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Sir Dancer Anew
Member since April 5, 2016
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I SNAG A TRUTH OUT OF THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY
The Truth Squad spies me at the dumpster
and sends a contingent of Keystone Kops
hopping mad at what I made of the reality
I saw beneath the truths of contemporary
conventional wisdom (?)
Soon the joint was jumping as we join into
trying to awaken the Conscious Ewe/You
who had fallen for wasteful pleasures sure
to put one under and at the bottom of the
money monkey pile...
The comical animals, now at the bottom
of the barrel, barely alert except for the
Light Bear who was the bearer of the new
info about the woo-woo way of cutting in
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to the cockeyed way of concocting
otherworldly worldviews, began to stir.
"Yo, you came bearing karma from past
incarnations," the Bear roared, "and that
doesn't give you the right to lay there
sucking up customs."
So the hibernation because of habits
stopped as the animal forms hopped
out of the hole of pretending not to know
and stripped of the dysfunctional patterns
they had put on during the dumpster dive
after trinkets of truth that were not that
nourishing, refleshing, spiritualizing...
Sir Dancer 4/7/16
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- April 2016
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12 TueFirst critique offered
on "Fade" by @scribbler
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08 FriReceived a critique
on I SNAG A TRUTH OUT OF THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY from @themoonman
"Welcome to Neopoet. I enjoyed the poem, a delight to read aloud while crisp images float ... thanks for sharing. I didn't care for the title, just my opinion but feel it gives too much away. I feel a title should add to…" -
07 ThuReceived a critique
on I SNAG A TRUTH OUT OF THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY from @Geezer
"a funny, meandering, mind-bender that tickled many a fancy. I used to tell my nieces and nephews mixed up bed-time stories that kind of sounded like this. Of course, the language wasn't so adult, but it was fun and some…" -
07 ThuFirst publication
I SNAG A TRUTH OUT OF THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY
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07 ThuPosted a poem
I SNAG A TRUTH OUT OF THE DUSTBIN OF HISTORY
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05 TueJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 2 days later.
About Me
About me
At 72 in '16 I have been around the block... but I have not grown so careless to go over the hill. I might be a little woo-woo, believing in karma, reincarnation, ascended masters and cosmic beings but even when I was at the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967 I was a rather conservative hippy. I once voted for the candidate of the Constitution Party for President. I once walked nude thru the city park. I walked a LOT, not getting a car until I was 53. I was walking to creative writing class on campus (University of Wisconsin --Milwaukee) when JFK was assassinated but rather than becoming nihilistic I went bonkers, becoming a seeker to the nth degree. I questioned everything, the American dream, my own philosophy, the S.A.D. diet and what the fuck is poetry, really. Now, as you See, dear seer, I have put a bit of creative spin on my stuff. Thank you for tolerating such a well-rounded peg in a super square hole. HOLY SMILES to you reader and reader and Readers all.........
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