mand

Member since May 31, 2009

Member for 17 years

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Sweeten If Desired

Posted Apr 29, 2018 · 14 lines · 10 critiques

How to make
peppermint tea?
it's easy!
Pick, wash, rinse and tear
two or three
fresh mint leaves.
Place 'em in
a teacup
add boiling water,
steep for five minutes.
Serve it up
hot or cold
with a wake me up slice
of lemon and ice.

mand’s timeline

May 2024
30 Thu

Anniversary
15 years of membership
April 2024
13 Sat

New follower
@mark
May 2019
30 Thu

Anniversary
10 years of membership
August 2018
22 Wed

Received a critique
on Sweeten If Desired from @scribbler
"I doubt I'll ever try it but think you might like sassafras tea"
22 Wed

Received a critique
on Sweeten If Desired from @Sparrow
"A great recipe, good to see you are still writing. Hope everything is well with you and yours. Drop us a line some day.. Yours Ian . T"
May 2018
03 Thu

Critiqued
"RETURN" by @scribbler
"Oh poet brave, from cheated grave, enduring scalpel knife the pain, be true, about your knee, will give you jip and strife, but, troop on crave, regain your step and rummage up your life so you can stride a country walk…"
03 Thu

Critiqued
"Sweet Mornings" by @tyro
"Thence an essential part of the poem. :) - a wonderful tribute to someone special! Mand xx"
03 Thu

Critiqued
"Sweet Mornings" by @tyro
"This is a lovely positive upbeat poem - a joy to read. :) But I agree with Rula that the last two lines seem out of sink; ( I'm not a profession when it comes to poetry - but I don't think the poem would suffer if you w…"
02 Wed

Critiqued
"I like the mystery of spring" by @IRiz
"Sounds wonderful! - usually here in South Wales May is much warmer than it is now and the swallows arrive during around mid April - the flowers are blooming, as is norm, but, this year has held on to the cold weather, w…"
01 Tue

Critiqued
"I like the mystery of spring" by @IRiz
"1st of May - and it's freezing! :( Swallows are late arriving home - Lovely to feel some warmth in your poem. :)"
01 Tue

Critiqued
"thought for the day" by @valene
":) I hope you have many, many happy years to come! :) :) Love to you Mand xxx"
01 Tue

Critiqued
"I like the mystery of spring" by @IRiz
"Just a couple of glitches, as Jess says - love the imagery, so many mind pleasing lines, "when boiling moss wins over frost". I think you have captured the joy of spring so very well. Love to you :) Mand xxx"
April 2018
30 Mon

Received a critique
on Sweeten If Desired from @Rula
"with you dear ... how great to read you again Mandy dear. Hope all is well. I have accepted the invitation as I said previously. Sweet just like you!"
30 Mon

Critiqued
"thought for the day" by @valene
"Live life to the full - it doesn't last long! Sharp and concise - a good reminder and absolutely true! Thanks for sharing! :) Love Mand xxxx"
29 Sun

Received a critique
on Sweeten If Desired from @valene
"...but one must be a good boy, 'ay mand question mark... ...and all the gospels, lol. x"
29 Sun

Received a critique
on Sweeten If Desired from @valene
"FUCK, WHY AM I NOW IN CAPITALS QUESTION MARK. oh, that's good.... ....like this array of words of yours. good to READ summit worth the while. eph xx"
29 Sun

Received a critique
on Sweeten If Desired from @raj
"loved the sip of your recipe :) Looking forward to read more from you.. Cheers!"
29 Sun

Posted a poem
Sweeten If Desired
"How to make"
Open thread 14 lines
July 2016
07 Thu

Received a critique
on Stellar Coolness from @lovedly
"many say are good no less no more just read these two to lovedly assure"
June 2016
24 Fri

Received a critique
on Nothing To Lose ( Serious Limerick ) from @raj
"Coming back to read this one since it came up in the stream again, I really feel that this seriously is a good serious limerick, not easy to connect many limericks to tell a story... Cheers!"
02 Thu

Posted a poem
Stellar Coolness
"When earth twists around the block"
Open thread 12 lines
May 2016
27 Fri

Posted a poem
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"I am a lilly most unique,"
Open thread 8 lines
24 Tue

Posted a poem
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"We often walk around Llyn Llech Owain"
Open thread 14 lines
22 Sun

Posted a poem
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"One day,"
Open thread 9 lines
21 Sat

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"I ambled among the Daydreams"
Open thread 20 lines
11 Wed

