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Shantel
Member since October 18, 2024
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Standing ready
I stand ready as a soilder stands ready for battle,ready to receive you as your tounge spills an "I like you" .Would you like to hold hands with me?",ready to receive the kind of person you become for love,for feelings ,for emotions and as you step out of your comfort zone,I step out of mine.I stand ready as a soilder stands ready for battle ready to receive you as your actions drain the love I thought I had for you, ready to receive my mind as it wipes out the memory of my feelings for you.What I am not ready for is for is to realize and see that the version of you that I created in my head was never the real you.I am not ready to stand before you and exchange words of hatred .I am not ready to have a conversation with you if the words that will come out of your mouth are "I've only ever seen you as a friend and a friend you shall always be".
Shantel’s timeline
- October 2025
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18 SatAnniversary
One year of membership
- October 2024
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25 FriReceived a critique
on Standing ready from @Candlewitch
"As it is, your piece's structure reads as Prose, not poetry. If you like, I shall translate into poetry, with a few corrections. In your title, both words should be capitalized: Standing ready (Standing Ready) next the…" -
25 FriPosted a poem
Standing ready
"I stand ready as a soilder stands ready for battle,ready to receive you as your tounge spills an "I like you" .Would you like to hold hands with me?",ready to receive the kind of person you become for love,for feelings ,for emotions and as you step out of your comfort zone,I step out of mine.I stand ready as a soilder stands ready for battle ready to receive you as your actions drain the love I thought I had for you, ready to receive my mind as it wipes out the memory of my feelings for you.What I am not ready for is for is to realize and see that the version of you that I created in my head was never the real you.I am not ready to stand before you and exchange words of hatred .I am not ready to have a conversation with you if the words that will come out of your mouth are "I've only ever seen you as a friend and a friend you shall always be"." -
18 FriReceived a critique
on The Yellow bird from @Candlewitch
"Hello and welcome to the Neopoet poetry site! Congratulations on posting your first poem into the stream! *hugs, Cat" -
18 FriFirst publication
The Yellow bird
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18 FriPosted a poem
The Yellow bird
"I saw the yellow bird from a distance.l questioned her existance,I gave her a meaning then I questioned until I came to the conclusion that she was just there to be beautiful and seen.If she has ever seen her self through the mirror then I am definitely sure she knows of her beauty,she knows that the colour of her wings are unique and carefully painted with love and adoration.The yellow bird knows about her creator because his signature is all over her wings .When other birds try and discredit her beauty she always remembers to look into the mirror and also remembers the mood in which her creator was when he created her.The yellow bird knows that the criticism from other birds never stop so she carries a mirror everywhere she goes.The yellow bird is not so different from me,the yellow bird represents the beauty and the ugliness of life and how we chose to walk through it" -
18 FriJoined Neopoet
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About Me
About me
I am an 18 year old girl with love for words.I am inspired buy whatever life brings my way.I don't have a favorite poet but the poem that's at the top of my head is sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare.Being surrounded by other poets with different writing styles and views on life is how I will grow as a poet
Location: South Africa
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