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Killer Bee
Member since September 10, 2022
Member for 3 years, 8 months
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Highway 666
Where?
Down near Highway 666
See I'm flying South
And in the sky I sit
For the engine has died
And the tires took off
Somewhere back - in the North
I think East is running
And I heard West was shot down
With the tar lying -
on that very ground
On highway 666
With the brittle bones of a society
Where the pope licks his lips
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With hellish piety
Where he stomps on the highway
Where brown and white infants lay
Next to the president’s tap dancing
On a child astray
Where was I then?
Maybe through to the West
But not quite South - and not quite East
I’m on the road with the priest
To pray for his sins
With the orchestra playing on the radio -
only black violins
He told me the devil rides shotgun
He told me the devil rides everyone
I asked him where?
And he replied,
Down near Highway 666
Where the miscarried babies cried
Where I was flying South
On my own word of mouth
Trying to see the East
But blinded with defeat
I turn to the priest
To pray for release
But he tells me
I’m so far out - so far out
To be free
Of my own highway
society
Killer Bee’s timeline
- September 2023
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10 SunAnniversary
One year of membership
- July 2023
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21 FriReceived a critique
on Peter in Virginia from @RoseBlack
"The image of sitting in the back of a pick up truck...listening to music with someone you love, even if you didn't recognize it as love back then. Just enjoying someone's company and finding joy in the music. What a gre…" -
19 Wed
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19 WedReceived a critique
on Peter in Virginia from @Lavender
"Hello, KB, "I wonder if I'm to be forgotten, a bouquet of weeds in the backseat of your rumpy red pickup fleet." Pure poetry, and definitely pure country blues. This poem carries the reader along the road, peering out t…" -
19 WedReceived a critique
on Peter in Virginia from @Geezer
"I thought; "Rumpy"? WTH is rumpy, but after I got past the initial wonderment... it didn't matter. I was caught up in the memory of sitting in the truck listening to the country station and thinking about what did I mea…" -
18 Tue
- March 2023
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19 SunReceived a critique
on Twas you after all from @swamp-witch
"Your name caught my attention. I love bees, have a bee tattoo and a nose piercing with a bee on it! I really love your images/word choices with "hollow arcane" and "licked the dust of corpses". One conjures stunning, da…" - December 2022
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11 SunReceived a critique
on In A Stranger Mind from @Lavender
"Hello, I agree, this is very poignant. I like the reference to the Tui bird, which I had never heard of before. The quick study I did led me to believe it is listed as endangered. Don't know your full intention, but it…" -
11 SunReceived a critique
on In A Stranger Mind from @Geezer
"to make the picture as I would remember it. I have been down that lonely lane and looking at the murky sky and the filthy water, not understanding how I came to be there. Wondering where is the real world? I found this…" -
11 SunReceived a critique
on a poem for you from @lovedly
"to metaphor read as need indeed good confusion it could breed but where is that need" -
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- November 2022
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24 Thu
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17 ThuCritiqued
"The I of me" by @leoferaco
"I enjoyed reading this! our interests are a part of who we are but we're more than that. Yet less at the same time perhaps? I see a deeper sense of self written in your poetry, someone more than just interests but also…" -
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- October 2022
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18 Tue
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18 TueNew follower
@RayPlath
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10 MonCritiqued
"FOR THE TIME WILL COME" by @Jackweb
"hell yes, may this time come and your words manifest an equal and beautiful world to come! Love this piece." -
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- September 2022
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30 Fri
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24 Sat
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15 ThuHighest posting month
September 2022 — 8 poems
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13 TueCritiqued
"symphonic burdens" by @alice ason
"I like this piece, the kinda piece I sit back and re-read and read once more. My favourite bit has to be 'Sing yourself a symphony With a choir of hatred and desire selfishness and need' There's something beautiful but…" -
13 TueFirst critique offered
on "symphonic burdens" by @alice ason
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10 SatFirst publication
Sister
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10 SatJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
There is something about poetry that has saved me. I first started writing as a young girl, although my words may have been full of cheese and lacking any sense of grammar, it allowed me to be free in a life of chaos. I don't understand my poetry, I just write from the feeling.
I spend a lot of time staring out my window, till I see a word float by ready for me to grasp it.
I'm 22, and always with you.
Location: New Zealand, NZL
Favorite Poets
Sylvia Plath
EE Cummings
Leonard Cohen
Recent Work
Highway 666
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Peter in Virginia
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In A Stranger Mind
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Clinic
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My Friend (My Love)
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A Lover's Green Tree
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Highway 66
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Sadness
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feminine flower
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Contest Wins
| Winning Submission | Contest | Contest Date |
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| Internal Organ | Neopoet Random Challenges #19 | – |