Leonard

Member since November 10, 2010

Member for 15 years, 6 months

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35 Poems

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Haiku - wheels of time

Posted Apr 12, 2015 · 3 lines · 1 critiques

every single time
the sea returns to the shore
it brings fresh changes

Leonard’s timeline

November 2025
10 Mon

Anniversary
15 years of membership
November 2020
10 Tue

Anniversary
10 years of membership
September 2016
20 Tue

Received a critique
on unnameable - senryu from @weirdelf
"is not "finely nuanced Zen" an incongruity or even superfluity? Nonetheless yes."
20 Tue

Received a critique
on Haiku - wheels of time from @weirdelf
"what more can one say to a haiku, it is the highest praise. Hope to see you again, you haven't posted for a while."
November 2015
10 Tue

Anniversary
5 years of membership
April 2015
12 Sun

Received a critique
on BIRTH OF THE UNCREATED from @judyanne
"great edit .... it reads really smoothly and rationally A better title perhaps, but I still think it could be even better .... ?seeking potential... ?seeking the unimaginable... maybe, even, seeking the uncreated... 'bi…"
12 Sun

Posted a poem
Haiku - wheels of time
"every single time"
Open thread 3 lines
10 Fri

Received a critique
on BIRTH OF THE UNCREATED from @judyanne
"I see you have already edited the typos – that was the majority of my crit lol can I say that I think you could think of a better title suggestion .... to find Home? just imo, I think the quote spoils the write – I don’…"
10 Fri

Posted a poem
BIRTH OF THE UNCREATED
"Let's go beyond"
Open thread 24 lines
March 2015
08 Sun

Critiqued
"memories only live" by @lovedly
"And we become prisoners of our memories - especially the bad unresolved ones. We live and relive them as though nothing has changed. This piece touhed something very deep within. Cheers ... Leonard"
05 Thu

Received a critique
on THE SOLITARY TRAVELLER from @judyanne
"but there was no need to explain your write. I think anyone reading it would understand that it is a metaphor for some sort of tribulation - mental or physical. What I meant when I said that I didn't understand what you…"
04 Wed

Received a critique
on THE SOLITARY TRAVELLER from @judyanne
"well written..I really like it, even though I don't know what you are saying - because it still really says something to me -- the storm did not abate, until the narrator started to do something about it the cyclonic ey…"
03 Tue

Received a critique
on THE SOLITARY TRAVELLER from @Rula
"why hasn't this gain much attention and no comments. It caught my breath with its quick pace. I expected the death of the traveller, being alone in such a weather, but that last line left me a bit in puzzlement, and tho…"
February 2015
25 Wed

Posted a poem
THE SOLITARY TRAVELLER
"The storm began"
Open thread 19 lines
November 2014
27 Thu

Posted a poem
unnameable - senryu
"finely nuanced Zen"
Open thread 3 lines
10 Mon

Received a critique
on SUN SET HAIKU from @Kailashana2
"What a wonderful thing to say, Leonard. And that's so true, we never ever know what type of impressions we leave on one another's minds let alone in their hearts. I'll take the heart any day. :-) The mind plays too many…"
09 Sun

Posted a poem
SUN SET HAIKU
"raspberry essence"
Open thread 3 lines
October 2014
09 Thu

Posted a poem
THE LABYRINTH - First published in May 2009
"Even in my most"
Open thread 56 lines
08 Wed

Posted a poem
FROM PUPA TO BUTTERFLY - A DIVINE INHERITANCE
"A little over"
Open thread 93 lines
September 2014
24 Wed

Posted a poem
THE ROBOT AND SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS
"I have worn robes"
Open thread 53 lines
24 Wed

Critiqued
"Resemblance" by @raj
"Succinct and enjoyable. Cheers"
23 Tue

Posted a poem
WINGLESS BIRDS OF SPACE
"Penetrating"
Open thread 120 lines
18 Thu

Posted a poem
THE TRUTH AND THE POLITICIAN
"Our politicians"
Open thread 127 lines
17 Wed

Posted a poem
THE SUPER BREED
"Every evening"
Open thread 72 lines
11 Thu

Critiqued
"Play The Terrible Consequences of Sin Dramatic Verse WS " by @Barbara Writes
"You've always been very positive and supportive. Cheers"
10 Wed

