Heading South

Member since November 21, 2009

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No worries, No Vanity, No Inequality

Posted Mar 19, 2010 · 8 lines · 6 critiques

Yes slip to your places of principled care,
to the poorest and freest and loveliest there.

For locked in your box on a single road,
on the path to adventure as onwards you strode,

you ate of forgiveness, forgiveness of self,
and picked up the chalice of sensual health;

the not knowing the patches of baldness of bare,
the rocklands of shadow that watched for you there.

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March 2012
20 Tue

Received a critique
on Carousel from @Candlewitch
"I'm in complete agreement with Cloudthings assesment of your well penned poem. And I loved the last line! always, Cat"
20 Tue

Received a critique
on Carousel from @Cloudthings
"Lovely work. Transported me well into that delicious space only literary competence can take you. The brevity also impressed me. The last line wraps it up wonderfully Cheers A"
January 2012
07 Sat

Critiqued
"afterwards" by @Kailashana2
"Hi Anna, I really liked this poem. It could probably be trimmed down a bit, but there are a lot of beautiful images and insights. I especially liked the following lines which are simple yet profound. nothing matters but…"
December 2011
25 Sun

Received a critique
on Christmas Day from @Seren
"I had a quiet christmas day and It was rather nice for a change I hope you and yours had a great day Its nice to be back :) JC xox"
24 Sat

Received a critique
on Christmas Day from @Seren
"hello Old Friend Its so good to read you again ... That ending resonated with me I hope that you have a wonderful day ... Talk to you soon Much love Jayne-Chloe"
19 Mon

Received a critique
on Kanazawa from @Kailashana2
"I love this poem. May I offer a suggestion or 2? The rain washing the windows. A wasted airport does not know the meaning of time. I would also include a reference to a watcher in the second stanza. Nice to see you agai…"
November 2011
10 Thu

Received a critique
on Becoming human in the gravity of the night from @Candlewitch
"And welcome to Neo Poet! You have an electric style to your writing! I most enjoyed this: And everything comes back to room 101 to the cage to your need commensurate with the actual impossibility of ERASING MEMORIES. al…"
10 Thu

Received a critique
on Untitled from @Candlewitch
"Most excellent with stark imagery! always, Cat"
October 2011
15 Sat

Received a critique
on Becoming human in the gravity of the night from @Esker
"pst and elecotroshock help alcohol and drugs erasure is something a discipline not everything is gone the etching scored deep I like your poetry how you present the work the thoughts a clarity I just live with mine scor…"
November 2010
20 Sat

Anniversary
One year of membership
March 2010
19 Fri

Critiqued
"Abandon Fear " by @Seren
"This is beautiful. It has real power, especially I look into you see the birth of pain and you abandoning it as if it doesn’t exist like an orphaned new born child I guess people try and abandon their pain when they can…"
19 Fri

Posted a poem
No worries, No Vanity, No Inequality
"Yes slip to your places of principled care,"
Open thread 8 lines
19 Fri

Critiqued
"...if you can't, should you?" by @Kailashana
"I really like this one. Especially the raw honesty of the penultimate stanza. I had to go to a work function tonight and spent most of the time thinking "I wanna get the f**k out of here ASAP". I hate having to smile an…"
08 Mon

Posted a poem
Down by the river
"Observe the wind rattling"
Open thread 18 lines
February 2010
20 Sat

Posted a poem
Off the cuff
"I am the wind"
Open thread 29 lines
12 Fri

Critiqued
"in and out of the dark, Bukowski sees on a clear day" by @Kailashana
"Wow, this is loaded with so many beautiful images. Most definitely a poem of substance and absolutely sublime! Daniel"
12 Fri

Critiqued
"eaten the apple" by @whitetea
"I really enjoyed this poem, especially the ending. I like the way the narrator shape-shifts through various historical figures such as Lot's wife, Lady Godiva, Delilah and Joan of Arc. The only thing I'm not sure about…"
12 Fri

Critiqued
"Chinadoll" by @Seren
"This is tender and sensual with a nice twist at the end. I love the atmosphere you created. All the best, Daniel"
12 Fri

Posted a poem
BULLET PROOF GRASS
"I smoked weed once in Greece"
Open thread 28 lines
07 Sun

Critiqued
"the egg looked lonely this morning" by @Kailashana
"It must be morning there...it's night here. Loved the poem... Yours, Daniel"
07 Sun

Posted a poem
Another Haiku
"The sparrow trapped in"
Open thread 3 lines
07 Sun

Critiqued
"Complimentary Breakfast" by @Diatom Shells
"This is an excellent write. I'm glad to have stumbled across your work. Yours, Daniel"
05 Fri

Posted a poem
Symbols
"Bukowski had red-heads and cigars"
Open thread 16 lines
January 2010
26 Tue

Posted a poem
Black Diamonds
"Finally the cold snap"
Open thread 3 lines
23 Sat

Posted a poem
TWO HAIKU
"Nothing but"
Open thread 6 lines
17 Sun

Posted a poem
First attempt at a Haiku
"Cranes wheeling in the"
Open thread 3 lines
15 Fri

Posted a poem
Vanishing Point
"The only poem"
Open thread 19 lines
08 Fri

Posted a poem
Blood & Fire
"I see you arching playfully over white caps"
Open thread 19 lines
December 2009
31 Thu

Posted a poem
The Executioner's Song
"Cruel are the words"
Open thread 14 lines
15 Tue

Highest posting month
December 2009 — 6 poems
02 Wed

Most-discussed work
Daylight

12 critiques to date.
November 2009
21 Sat

First critique offered
on "Fix it. Fix it Fix it Fix it !!" by @G.D.K
21 Sat

First publication
Prototypes of the second floor
20 Fri

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.