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IRiz
Member since November 23, 2017
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The Word
Through the hole in the curtain
I look at the sky.
Its colors are slowly blanching.
Naked branches are drawn
by a careless hand: black lines,
dimly gleaming tangle,
wet bark and new torrents
beneath a cloudy blanket
Russians would call туман [toomun].
My darling, I know the word
but will never pronounce it.
It wouldn't be right.
And only at night
hidden behind the curtain
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from self and all my unraveling versions
I mouth the word,
I taste its short vowels
that cannot be heard.
I melt sparkling silence
that Russians call лёд [leart].
I talk about the colors
slowly soaked into a welcoming darkness,
the faraway towns, turrets,
resounding bells,
and where they call us,
about the life once chosen,
and journeys with no return.
I talk still tasting the word
I long to pronounce,
still rolling it on my tongue,
dissolving, unfolding
from sweet to forlorn.
IRiz’s timeline
- November 2022
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23 WedAnniversary
5 years of membership
- August 2019
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15 ThuReceived a critique
on The Word from @quillsveinback
"I always enjoy your poems; you seem to me singularly honest, particularly about your individuated plight in life. So many people like to cover it in gloss and nonsense; there is none of this with your work, which I hope…" -
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09 Fri
- December 2018
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12 Wed
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10 Mon
- November 2018
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23 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- June 2018
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23 Sat
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21 ThuCritique milestone
1,000 critiques given
- December 2017
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15 FriHighest posting month
December 2017 — 14 poems
- November 2017
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24 FriFirst critique offered
on "The Reach" by @themoonman
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23 ThuFirst publication
Where do we all go?
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23 ThuJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
I am still learning, my poems are growing longer (kidding).
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Location: Washington DC, USA
Favorite Poets
Matsuo Bashō
Sylvia Plath
Charles Bukowski
TS Eliot
William Carlos Williams
Joseph Brodsky
Boris Pasternak
DH Lawrence
Robert Frost
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Workshops
| Skill level: | ||||
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| Implied Imagery SHOP Here we go ! | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2018-11-16 | Concluded |
| Basic and Essential Meter | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2018-04-12 | Concluded |
| UNFINISHED WORKS | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2018-03-28 | Concluded |
| Sunku: beyond rhyme and rhythm, search for new structures in short form | (syllabus) | Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2018-02-11 | Concluded |
| Poets first poems | (syllabus) | Splash Pool | Started 2017-06-23 | Concluded |