Grieta Lindeque

Member since July 4, 2009

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Fire dance

Posted Jul 16, 2010 · 13 lines · 2 critiques

I hear the creaking of the stairs,
the pitter-patter of my heart,
her breath that hisses at my door;
nimbly she slinks into the room.
Dancing across the polished wood;
she leaps and swirls like Fred Astair.
Her fingers glide across the desk
and gather curtains to her face,
for but a moment there she rests.
Performs a perfect grand jeté
she lands with warm feet on my chest
and licks my tired old bones dry.

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Anniversary
15 years of membership
July 2019
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Anniversary
10 years of membership
July 2014
03 Thu

Anniversary
5 years of membership
July 2010
17 Sat

Received a critique
on Fire dance from @professor
"I really enjoyed this little cameo piece. I'll be honest with you I vascillated between thinking you were referring to a cat-like creature and then a human child or monkey. The fingers suggested human or monkey but the…"
16 Fri

Posted a poem
Fire dance
"I hear the creaking of the stairs,"
Open thread 13 lines
15 Thu

Highest posting month
July 2010 — 8 poems
12 Mon

Received a critique
on Taking a slow walk from @anonymous1
"Grieta, I really like this poem and think that you've aptly described Anticipation and the pain of having to wait for something great. There are a few spelling issues: stanza 1/L1 willfully and Stanza 4/L3 your I would…"
10 Sat

Critiqued
"CRUSHED" by @jorge abou
"This is beautiful. I even cried. My favourite part is this: "Providing the frame for the tears, That slide quietly between my skin and my skull, Not disturbing anyone outside, only me, privately," With this poem you tou…"
10 Sat

Posted a poem
Taking a slow walk
"Time is willfully crawling these days;"
Open thread 20 lines
09 Fri

Received a critique
on Death of my Oak from @scribbler
"it seems the giants never leave peacefully doesn't it.Good job explaining how a relationship with a plant can form......scribbler"
09 Fri

Critiqued
"Dark night" by @Seth F. Hines
"Goodness... Did you read my mind? Or is it that you are a brother in arms? Fellow pilgrim on the road of solitary insomnia? Beautifully done."
09 Fri

Received a critique
on If you should meet me somewhere from @judyanne
"xxxx love judy http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPrettyPonies.html"
09 Fri

Received a critique
on Death of my Oak from @sasabandor
"i enjoyed reading this piece. Made me wonder about the big tree in my garden"
09 Fri

Received a critique
on Death of my Oak from @xena465
"This is a lovely story of an old oak tree. I enjoyed reading it very much. Just one thing I noticed in this line… {I often }times stood in his shade ……[at] maybe missing this? Xena Quote: Science is what you know; philo…"
09 Fri

Posted a poem
Death of my Oak
"When I moved into the new place"
Open thread 67 lines
09 Fri

Critiqued
"REFLECTION" by @scribbler
"I loved this. Soon we will all stand there and see who we were, and who we have become. One suggestion: The kid I was that I still see could work hard all day long but this older reflected me becomes tired when just hea…"
08 Thu

Received a critique
on There you are from @greeneyes
"This poem is amazing! I loved it."
08 Thu

Received a critique
on Where are you? from @greeneyes
"So sad, and powerful. i liked it."
07 Wed

Posted a poem
If you should meet me somewhere
"If you do not like me,"
Open thread 34 lines
06 Tue

Posted a poem
Where are you?
"Where are you, my beloved?"
Open thread 15 lines
05 Mon

Posted a poem
I have called you
"I have called you to me"
Open thread 27 lines
04 Sun

Posted a poem
Contentment
"He sits on the bench in the park. The sun is touching him with warm fingers. He puts his head back, and presents his face to her hands. He breathes in slowly and deeply. The air tastes different then usual. Somehow it seems thick and sweet."
Open thread 10 lines
04 Sun

Critiqued
"GENERIC LOVE" by @Bonitaj
"This is skillfully done. This topic can so easily turn bitter or neurotic. You managed to capture a childlike quality in these words...but still held the helplessness right there in front of me... Superbly done."
04 Sun

Posted a poem
There you are
"In dark despair and evil days"
Open thread 23 lines
03 Sat

Anniversary
One year of membership
July 2009
25 Sat

Critiqued
"I Was Wrong, It Was 2..." by @Taylor Delaware
"I liked this because I know the place you spoke of. I recognise the places and shadows. I, too, only saw in hindsight that the love of my life was no more then a shadow on the wall for many moons before he surprised me…"
25 Sat

Critiqued
"Find your voice" by @ime12440
"This must have been so difficult for you to do. My compliments. You did it excellently. I know the longing to be normal. I have been there, seen that and then found these wise words from a dear friend: normal is a cycle…"
25 Sat

Critiqued
"when you come tomorrow/a phonecall part 2." by @aquarian phoenix
"Hi. I am just dropping a note. This poem touched me. I like the call to honesty in it. I am filled with a loning to live in the world it promises: one without pretentions and falshood. I am putting aside my girddle and…"
25 Sat

Critiqued
"Hollow-core Door" by @bjp
"As a mommy with two grown sons, I would lie if I said I have never walked in on the solo act. I froze, I remembered all the mistakes my own mother made. I smiled, nodded and walked out without saying a word. What did I…"
25 Sat

First critique offered
on "Whispered Musings" by @Seren
25 Sat

Posted a poem
These are the things I miss about you
"Your fingers gently picking the tears from my face."
Open thread 16 lines
04 Sat

First publication
Here I am
04 Sat

Posted a poem
Here I am
"So..."
Open thread 12 lines
03 Fri

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.