Jahleel Drigo

Member since December 4, 2009

Member for 16 years, 6 months

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Theophany

Posted Nov 16, 2014 · 6 lines · 4 critiques

Awestruck was I to find

In this time of misery

Age of darkness

An emotional revelation.

A color so obscure

From a creature divine.

Jahleel Drigo’s timeline

December 2024
03 Tue

Anniversary
15 years of membership
December 2019
03 Tue

Anniversary
10 years of membership
March 2017
17 Fri

Received a critique
on Neither Pessimistic nor Optimistic from @Esker
"the cheese of the earth not hard to look at the state of things..a world torn asunder for the sate of fast made wealth fracking the land...strip mining out west.... killing in the name of honor and religion....wars for…"
14 Tue

Received a critique
on Neither Pessimistic nor Optimistic from @swamp-witch
"I love short poetry. Even if this one is a vent, I'd say you're capturing an important feeling. I will ask, is "Heathen" a typo or play on words? Your last two lines are very powerful, and the last line has it's own sor…"
June 2016
13 Mon

Critiqued
"FREE CHOICE" by @Geremia
"True we are only given the option of choosing the path to reach that predetermined place. But is the goal what is important? ;) Hope is ever present in our every breath, in valleys and at every peak. A good view is a bo…"
December 2014
03 Wed

Anniversary
5 years of membership
November 2014
17 Mon

Received a critique
on Theophany from @Lonnie
"Not sure if I like it or not, but that's only a matter of personal opinion and not a reflection on the poem or its author."
17 Mon

Received a critique
on Theophany from @Ian.T
"For a creature divine:- should this be "From a creature divine" One of the Spirit spirits was asked if we could see him/her There was a beautiful un describable blue light, we knew who it was. This write is bordering on…"
17 Mon

Received a critique
on Theophany from @Esker
""upon a creatures divinity.." words for me are coming back slowly... creature's is a personification of subject of course....Divinity is something a bit more and less of Divine....it is a state of being rather then a so…"
16 Sun

Posted a poem
Theophany
"Awestruck was I to find"
Open thread 6 lines
September 2014
01 Mon

Received a critique
on Tolerance from @weirdelf
"it seems to be written just for me. I am not that vain, it is just the sign of a poem of stature. Do take heed to Ian's remarks."
August 2014
23 Sat

Received a critique
on Tolerance from @Ian.T
"I like your work, it may be better if you wrote more often. Try not to make a shopping list of a poem. Your word power is good so try to make a poem with longer lines and spaces to breathe. A write more than once a year…"
23 Sat

Posted a poem
Tolerance
"At the edge of madness"
Open thread 18 lines
February 2013
18 Mon

Received a critique
on Grumpy Guy from @Ian.T
"I will just list a few things that we call typo's Surely--this needs to be surely i've-- Capital I always im-- Apostrophe and capital.. I'm i-- make yourself important capital I laugh,it --Just a space needed i've-- cap…"
14 Thu

Critiqued
"THE DARK SIDE(complete)" by @Tam the Chanter
"Now that was some great poetry. I'm a fan."
12 Tue

Posted a poem
*Untitled*
"Again the rainbow dances across the sky"
Open thread 7 lines
April 2012
23 Mon

Posted a poem
Grumpy Guy
"We three grew up together"
Open thread 22 lines
January 2012
24 Tue

Critiqued
"Vacantality" by @docmaverick
"That was a great read my friend, the passage of time surely takes its toll on the spirit. Perhaps the reason I could relate to this is because I felt our situation is quite similar. Be strong. Jahloo"
November 2011
12 Sat

Posted a poem
Turning Around
"A restless spirit has come upon me"
Open thread 17 lines
October 2011
21 Fri

Posted a poem
Dreamer
"A dreamer"
Open thread 15 lines
December 2010
03 Fri

Anniversary
One year of membership
May 2010
25 Tue

Posted a poem
Confession
"Dead long"
Open thread 16 lines
February 2010
19 Fri

Posted a poem
Lost
"Remind me,"
Open thread 21 lines
January 2010
18 Mon

Critiqued
"Ashes in the Dust" by @xena465
"This poem was great.I prefer it over the others.Its almost like I feel your pain.Do write more like this. A The Blessings Jahleel Drigo"
18 Mon

First critique offered
on "Ashes in the Dust" (since unpublished) by @xena465
17 Sun

Posted a poem
Dreamer
"I am a dreamer"
Open thread 15 lines
01 Fri

Posted a poem
Is this love?
"It so happened I was attracted to this womman"
Open thread 14 lines
December 2009
25 Fri

Posted a poem
Grumpy Guy
"I have never ceased to smile ever since he died,"
Open thread 14 lines
04 Fri

First publication
From the Heart
04 Fri

Posted a poem
From the Heart
"I thought about Castle Bruce in May,"
Open thread 15 lines
03 Thu

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

Delight in poetry, music, history and philosophy .

Location: VIR

Favorite Poets

“Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not find yourself beautiful yet

act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful: he cuts away here

he smoothes there

he makes this line lighter

this other purer

until a lovely face has grown upon his work. So do you also: cut away all that is excessive

straighten all that is crooked

bring light to all that is overcast

labour to make all one glow of beauty and never cease chiselling your statue

until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendour of virtue

until you shall see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine... Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sunlike

and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.”

Plotinus

The Enneads

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Grumpy Guy

Posted: 25 December, 2009

From the Heart

Posted: 4 December, 2009

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15 years of membership

10 years of membership

on Neither Pessimistic nor Optimistic from @Esker

on Neither Pessimistic nor Optimistic from @swamp-witch

"FREE CHOICE" by @Geremia

5 years of membership

on Theophany from @Lonnie

on Theophany from @Ian.T

on Theophany from @Esker

on Tolerance from @weirdelf

on Tolerance from @Ian.T

on Grumpy Guy from @Ian.T

"THE DARK SIDE(complete)" by @Tam the Chanter

"Vacantality" by @docmaverick

One year of membership

"Ashes in the Dust" by @xena465

on "Ashes in the Dust" (since unpublished) by @xena465

Membership begins

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