PRECIOUSLYSET1

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Character Witness

Posted Jul 8, 2026 · 44 lines · 2 critiques

Sworn in

Asked it to speak

"Not one thing did I touch"

The witness creaked

"I've stood in doorways

Never breaking a hinge

I wasn't the overdose, the drug or the syringe

But I was there during their binge"

"I wasn't the path of the storm

Nor was I the numbers

On the page

I was only present in the waiting room

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When they read your cancer's stage "

As prosecutor, you pointed anyway

"Every wound was caused by your craft"

It almost laughed

"Doesn't mean I was the infection that caused your staph

It couldn't simply be

a person trying their best

With what they were dealt

I'm just the name you gave

To the fear that is felt"

The jury is back

They took less than an hour

Not Guilty

Because it has no power

"He left by choice

Which needs no luck

Only a willing hand to move

What isn't stuck"

It stepped down

Walking out free

Leaving you there holding

What was always yours

Now, do you see?

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July 2026
08 Wed

Received a critique
on Character Witness from @Human Cultist
"I really have to say, this is good. It has that certain type of comedy that satire needs. But the first laugh I had after reading this was bitter. Why? Simple, I read it without the context as to it being in the contest…"
08 Wed

Posted a poem
Character Witness
"Sworn in"
Open thread 44 lines
April 2022
11 Mon

Anniversary
10 years of membership
April 2017
11 Tue

Anniversary
5 years of membership
January 2014
27 Mon

Critiqued
""The Advisor" the complete poem start to finish (small second Edit)" by @Ian.T
"mayhapsitbeesso friend whether different people created subconsciously to help me thru my life or another part of being I am glad I have them with me some who are diagnosed with MPD or DPD feel cursed, or so it seems, I…"
27 Mon

Critiqued
""The Advisor" the complete poem start to finish (small second Edit)" by @Ian.T
"My "Craezies" are a paranoid bunch but I don't let that bother me I have no true beliefs of you purposefully trying to hear the ramblings of me I only wanted you to know how close the conversation in your poem is to the…"
27 Mon

Critiqued
""The Advisor" the complete poem start to finish (small second Edit)" by @Ian.T
"my breath is taken leaving me winded, mouth dry I read this with a feeling of "how can he know" "he doesn't know anything .. he is telling a story" "no! he knows .." "can he hear us?" "thats stupid to even think" my hea…"
October 2013
28 Mon

Received a critique
on Safe Surprise from @wesley snow
"I will point out the typographical errors because it's what I do best. "my mind (is) wandering" and we need space between "a" and "hollow" Personally I try never to allow anything to leave my influence without it be exa…"
28 Mon

Posted a poem
Safe Surprise
"In this chamber safety"
Open thread 22 lines
September 2013
16 Mon

Critiqued
"That's Sorted ( Workshop Naked emotion and truth) Precious" by @Ian.T
"thank you"
15 Sun

Critiqued
"That's Sorted ( Workshop Naked emotion and truth) Precious" by @Ian.T
"thank you IanT I have found that I do love myself and all within I only hope for some form of internal connective peace but peace is actually too strong a word maybe compromise would be of better use for I know for them…"
13 Fri

Critiqued
"That's Sorted ( Workshop Naked emotion and truth) Precious" by @Ian.T
"From the first line, this has actually been kind of ummm, whats the word, its been like rewinding a home audio/ video tape and listening/ watching it seeing a memory, remembering it slightly different but basicly the sa…"
08 Sun

Posted a poem
Mess of disgrace
"Life claims to remain the same"
Open thread 30 lines
08 Sun

Critiqued
"ROCK THE CRADLE" by @Geremia
"I really got into this poem"
August 2013
29 Thu

Received a critique
on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Ian.T
"Your religious beliefs are for you to have, what you write of as a poet holds the world to inspection in thoughts and actions. We are Spiritualists here, Anne my Wife is an international medium so we really let others t…"
28 Wed

Received a critique
on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Ian.T
"Your use of enjambment (me saying this with the help of Rula) I thought was quite good and showed a great deal of thought in this piece. It is one type I haven't tried as yet it seemed outside of my writing for some rea…"
28 Wed

Received a critique
on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Rula
"I read this more as a supplication (as obvious from the title)though I thought you're taking Scott's concept for the workshop. well I think some of Scott's is there when dealing with human greediness where you needed to…"
27 Tue

