
14 Sun

Received a critique
on The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth) from @Ray Whitaker
"Hello Gracey! I wish that I was versed in the great Shakespeare plays. Your poem clearly covers much ground that I simply do not remember -if I ever knewall of it. It was a college course back in the 1970’s where I was…"
11 Thu

Critiqued
"Dried Up" by @coosh1
"Scary poem, Mark. I think your piece is about wildfires and how everything, birds, people and everything is destroyed. The last line is fitting. What a disaster these climate events are."
11 Thu

Critiqued
"I'm Running Away..." by @Geezer
"Hi Geez, impressive piece, I'm not sure I understand it all. Not sure about the paper and pencil bit because then it seems it's a person, yourself. I'll return when there are more comments. Gracy"
09 Tue

Received a critique
on The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth) from @Geezer
"pictures are indeed, dead! Without remembrances of and emotion, the dead do not do justice to themselves! Lady Macbeth had the soul of a picture. ~ Geez. ."
08 Mon

Posted a poem
The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth)
"Owl eyes of Night,"
Open thread 32 lines
08 Mon

Critiqued
"Adieu" by @Michael Anthony
"Hi Michael, a very touching piece with sad but lovely imagery. It must hit close to home for many people. I remember being given my husband's ashes in a box and having to decide where to place them, as he left no indica…"
08 Mon

Critiqued
"The cursed heart" by @Basically Deep
"Interesting poem. I also think it needs some modifications. It's as if it still needs filling out and perhaps some more imagery. Looking forward to more of your poems. Gracy"
September 2021
11 Sat

Critiqued
"Remember If You Care" by @lovedly
"Hi lovedly, your poem captivates me. It's so philosophical and so true. We are mere specks in the universe, as you say. I suppose we will be forgotten, though I have a spiritual faith that all is not in vain. Enjoyed."
07 Tue

Received a critique
on The Visit from @scribbler
"most excellent imagery as well as message"
06 Mon

Received a critique
on The Visit from @lovedly
"after years yourdevotion is worthy of appreciation"
04 Sat

Posted a poem
The Visit
"Iron gate, unlatched,"
Open thread 13 lines
June 2021
20 Sun

Posted a poem
In hoc Signo Spes Mea (In this Sign is my Hope)
"Here I stand"
Open thread 25 lines
16 Wed

Posted a poem
Memories
"I believe"
Open thread 22 lines
01 Tue

Posted a poem
Loves Dues
"He left yesterday. Images of fallow roads"
Open thread 29 lines
April 2021
21 Wed

New follower
@Walt77
March 2021
27 Sat

Posted a poem
Last Man (contest I Believe in Something too Quickly)
"In a time that’s not marked"
Open thread 37 lines
01 Mon

Posted a poem
Double Cinquain
"Time yields"
Open thread 10 lines
February 2021
21 Sun

Posted a poem
Sorrow (Third revision. Still need help to get it right.)
"When you were yet a child, so dear to me,"
Open thread 16 lines
04 Thu

Anniversary
One year of membership
January 2021
30 Sat

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
December 2020
28 Mon

Posted a poem
Hello (this is not a poem)
"Hi, all my dear friends here at Neopoet. I've been away for quite a while because I ran out of inspiration to compose poems, so I've been writing new stories and/or revising old ones."
Open thread 4 lines
09 Wed

Posted a poem
Ashes
"It looked at me with the eyes of a primate,"
Open thread 16 lines
04 Fri

Posted a poem
Patagonian Child
"Sunlight dancing on her tousled head,"
Open thread 38 lines
September 2020
24 Thu

New follower
@Viviana Smith
June 2020
29 Mon

Most-discussed work
The Wind at Twilight

22 critiques to date.
15 Mon

Highest posting month
June 2020 — 12 poems
February 2020
04 Tue

First critique offered
on "WELL OF SILENCE" by @scribbler
04 Tue

First publication
Conflagration (for chat tonight)
04 Tue

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

I'm inspired by the poets listed above, but also by nature, experience, observation and intuition. I was, sadly, inspired by my son, who died aged 29 of ALS. And by my husband, who had dementia for 15 years. I became widowed 6 years ago. I write in English and Spanish. I'm translating many poems and essays. My topics are climate emergency, forest fires, water shortage and others such as love, illness, pain, etc.
I love all animals and have had many during my lifetime, especially growing up on our farm. Now I have one kitty, whom I adore.

Location: Río Negro, Argentine Patagonia, ARG

Favorite Poets

Sylvia Plath

T.S. Elliot. Shakespeare

Gongora

Beckett

etc. Many others

such as Cervantes. I have to thank my mother because she read poetry to me from the cradle

so first I learned by memory and soon understood the words. Grammar comes naturally at about 5 years old

without any formal teaching.

Contest Wins

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Workshops

		Skill level:
NARRATIVE POETRY SHOP (Let's get started)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2021-04-17	Concluded
Critique review basics	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2020-09-11	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-19	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-09	Concluded
Titles	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-05-26	Concluded

5 years of membership

on Steppes from @nokros

"TRUE POEM The Appointment " by @lovedly

"BLUE RIDGE ECHOES" by @scribbler

on The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth) from @lovedly

on Steppes from @Geezer

on Steppes from @Triskelion

"DEFINING SIN" by @lovedly

on The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth) from @Ray Whitaker

"Dried Up" by @coosh1

"I'm Running Away..." by @Geezer

on The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth) from @Geezer

"Adieu" by @Michael Anthony

"The cursed heart" by @Basically Deep

"Remember If You Care" by @lovedly

on The Visit from @scribbler

on The Visit from @lovedly

One year of membership

1,000 critiques given

June 2020 — 12 poems

on "WELL OF SILENCE" by @scribbler

Membership begins

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