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lou
Member since February 16, 2010
Member for 16 years, 3 months
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Hum drum
The hum drum glum
Low down days
Buzz and thrum
Drone on incessantly
Trapped, sapped of energy
Cramped in soulless mundane lives.
missing opportunities at every turn
Passed out, strung out
Apathetic, the throb and dull ache
smashing our will
Zapping and snapping nerves
Brittle In the chill of reality
Calling to someone to let us out
We have the right
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To take flight
In the pursuit of freedom
Vacate this. Pointless conformity
Expand our chests
And experience the length and breadth of it all
lou’s timeline
- February 2025
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15 SatAnniversary
15 years of membership
- February 2024
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04 SunReceived a critique
on PSEUDO from @RoseBlack
"I love the language and the whole premise of the poem. I am familiar with such fake Don Juan's. Your poem summed it up perfectly." - December 2022
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29 ThuReceived a critique
on VIRGIN verses by Lou and chorus by Hooded Stranger from @RoseBlack
"Good collaboration, the two voices were separate and clear. The story of loves first intimate moments catch the readers attention. Good job" - September 2020
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19 SatNew follower
@Unsub
- February 2020
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15 SatAnniversary
10 years of membership
- January 2019
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07 MonReceived a critique
on IRAQNOPHOBIA by Ziggy and Lou from @youkay
"The theme down to the choice of words is amazing" - July 2017
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18 TueReceived a critique
on IRAQNOPHOBIA by Ziggy and Lou from @Eumolpus
"treated no more than an insect by the powers that be. I appreciate your poem but have to think it's not that nobody wins...one side wins, and for most of our history made life miserable for the conquered. This continues…" - February 2015
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15 SunAnniversary
5 years of membership
- January 2015
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- December 2014
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02 TueCritiqued
""Come"" by @quillsveinback
"Thanks I'm glad that you weren't offended by my observations. Lou" -
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- November 2014
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27 ThuCritiqued
""Come"" by @quillsveinback
"Great use of vocabulary, the title of the poem sounds like the title for a hymn , that gives the pores wrong feel. The pacing is a little off in the second line of the first stanza you seem to be cramming too many words…" - September 2012
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- July 2012
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10 TueCritiqued
"Parkinson's Abyss (eddy styx)original and revision" by @Candlewitch
"Hey , to me your version is a little raw, and that goes well with the theme.. Althoughh the word struck is a stronger word. love Lou" - May 2012
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07 MonCritiqued
"Bible Beatin' Blues" by @Lonnie
"Strong stuff !! LOL All I can say is itI like it very much, it is epic and twisted. love it . Lou" - April 2012
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07 Sat
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03 TueCritiqued
"Bad Pictures" by @weirdelf
"well it's not really my style of poem, but I can see it's well crafted. Glad your muse is returning Lou" - March 2012
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02 FriCritiqued
"The Silent Siren" by @lowdownlady
"I like the use of vocabulary , but it reads like it's only part of a poem, in other words it has the basic components, it just needs fleshing out. Good start though. Lou" - February 2012
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- January 2012
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30 Mon
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16 Mon
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10 TueNew follower
@Candlewitch
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10 TuePosted a poem
Hooters, phallic symbols and toilet humour
"Hooters, phallic symbols and toilet humour" -
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- December 2011
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28 Wed
- August 2011
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24 WedNew follower
@Rhiannon1010
- May 2011
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30 MonNew follower
@Hooded Stranger
- February 2011
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15 TueAnniversary
One year of membership
- January 2011
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31 MonPosting milestone
100 poems posted
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15 SatHighest posting month
January 2011 — 17 poems
- December 2010
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26 Sun
- November 2010
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22 MonCritique milestone
1,000 critiques given
- February 2010
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19 FriFirst critique offered
on ""Whipped"" by @whitetea
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17 WedFirst publication
Terrified
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15 MonJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 2 days later.
About Me
About me
I love the books Look Homeward Angel and Of Home and the River , by Thomas Wolfe, Martin Eden and Sea Wolf by Jack London, Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence, Tender is the Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald, Love Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac , the author Richard Dawkins.
Musically I like ACDC, Fader Head, The Sex Pistols, The Clash,the yeah yeah yeahs, Blondie, The Human league, Patsy Cline.Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Adele
John Lee Hooker, Otis Redding, Tube way Army, Alison Moyet, Rage Against the Machine, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Johnny Cash. Ella Fitzgerald, Satchmo, Howling Wolf, James Brown, Roy Orbison and many more.........
I write therefore I am.
Location: West London, GBR
Favorite Poets
Pablo Neruda
Jack Kerouac
Alan Ginsberg
D.H Lawrence
Jim Morrison's lyrics
Recent Work
Hum drum
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Womb to Tomb
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Junk
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To Expose or not Expose
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Workshops
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| Rhyme Crimes | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool | Started 2012-06-01 | Concluded |
| Assonance and consonance | (syllabus) | Shark Pool | Started 2012-03-08 | Concluded |
| Storytelling in Verse | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2012-02-04 | Concluded |
| Brainstorming Poetry | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2011-12-04 | Concluded |
| Expanding Your Perspective | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2011-08-31 | Concluded |
| Writing With Emotions | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool | Started 2011-09-04 | Concluded |
| Writing Forms workshop | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2011-06-23 | Concluded |
| Cliches and their use | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool | Started 2011-06-20 | Concluded |
| Olympic Pool (initial workshop) | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool | Started 2011-05-16 | Concluded |
| Splash Pool (initial workshop) | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2011-05-16 | Concluded |