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391 Dreams, Precarious In The Night
Dreams, precarious in the night
Flashbacks of never a time
And the memory breaths,
A touch to liquefy bone
As fear takes residence within the mind
Pleasantry is frightened by the night
The darkness penetrates the iris
Blinding only the eyes
While the mind dissipates from reason
The wakening within the dream
Mutes even the blistering silence
What the mind depicts
Causes the stomach to writhe
The tightening tendrils force the eyes to open
And morning echoes the sin
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By: Darren J McMurray
April 11, 2012
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12 ThuReceived a critique
on 391 Dreams, Precarious In The Night from @Cloudthings
"Wow, a powerful write, a little ambiguous in part, but I enjoyed the language & sense of it. Made me remeber times of fear & anxiety of unknowing etc. which is the point of the writing, no? Good descriptive wok I think…" -
11 WedReceived a critique
on 390 And say goodbye from @Tommi Cordial
"How nicely put together, smooth and evenly moving, the content left me longing to stay. It's hard to choose a favorite part as it all just flowed so nicely. Thank You Tommi" -
11 Wed
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08 SunReceived a critique
on 390 And say goodbye from @Ian.T
"Firstly a great welcome to Neopoet site.... This work is very good, the loss of so much in the first Stanza then the memory kicks in to remember other things, though I would have loved the memory to remember those thing…" -
07 Sat
- November 2009
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12 ThuAnniversary
One year of membership
- October 2009
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01 ThuPosted a poem
#278 Under God Is Given A Nation's Birth / Form is Ballade
"From the greenest acres of laden wood" - November 2008
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29 SatReceived a critique
on Hushed To Silence from @mark
"I need to come back here Darren. Appocolyptal is the feeling I have now. Man thinks this." -
14 FriReceived a critique
on Within The Branches Of The Willow (Acrostic) from @poewriter58
"As a freeform/freestyle poem this is outstanding but I do not believe it will hold up as an acrostic I should be able to read your title as I look down each letter of the poem Chrys" -
14 FriCritiqued
"Tango Sunset" by @Janice Pearce
"This sounds of the sunset reflecting it's rays off a body of water while you watch them glisten across your feet. A lovely image." -
14 FriFirst critique offered
on "Tango Sunset" by @Janice Pearce
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14 FriReceived a critique
on Within The Branches Of The Willow (Acrostic) from @themoonman
"Welcome to the site... a very good acrostic but some will say the title should be... Why am I here hiding beneath the willow... enjoyed the read... the bold font wasn't needed... your poem is very good... and would be w…" -
13 ThuReceived a critique
on Within The Branches Of The Willow (Acrostic) from @infinite_dwarf
"only fault that I found was 'braches' in "The braches hiding me from the world outside" you forgot the 'n'. Pretty massive acrostic! ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- "Before you criticize so…" -
13 ThuReceived a critique
on Within The Branches Of The Willow (Acrostic) from @mark
"That is one mighty acrostic built there. Man thinks this." -
13 ThuFirst publication
Within The Branches Of The Willow (Acrostic) (since unpublished)
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12 WedJoined Neopoet
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First poem published 1 days later.
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