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Frederick Kesner
Member since August 16, 2007
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"Looking Forward"
In the upper case,
a volume the colour of
late‑harvest light,
its spine breathing
salt and iron.
I keep it ajar
—not for dust,
but so mapped-out water
can run beside
my own small channel,
each bend marked
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in a hand I almost know.
Through the plaster,
a swell of brass‑warm air
—someone's breath
caught in a long note,
turning the parlour
to water.
I do not rise,
only let the sound
find its own shelf
between maps,
where it can lean
against a memory
I have yet to
admit is mine.
Between first assent
and last,
a pressed leaf charts
streets I will've walked;
in hollow nooks
where a page was long gone,
I've set a three‑part hinge:
motion, tether,
threshold.
It waits there,
not as ornament,
but as one more
voice in the palimpsest
—leaning into a shut
window is still
leave unlatched.
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Frederick Kesner’s timeline
- July 2026
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06 MonReceived a critique
on looking forward from @Geezer
"most of the beginning as being about hearing music on a late, sunny afternoon. Invoking memories, it brings a pause to one's thoughts, while walking a route from long ago. But the last lines, are just a bit scrambled. I…" -
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- June 2026
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29 MonReceived a critique
on between saying and being heard from @Geezer
"you are a constant source of amazement. You have spun a durable bridge of great language designed to hold the weight of those who want to meet in the middle. I have great respect for your talent. I think that it is just…" -
28 SunReceived a critique
on almost never from @Lavender
"Hello, CB, Recently took a poetry audit class with juniors and seniors, 19 - 22 years old, at the local college here. This poem is so befitting of my overall experience. "...taut voices, restless minds." I remember bein…" - May 2026
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15 FriHighest posting month
May 2026 — 26 poems
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- July 2025
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- August 2022
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15 MonAnniversary
15 years of membership
- August 2017
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15 TueAnniversary
10 years of membership
- August 2012
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15 WedAnniversary
5 years of membership
- March 2011
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06 SunPosting milestone
100 poems posted
- November 2010
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- August 2008
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15 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- January 2008
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26 SatFirst critique offered
on "Revolving Echoes" by @purplemoondoll
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23 WedFirst publication
From Swords to Plowshares
- August 2007
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15 WedJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 160 days later.
Bookshelf
| Book | Where to find it | Files | Added |
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| Wind Chimes Frederick Kesner (crypticbard) (2009) Experimenting with sound recordings with the help of friends. I am finding that this adds an extra dimension to creating new writing - verse spoken aloud makes a… | View → | — | Mar 22, 2009 |
| Castles in the Wind Frederick Kesner (9998) Wattle Grove Books | — | Jan 26, 2008 | |
| Eye Soar Frederick Kesner (2007) Wattle Grove Books http://www.lulu.com/content/328767 | View → | — | Jan 26, 2008 |
| Waking Up to Self Frederick Kesner (2006) Wattle Grove Books http://www.lulu.com/content/278695 | View → | — | Jan 26, 2008 |
| Poetical Works of Frederick Kesner Frederick Kesner (2000) http://www.poemsabout.com/poet/frederick-kesner | View → | — | Jan 26, 2008 |
About Me
About me
…a writer who started on the quiet side of things.
Early on, speaking felt harder than shaping a line, so the page became the place where thoughts could land cleanly. That history still lingers, but it doesn’t define the work.
What I write now comes from paying attention to the small moments that pass too quickly unless someone pauses. If you read along, thank you for meeting the work with patience and curiosity.
Location: West Moreton, AUS
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Contest Wins
| Winning Submission | Contest | Contest Date |
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| a small dismissal | 05/26 My First Time | 1 May, 2026 – 31 May, 2026 |
| bemusedly ruminating | 04/26 April Fooled | 1 April, 2026 – 30 April, 2026 |
| morning psalm | 07/25 Renovated Quill | 1 July, 2025 – 31 July, 2025 |
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