kowque

Member since December 16, 2009

Member for 16 years, 5 months

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What is this place?

Posted Aug 14, 2025 · 25 lines · 5 critiques

Its itchy
The light is too bright
My skin too tight
Why must loneliness
BE.SO.VISERAL.
Oh how you love me.
Oh how you cry for me.
I don't deserve it.
I want to dance for you.
I want to sing for you.
I want the world to know,
You are my daughter.
My star,
My hope,

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My blood,
My face,
My stubborn nature.
You are so beautiful,
It's humbling.

I'm scared I'll fail you.
You deserve so much more.

Rainbows bow down. As they should.

Oh my baby.
Never. Forget.
You were forged.

kowque’s timeline

August 2025
24 Sun

Received a critique
on What is this place? from @Leslie
"I'll say this much, because it cannot be improved on. I agree with what Geezer has said! Great job!"
19 Tue

New follower
@Lavender
18 Mon

Received a critique
on What is this place? from @Geezer
"with your children but let them ask the questions. I think that you may be as good a parent as anyone, you are afraid for them and will counsel them well; your poem surely shows that. Well done, ~ Geez. ."
17 Sun

Critiqued
"No exit allows egress..." by @Jane A. Rug
"Too delicious. What a treat!"
15 Fri

Critiqued
"Birth" by @AshleighNgoqo
"I think my knees went down with you. Beautiful piece"
15 Fri

Received a critique
on What is this place? from @Geezer
"as any parent might, you have said that you are afraid that you will fail your child. Of course, a parent has not only genetic stake in our children, but also a moral responsibility to raise them as well as can be expec…"
14 Thu

Posted a poem
What is this place?
"Its itchy"
Open thread 25 lines
11 Mon

Received a critique
on I am yours,already from @Geezer
"to be the questions of a young, teen girl and the use of the word [naughty] would seem to fit their vocabulary. I do agree that the lines "What other alternative... could be varied just a bit to relieve the humdrum of t…"
10 Sun

Received a critique
on I am yours,already from @Lavender
"Hello, Koki, I sense the frustration here, the desire and longing. There's also a feeling of desperation. I'll be back after your response. Thank you! L"
10 Sun

Posted a poem
I am yours,already
"Being in love"
Open thread 31 lines
June 2025
25 Wed

Received a critique
on Why does the caged bird still dream ? from @Leslie
"This is something that we should ask ourselves. The words heady and onerous are great. In the end we just need to keep hope! I thought that this was a great piece!"
09 Mon

Received a critique
on This side ...this side..this side.... from @Unca Fez
"Having been the victim of bullying before there was a cyber, I can see how social media can amplify the intensity and devestation. Children can be so cruel and, unfortunately, that cruelty carries over into adulthood, e…"
09 Mon

Posted a poem
Why does the caged bird still dream ?
"Hope is so heady."
Open thread 11 lines
08 Sun

Critiqued
"Trapped" by @Unca Fez
"Your poem captured the fear and confusion perfectly of what happens when we sleep and travel realms. Dream or nightmare? #chills Nicely done!"
08 Sun

Critiqued
"I am more than enough" by @The Gogetter
"You are enough and more!"
06 Fri

Received a critique
on What is life from @Lavender
"Hello, Koki, I love the way the reader is looking out "your" kitchen window, seeing what you see, experiencing your life. Quite lovely. Thank you, L"
06 Fri

Critiqued
"A.D.D." by @mark
"Is both beautiful and saddening,was that the point?"
06 Fri

Critiqued
"A.D.D." by @mark
"You did the things here. You managed to capture several moments and feelings .....#wow You are impressive"
05 Thu

Critiqued
"Hollow..." by @Candlewitch
"Think of bone marrow sucked dry. Made me sadder. I truly hope you have something or someone to enrich your beautiful soul"
05 Thu

Critiqued
"Hollow..." by @Candlewitch
"Im sorry u had to experience that day. Im not sure what else to say. Once again your pacing and word usage digs into my heart."
04 Wed

New follower
@Geezer
03 Tue

Posted a poem
What is life
"If you take a minute"
Open thread 11 lines
May 2025
31 Sat

Posted a poem
This side ...this side..this side....
"We have a girl child,this side"
Open thread 9 lines
30 Fri

Posted a poem
But this blanket is so heavy
"I should be at work"
Open thread 8 lines
21 Wed

Posted a poem
Like a famous love song
"You are my favourite mistake."
Open thread 9 lines
18 Sun

Posted a poem
Melt me
"Liquify me"
Open thread 3 lines
14 Wed

Posted a poem
Burn me
"I refuse to have a tombstone."
Open thread 5 lines
12 Mon

Posted a poem
Im angry
"It is ineligant."
Open thread 21 lines
02 Fri

Posted a poem
I don't know who I am
"Without you"
Open thread 10 lines
April 2025
26 Sat

Posted a poem
I am hateful
"Of how the world would bloom without me"
Open thread 9 lines
December 2024
15 Sun

Anniversary
15 years of membership
12 Thu

New follower
@Juarez5656
June 2024
15 Sat

Highest posting month
June 2024 — 8 poems
January 2024
15 Mon

New follower
@Leslie
December 2019
15 Sun

Anniversary
10 years of membership
December 2014
15 Mon

Anniversary
5 years of membership
December 2010
15 Wed

Anniversary
One year of membership
December 2009
27 Sun

First critique offered
on "love in 15 words or less" by @wolvryn
27 Sun

Most-discussed work
every 28 days

22 critiques to date.
16 Wed

First publication
bitter end
15 Tue

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.