Critiqued
"Play The Terrible Consequences of Sin Dramatic Verse WS " by @Barbara Writes
"then the Lord turned to eve "and you woman I gave you everything you needed including the gift of innocence to protect you against corruption but you in your blind greed for power disobeyed me did the one thing I asked…"
10 Wed

Posted a poem
A JOURNEY WITHOUT DESTINATION
"Too far down the road"
Open thread 30 lines
01 Mon

Critiqued
"My Love (A New Form workshop) Morphing final edit" by @Ian.T
"I will be glad to take part in your experiment. It will indeed be a challenge to our creativity. Cheers"
August 2014
30 Sat

Critiqued
"My Love (A New Form workshop) Morphing final edit" by @Ian.T
"This site has changed a lot. Without meaning to offend, I think we, at Neopoet, are more hung up on form than real poetry. Poetry that concentrates on form more than being a vehicle for expression of one's feeling is de…"
30 Sat

Critiqued
"My Love (A New Form workshop) Morphing final edit" by @Ian.T
"I was not particularly referring to the Haiku. I was talking about all rigid formats. I believe that a poet should follow inner drum beat - like Walt Whitman. He also follows a format but he makes you feel like you are…"
30 Sat

Critiqued
"Justice Is Dead " by @Barbara Writes
"been dead for a long time. Racism has and will always be the scourge of this planet. How lonely it must be to experience the process of dying in a pool of your own blood when savages just look on and prevent other peopl…"
15 Fri

Highest posting month
August 2014 — 9 poems
November 2011
10 Thu

Anniversary
One year of membership
July 2011
10 Sun

Most-discussed work
A Parrot's Portrait (Haiku)

12 critiques to date.
07 Thu

First critique offered
on "Come mother Come" by @ShePra
04 Mon

First publication
Epilogue on Life
November 2010
10 Wed

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 236 days later.

About Me

About me

I have always been a seeker of truth. I personally believe that one should not be totally conditioned by any school of thought or belief system. While one may have an affinity for a particular religion or belief system, one should not be totally bound by it. The windows of one mind should always be open and if there is something that goes against the grain of what you currently follow, you should not feel afraid to entertain it and check out its veracity. There should never be blind belief. Believing blindly is to create a graveyard within ones mind. ALWAYS BE ALIVE TO EVERY SINGLE CURRENT - NO MATTER HOW SUBTLE - THAT CROSSES THE TERRITORY OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. A SEEKER NEVER BELIEVES IN "ISMS" HE BELIEVES IN THE TRUTH.

Location: IND

Favorite Poets

Apart from Walt Whitman

the poet

there are a range of painters who have made a great impact on my work and life. Painters such as Henri Matisse

Pablo Picasso

Mark Rothko

Vincent Van Gogh and a host of others.

Contest Wins

This member has not yet won any contests.

Workshops

		Skill level:
Storytelling in Verse: Dramatic Verse.	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2014-09-07	Concluded
Renga 9 "Hatred's Legacy"	(syllabus)	Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2014-08-04	Concluded

15 years of membership

10 years of membership

on unnameable - senryu from @weirdelf

on Haiku - wheels of time from @weirdelf

5 years of membership

on BIRTH OF THE UNCREATED from @judyanne

on BIRTH OF THE UNCREATED from @judyanne

"memories only live" by @lovedly

on THE SOLITARY TRAVELLER from @judyanne

on THE SOLITARY TRAVELLER from @judyanne

on THE SOLITARY TRAVELLER from @Rula

on SUN SET HAIKU from @Kailashana2

"Resemblance" by @raj

"Play The Terrible Consequences of Sin Dramatic Verse WS " by @Barbara Writes

"Play The Terrible Consequences of Sin Dramatic Verse WS " by @Barbara Writes

"My Love (A New Form workshop) Morphing final edit" by @Ian.T

"My Love (A New Form workshop) Morphing final edit" by @Ian.T

"My Love (A New Form workshop) Morphing final edit" by @Ian.T

"Justice Is Dead " by @Barbara Writes

August 2014 — 9 poems

One year of membership

on "Come mother Come" by @ShePra

Membership begins

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