Orphani

Member since November 27, 2010

Member for 15 years, 6 months

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From the deep wood

Posted Feb 4, 2017 · 9 lines · 2 critiques

I know you will tell me you are
somewhere
a window once held the frame of your face

I look at the wood that once held the deep secret of a forest
long gone to make the borders of this enclosure
the sun alone finds a way into

if only time could be undone through some kindness
mushrooms and the deep moss hide
before the sharpened ax fell to silence

Orphani’s timeline

November 2025
27 Thu

Anniversary
15 years of membership
November 2020
27 Fri

Anniversary
10 years of membership
February 2017
04 Sat

Received a critique
on From the deep wood from @themoonman
"It's been too long, hope all is stupendous, or at least close. "they put in a parking lot" your poem sent me off in song thanks, Richard"
04 Sat

Posted a poem
From the deep wood
"I know you will tell me you are"
Open thread 9 lines
November 2015
27 Fri

Anniversary
5 years of membership
April 2012
19 Thu

Received a critique
on the heart sways from @Nordic cloud
"I realised that, and as that was what I even experienced with it while reading it, I didn't allude to that aspect of it. I love the way you say "oblique love poem" that fits it exactly, like the oblique shadows merging…"
19 Thu

Received a critique
on the heart sways from @Nordic cloud
"Oh I love this, I do... you turn my mind, my eyes, my consciousness together in a floating mysterious manner describing something that evolves into the surge of Spring, so beautifully done, Barry, so beautifully done. I…"
17 Tue

Posted a poem
the heart sways
"the heart sways the branches"
Open thread 10 lines
March 2012
09 Fri

Posted a poem
moving man
"if you have never defiled anyone's couch"
Open thread 11 lines
November 2011
27 Sun

Anniversary
One year of membership
November 2010
27 Sat

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.
June 2010
25 Fri

Posting milestone
100 poems posted
May 2010
30 Sun

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
January 2010
15 Fri

Highest posting month
January 2010 — 20 poems
12 Tue

Most-discussed work
Forever in your eyes

33 critiques to date.
September 2009
09 Wed

First publication
seagull days
09 Wed

First critique offered
on "A Mad Mathematician" by @Diatom Shells