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Rhiannon1010
Member since July 1, 2011
Member for 14 years, 11 months
Portrait of a Man
This portrait
Spread out before me
Of a man,
What a man could be.
Arms outspread in adulation,
In a radiant embrace
Of the world, the sky and sea.
Blistering sun and wind,
Cracked earthen cheeks
Receive teardrops of rain
A sacrifice of pain.
This fatted calf,
This wolf-in-sheeps-clothing.
Not lion, but jackal
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Stealing babies in the night
Not lamb, but still a victim of industrialized slaughter.
The circle turns again.
Held up with
Nails he hammered in.
An appetite for his own
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Rhiannon1010’s timeline
- March 2024
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03 SunReceived a critique
on Portrait of a Man from @Geezer
"may yet reach the heights we aspire to, but we must realize that this little ball of mud in our galaxy, is our only home at the moment; and we need to share it, not fight over the rewards of it. If we don't, we will lik…" -
03 Sun
- July 2021
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01 ThuAnniversary
10 years of membership
- May 2018
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24 ThuReceived a critique
on Blue Ridge from @OriginalRhyku
"Speaking as a humble native of the land of the mighty Himalayas, your evocative poem paints a poignant picture and mountains make for majestic, mystical, magical memories. Well expressed." - March 2018
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30 FriReceived a critique
on Et tu, Brute? from @Eumolpus
"and motion. I want to express 2 thoughts- The first is JC, whom everyone will immediately think is Jesus, so rather than create a distraction just say, Julius, or Ceasar. The other is a suggestion by Pound, who once sai…" - November 2017
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22 Wed
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08 Wed
- July 2016
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01 FriAnniversary
5 years of membership
- July 2012
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01 SunAnniversary
One year of membership
- November 2011
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14 Mon
- August 2011
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15 MonFirst critique offered
on "Helpless" (since unpublished) by @violet
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15 MonHighest posting month
August 2011 — 7 poems
- July 2011
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02 SatFirst publication
The Woman in the grass (since unpublished)
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01 FriJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
Location: North Carolina, USA, USA
Alfred Noyes
T. S. Eliot
Lewis Carroll
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
William Blake
Seamus Heaney
Robert Herrick
Recent Work
Like a Leaf on a Breeze
Et tu, Brute?
You Don't Even Know
Musings from the Back Porch
Scotia
Gravity
Persuasion+ Reason
Nebraska
Sunset
Convection
Contest Wins
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Workshops
| Skill level: | ||||
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| Poets first poems | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2017-06-23 | Concluded |
| IMAGERY IN POETRY( ready to start?) | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2017-06-24 | Concluded |
| Meter... The Workshop. | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool | Started 2017-04-29 | Concluded |
| Naked Emotion, Truth and Originality | (syllabus) | Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2013-07-30 | Concluded |
| fixed verse – it's not a curse | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2012-10-28 | Concluded |
| More Meter | (syllabus) | Shark Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2012-01-11 | Concluded |
| Critique Quickie | (syllabus) | Shark Pool | Started 2011-11-11 | Concluded |
| Expanding Your Perspective | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2011-08-31 | Concluded |