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slybard
Member since March 3, 2008
Member for 18 years, 3 months
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To Dawn
Dawn- slayer of pretense, usher of youth-
you, born anew as passing season,
wield those luminous swords, sharp and uncouth,
and absolve ignorance of reason.
Are you not the mother of sweet knowledge?
Dawn – light of tunnels, well of Saharas-
You, of divine hue, alive in Dark’s death
when all that’s fair is stripped of myrrhs
And Life’s Eden is, fast as youth, but heath.
Are you not the promise that Hope is nigh?
—Mini-anthology: Hepatica—
slybard’s timeline
- March 2023
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02 ThuAnniversary
15 years of membership
- March 2018
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02 FriAnniversary
10 years of membership
- March 2013
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02 SatAnniversary
5 years of membership
- March 2012
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25 Sun
- February 2012
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10 Fri
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07 TueNew follower
@Barbara Writes
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06 MonReceived a critique
on Withered Camellia from @weirdelf
"This is fucking brilliant in every way. It evokes powerful emotions without sentiment, it is lucid and intelligent. It uses many poetic devices with an elegant and deft touch. And that rhyming scheme! I have never seen…" -
06 MonReceived a critique
on Withered Camellia from @Barbara Writes
"This writing style has me wanting to know more about your style. It has a welcoming ancient of old feel to it. Look to read more of your writing" -
06 Mon
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06 MonReceived a critique
on Withered Camellia from @loved
"I do take shelter in the fact, reading your verse , will not only sharpen my dwarfed poetic mind but shall elicit rgds" -
06 Mon
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06 Mon
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06 MonCritiqued
"autumn leaves " by @loved
"I like, no love the poem. Powerful imagery and the form poem lends itself to further augment it. However, I thought that the enjambment in the second stanza sort of makes the poem lose rhythm at that point, especially t…" -
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- June 2010
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30 WedReceived a critique
on Wolves and Lambs from @Damo
"The intro helped me when I read it. I read it out loud in my head and could 'hear' the momentum build... Would be great to hear how you would speak these words..." -
27 SunPosted a poem
Wolves and Lambs
"This is part of the radio- play I submitted for BBC African performance Playwriting competition 2010. Obviously, the judges didn't think a play about homosexuality was relevant in the African context." -
26 SatPosted a poem
Upon my bed
"The sheets were white- white linen, But Dirt comes where he is bidden. Joints are weak, whine on and on; Strong winds could break it anon. But I’ve made my bed." -
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21 MonPosted a poem
Wild weed
"I wrote this after the religious clashes in Nigeria. I just don't understand why we won't tolerate each other and respect each other's opinions and ideology!" -
19 SatPosted a poem
Dawn upon a country plain
"On ascent, gone a scent fills the sky thrills the nigh with sweet- promises." - March 2009
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02 MonAnniversary
One year of membership
- September 2008
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01 Mon
- August 2008
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13 Wed
- June 2008
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18 Wed
- May 2008
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16 Fri
- April 2008
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25 Fri
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22 Tue
- March 2008
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15 SatHighest posting month
March 2008 — 15 poems
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12 WedCritiqued
"When the Sky is but an Illusion" by @Pugilist
"i can only say that i've not read a poem as good as this anywhere...i do realise that your meter is quite perfect....otherwise,i'd be speechless.will be waiting to read more of your work.. Josh" -
12 Wed
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12 WedCritiqued
"The Apparition" by @bayoujeanette
"i love the imagery...and the poem.I thought it was Pearl harbor not Pear Harbor. Josh" -
05 WedCritiqued
"I believe In You" by @poewriter58
"it's a nice poem...i love the flow and the rhyme.. Josh" -
05 WedFirst critique offered
on "I believe In You" by @poewriter58
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03 MonFirst publication
Blind serenade
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02 SunJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
I love writing, computers and knowledge generally. I am thus a writer/poet, poet performer, computer programmer (web, mobile and desktop).
Most of all, I am open minded.
I ran a blog at http://www.versesofslybard.wordpress.com which has seen better days, and poems. :-)
Location: Kampala, Uganda, UGA
Favorite Poets
Jonathan Swift
Sarah Kay
William Shakespeare
Elizabeth Browning
Christina Rossetti
Grace Nichols
The Lantern Meet of Poets (the biggest and oldest society of poets in Uganda)
Recent Work
To Dawn
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Withered Camellia
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Wolves and Lambs
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Upon my bed
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Wild weed
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Parting of ways
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Dawn upon a country plain
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Dawn
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Gone
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11 lines about love
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