Received a critique
on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Raven Maelstrom
"Isiah 55: 8-10 As the heavens are above the earth, so are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. Rockism 2:1 God is---and we aren't."
27 Tue

Received a critique
on My thoughts(at the moment) on Fear from @Raven Maelstrom
"Any thought of the southern hemisphere coming into play on your behalf never crossed my mind. UR sharp, witty, humorous and obviously well learned in fields few other dare to tread. There are those who can't perceive pe…"
27 Tue

Received a critique
on My thoughts(at the moment) on Fear from @Raven Maelstrom
"Perception is such a valuable commodity. What seems to others as an exciting life is in fact to me something entirely different. Although, if someone were to write a bio of my life, I'm sure the word tedious or tedium w…"
26 Mon

Posted a poem
Plea to the Condemned(Revised)
"Come forth"
Open thread 42 lines
26 Mon

Critiqued
"Full Time Employment" by @Raven Maelstrom
"Truer words were never spoken .. The human mind is a self~sustaining home grown do-it-urself Universe! The book that's currently on my bedside table? A Nicholls College psychology class book, the name? Abnormal Psycholo…"
25 Sun

Posted a poem
My thoughts(at the moment) on Fear
"Captivated by the all-consuming"
Open thread 30 lines
23 Fri

Posted a poem
Prophesies Denied
"Strategies devised"
Open thread 16 lines
18 Sun

Posted a poem
Plea to the Condemned
"Come forth bow"
Open thread 13 lines
15 Thu

Highest posting month
August 2013 — 6 poems
02 Fri

Posted a poem
Internalizing
"I do tend to"
Open thread 36 lines
01 Thu

Posted a poem
I'm your dreams
"Lightning clashes"
Open thread 38 lines
April 2013
11 Thu

Anniversary
One year of membership
October 2012
25 Thu

Posted a poem
Watching
"Once"
Open thread 64 lines
June 2012
01 Fri

Posted a poem
INNER TURMOIL
"After the auspicious consideration"
Open thread 22 lines
May 2012
04 Fri

Posted a poem
LONG LOST FRIEND PROSE TO POEM FINAL EDIT(i think)
"Return to me, oh silent one,"
Open thread 29 lines
April 2012
14 Sat

Most-discussed work
TOWER of DREAMS written on 3-2-2001

14 critiques to date.
13 Fri

First critique offered
on "Rats " by @weirdelf
13 Fri

First publication
SOBER
11 Wed

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

SEEMING TO CONTAIN ALL MY SELVES WITHIN, I TEND TO CRAVE A PLACE TO RELEASE THESE " CRAZIES " INTO A WORLD SET ASIDE JUST AS A PARK FOR THEM TO STRETCH THEIR LEGS AFTER A LONG JOURNEY HELD BACK FROM WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO ..
I am the proud mom of 3 kids, all boys, 16yr, 15yr, and 23months old ..

Location: LOUISIANA, USA

Favorite Poets

H.P. LOVECRAFT

EDGAR ALLEN POE

Contest Wins

This member has not yet won any contests.

Workshops

		Skill level:
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
Naked Emotion, Truth and Originality	(syllabus)	Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2013-07-30	Concluded
FROM PROSE TO POETRY	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2012-04-21	Concluded

on Character Witness from @Human Cultist

10 years of membership

5 years of membership

""The Advisor" the complete poem start to finish (small second Edit)" by @Ian.T

""The Advisor" the complete poem start to finish (small second Edit)" by @Ian.T

""The Advisor" the complete poem start to finish (small second Edit)" by @Ian.T

on Safe Surprise from @wesley snow

"That's Sorted ( Workshop Naked emotion and truth) Precious" by @Ian.T

"That's Sorted ( Workshop Naked emotion and truth) Precious" by @Ian.T

"That's Sorted ( Workshop Naked emotion and truth) Precious" by @Ian.T

"ROCK THE CRADLE" by @Geremia

on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Ian.T

on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Ian.T

on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Rula

on Plea to the Condemned(Revised) from @Raven Maelstrom

on My thoughts(at the moment) on Fear from @Raven Maelstrom

on My thoughts(at the moment) on Fear from @Raven Maelstrom

"Full Time Employment" by @Raven Maelstrom

August 2013 — 6 poems

One year of membership

on "Rats " by @weirdelf

Membership begins

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