Nordic cloud

Member since October 28, 2010

Member for 15 years, 7 months

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JUST NAMES - Historical figures - June contest

Posted Jun 9, 2017 · 14 lines · 5 critiques

Einstein and Pufendorf
Grotius and Baudelaire
those names and others
that make us laugh
but why
'tis they who changed
the clocks of human minds
rewound their inner thoughts
turned their routines into
something else
saw anew the mundane lot
gave us in many ways
a different plot

Margaret Ann Waddicor 9th June 2017

Nordic cloud’s timeline

October 2025
28 Tue

Anniversary
15 years of membership
April 2024
17 Wed

New follower
@mark
December 2020
19 Sat

Received a critique
on JUST NAMES - Historical figures - June contest from @lovedly
"she never replied nor posted since"
October 2020
28 Wed

Anniversary
10 years of membership
September 2020
19 Sat

Received a critique
on OCEANIC GHOSTS from @lovedly
"MA'AM where now are ye"
19 Sat

Received a critique
on OCEANIC GHOSTS from @Gracy
"Hi Ann, lovely poem, I like its flow now that you've changed it a little. I also enjoy the sea, have been on ships several times, both southwards to the Islas Malvinas (Faulklands, if you're a Brit), as well as north in…"
19 Sat

Received a critique
on OCEANIC GHOSTS from @whitetea
"Here to say that I like the flow of this"
19 Sat

New follower
@whitetea
June 2019
27 Thu

Received a critique
on JUST NAMES - Historical figures - June contest from @weirdelf
"My 'names' for huge impact on our being and consciousness, and part of the assassination of god, are- Einstein, Darwin, Freud and Marx."
June 2017
15 Thu

Received a critique
on JUST NAMES - Historical figures - June contest from @Rula
"How great to have you back with your lovely post. Really good to read you again dear. I want to wish you the best and just draw your attention that you have to choose the contest labled "historical figures" Again lookin…"
14 Wed

Received a critique
on JUST NAMES - Historical figures - June contest from @scribbler
"It's great to see you pop up again. Best of luck in contest...............stan"
14 Wed

Received a critique
on JUST NAMES - Historical figures - June contest from @lovedly
"Ma'am to read you again hope you are well"
09 Fri

Posted a poem
JUST NAMES - Historical figures - June contest
"Einstein and Pufendorf"
Open thread 14 lines
October 2015
28 Wed

Anniversary
5 years of membership
September 2014
25 Thu

Posted a poem
FALL
"Long tassels of birch hang - golden "
Open thread 28 lines
24 Wed

Critiqued
"If Only We Appreciate...(A Sonnet)" by @Rula
"As rhyming poetry goes I loved this, not only rhyming at the end of the line, it presented a piece of music to me, and I so enjoyed travelling through the words and their sounds. Not a person who can comment about a son…"
24 Wed

Critiqued
"The Deadly Tailor!" by @Rula
"Powerful little poem. Sewn coffin, that's a first for me, what an idea- although it might stem from the fact that most people in your country wear robes, long enough to be twined into a coffin, there being not so many t…"
24 Wed

Critiqued
"Fireworks" by @Rula
"This rings true, like a arrow to the point, flames of fury watched by passive bystanders, those involved and those not involved. Well done Rula, Love Ann"
24 Wed

Critiqued
"Deaf, Blind, and Mute (edited)" by @Rula
"Without reading any comments, I like this a lot, it explains in such a lovely way, the predicament for those in such situations, a big sigh dear Rula. a big sigh! Love Ann."
24 Wed

Critiqued
"Carpe Diem" by @Rula
"What a lovely little white butterfly of advice as you caress the clouds of despair you see out into the beauty of the atmosphere, in rhythmically addressed phrases, like a "strain" from a harp in the moonlight. Love to…"
24 Wed

Critiqued
"BLADES,OF GRASS" by @Geremia
"I will end up among the trees, whispering for a short while my poems on the wind, then they will dissipate and become the astral breeze that spins the planets in their spirals to infinity. I like that thought, not any m…"
July 2014
26 Sat

Critiqued
"MASK" by @Geremia
"A potent poem like a poisonous draft, we sense the drama in this, feel the sting. Well expressed, Love Anni"
26 Sat

Critiqued
"A drawing in black ink" by @Emina Smajevic
"Like the meaning of an IChing expression. a Chinese calligraphy of sensitivity leaving us fascinated. Ann"
26 Sat

Posted a poem
INTENSE IMAGINATION
"Pallid the sky "
Open thread 23 lines
January 2014
23 Thu

New follower
@Rula
December 2013
28 Sat

Posted a poem
WHERE DOES REALITY COME FROM
""Where does reality come from,""
Open thread 29 lines
26 Thu

Posted a poem
SO WHAT
"Now it's past history"
Open thread 88 lines
19 Thu

Posted a poem
FOLLOWING THE WIND
"Following the waving trees,"
Open thread 15 lines
15 Sun

Posted a poem
GHOSTS PAST
"Ghosts inhabit now my home,"
Open thread 22 lines
09 Mon

Posted a poem
TWO POEMS ABOUT LOVE
"LOVE"
Open thread 50 lines
06 Fri

Posted a poem
OCEANIC GHOSTS
"Each movement showers of light rays"
Open thread 19 lines
November 2013
25 Mon

Posted a poem
STOLEN SUNLIGHT
"Day left with the summer,"
Open thread 20 lines
23 Sat

Posted a poem
AFTER THE BEFORE
"None the wiser,"
Open thread 23 lines
22 Fri

Posted a poem
POETRY WAITING
"My poetry is waiting in the wings,"
Open thread 13 lines
02 Sat

New follower
@Dalton
November 2012
10 Sat

Critique milestone
5,000 critiques given
October 2011
28 Fri

Anniversary
One year of membership
October 2010
28 Thu

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.
May 2010
15 Sat

Highest posting month
May 2010 — 20 poems
January 2010
23 Sat

Most-discussed work
THINK OF ME

46 critiques to date.
November 2009
28 Sat

Posting milestone
100 poems posted
August 2009
07 Fri

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
January 2009
04 Sun

First critique offered
on "Chaos" by @Unlight
November 2008
26 Wed

First publication
Through the Window of a Bus (since unpublished)

About Me

About me

My dad being born in1898, gave me the genes of a past era,
they tend to colour my way of writing, perchance!! :)

OAP but go long strenuous walks in nature, my muse,
her ever changing atmospheres contain many metaphors
and colourings that inspire me.

Not conventional, somewhat free by nature I think you
could say.

Not schooled in English beyond the normal General education in GB,
but have written all my life, specialising in long hand written dip pen
one's to my mother and close friends. Or just to myself.
Have written two books with my partner, Also many articles
in magazines such as Illustrated Science, SAS, Travel journals...
With photography-grandfather made silver plates for his camera.

Painting, paper sculpture, Fencing, tennis, walking, swimming...
dancing, travelling. Smiling...:)

Location: Oslo and Flatdal, Norway., NOR

Favorite Poets

Too daunting this.

Contest Wins

This member has not yet won any contests.

Workshops

		Skill level:
GREAT POETRY (a workshop)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2013-01-19	Concluded
FROM PROSE TO POETRY	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2012-04-21	Concluded
IMAGERY IN POETRY (for everyone)	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2012-03-09	Concluded