New follower
@jane210660
April 2015
09 Thu

Most-discussed work
Spring Is Here ( Critique Workshop )

74 critiques to date.
09 Thu

Posted a poem
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Open thread 67 lines
06 Mon

Posted a poem
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"The earth is ours, a home to live"
Open thread 12 lines
March 2015
23 Mon

Posted a poem
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"Is it any wonder I quake"
Open thread 16 lines
February 2015
24 Tue

Posted a poem
I wonder
"In the beginning"
Open thread 13 lines
16 Mon

Posted a poem
Waking Up To Life
"No matter the weather"
Open thread 16 lines
January 2015
27 Tue

Posted a poem
Just Practising! - with iambic pentameter
"The robin sings it's song atop the tree."
Open thread 14 lines
December 2014
05 Fri

New follower
@lovedly
September 2014
07 Sun

Posting milestone
100 poems posted
May 2014
30 Fri

Anniversary
5 years of membership
January 2014
14 Tue

New follower
@Seren
October 2013
15 Tue

Highest posting month
October 2013 — 13 poems
February 2011
16 Wed

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
May 2010
30 Sun

Anniversary
One year of membership
June 2009
02 Tue

First critique offered
on "Splitting Menagerie" by @Morgana Tragic Proprietress
May 2009
31 Sun

First publication
True Friends
30 Sat

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

I wear sunglasses because I have an eye disorder ( herpes keratitis ). ( cold sore living behind the cornea ) making me photo phobic. ( though I'm not a vampire ) he he.

I have a hectic life - on and off, mostly on. I am uneducated - left school at 15 and though I would like to read more, I have little time to indulge. I went back to college, age 38 to pass G.S.E English. ( not up to grammar school standard ) according to my husband - which I now agree with after having some insight due to the "bottom line" work shop. I have two children, all grown up, and five grandchildren, which keep me busy at the weekend. My oldest grandson is thirteen - and suffers from many problems including tourets. "I am his carer" and I work part time for my husband ( working from home as an assembly operator, soldering components on to printed circuit boards ).

I doubt I'll ever catch up educationally. ( being 59 and busy ) but I'm willing - save for life's misdemeanour’s - to try. I have only read a few poems by famous people "The highway man " by Noyes ( interestingly my maiden name is Noyce ) ( not that that means anything ) and a few of Keats - which I love. From what I have read, I think I'm possible out of my depth on this site - but I love it because it is pro-active. What worries me most ( apart from my family ) is that I am carrying on with something that I'm no good at - so I appreciate your honesty.

I am not particularly socially adept - I have "undiagnosed" bi-polar. Jekyll and Hyde, which make it difficult to forge long term relationships. ( hats off to my family ). You may find I disappear for a few days or you may find my character can go from cheerful and positive to down right evil and negatively suicidal - I have been close to insanity ( not a nice place to be ) and my memory is next to nothing - except when it comes to money and then it is something!

My mum and dad are, thankfully, still alive. I will be visiting them as often as possible ( They live in Gosport - I live in South Wales ). I appreciate all those who comment on my work - and. be assured, I feel terribly guilty if I don't get back to you to read your work - I will do my best to come by ( memory permitting ) and read your poems as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading my spiel.

Love Mand xxxx

Location: GBR

Contest Wins

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Workshops

		Skill level:
Critique and Criticism	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-04-05	Concluded
"Sonnets"...Let's Know More	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-01-22	Concluded
Humor In Poetry	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2015-01-07	Concluded
Workshop: Renga 10 "Birds of a Feather"	(syllabus)	Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2014-08-31	Concluded
The Complete Poem- Start to Finish	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2014-01-14	Concluded
The Bottom Line	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2013-09-09	Concluded

15 years of membership

10 years of membership

on Sweeten If Desired from @scribbler

on Sweeten If Desired from @Sparrow

"RETURN" by @scribbler

"Sweet Mornings" by @tyro

"Sweet Mornings" by @tyro

"I like the mystery of spring" by @IRiz

"I like the mystery of spring" by @IRiz

"thought for the day" by @valene

"I like the mystery of spring" by @IRiz

on Sweeten If Desired from @Rula

"thought for the day" by @valene

on Sweeten If Desired from @valene

on Sweeten If Desired from @valene

on Sweeten If Desired from @raj

on Stellar Coolness from @lovedly

on Nothing To Lose ( Serious Limerick ) from @raj

100 poems posted

5 years of membership

October 2013 — 13 poems

1,000 critiques given

One year of membership

on "Splitting Menagerie" by @Morgana Tragic Proprietress

Membership begins

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