washing tears

Member since August 9, 2007

Member for 18 years, 9 months

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118 Poems

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The Ocean

Posted Dec 12, 2015 · 16 lines · 2 critiques

In the herd, I saw you
The silence, deafening truth
And the boat lies waiting
Still your arms are flailing
And in the sky, you are waiting….

What have I lost? An ocean.
Now I am drifting in pollution
In this sandbox of love….

What have I lost? An ocean.
And am I going through the motions,
In this lost art of love?

It keeps you in the saddle
It keeps you in the sky
You’ll sleep like a child
Knowing we are all wild

In this ocean of love

washing tears’s timeline

August 2022
08 Mon

Anniversary
15 years of membership
August 2017
08 Tue

Anniversary
10 years of membership
December 2015
19 Sat

Received a critique
on The Ocean from @Esker
"fave line....keeps U in the saddle... thank U"
17 Thu

Received a critique
on The Ocean from @Sparrow
"Loved the story and the flow, just a few things that needs attention, starting a line with AND is a non, where the and is usually redundant. Nothing too much to edit, A good write.. Yours Ian.."
12 Sat

Posted a poem
The Ocean
"In the herd, I saw you"
Open thread 16 lines
January 2015
10 Sat

Received a critique
on Wine Induced from @weirdelf
"Elegant and simple, thanks, Tears"
December 2014
29 Mon

Received a critique
on A Collection of Sorrows, Part Two. from @Ian.T
"This needs a constructive edit and let it be joined to part one. I will wait for the new work, Yours Ian.T"
29 Mon

Received a critique
on A Collection of Sorrows, Part One. from @Ian.T
"This needs a constructive edit and let it be joined to part two. I will wait for the new work, Yours Ian.T"
December 2013
16 Mon

Received a critique
on A New Day at Sunrise from @Ian.T
"I have read this after all this time as these pieces have arrived. Your name to us here as Spiritualists Washing tears has been one of the North American Indian Guides that have visited us as we find their world. How di…"
September 2012
11 Tue

Received a critique
on Home from @Ian.T
"This is a beautiful piece written, I guess to someone that is a part of you. Keep hold of those lines, words and thoughts, they are precious. Yours Ian.T"
09 Sun

Posted a poem
Home
"You kept me hidden in your heart"
Open thread 32 lines
August 2012
08 Wed

Anniversary
5 years of membership
June 2012
06 Wed

Received a critique
on Confess from @Roscoe Lane
"This sounds like something very personal, thougfh i like it i feel it could be stronger. Try removing or adding a word here or there, just experiment a little. Regards Roscoe..."
May 2012
13 Sun

Posted a poem
Confess
"Confess, my love"
Open thread 23 lines
April 2012
25 Wed

Posted a poem
All Roads Would Lead to This
"You’ve been dragging around my heart for years"
Open thread 9 lines
10 Tue

Posted a poem
After the Storm
"I won’t worry any more"
Open thread 35 lines
March 2012
19 Mon

Posted a poem
Rend/Ruinous
"I’ve got two armfuls of love for you"
Open thread 34 lines
06 Tue

Posted a poem
Stone Garden
"At first you were a bird, flying through the trees"
Open thread 23 lines
February 2012
11 Sat

Posted a poem
Beneath the Crashing Waves
"Beneath the crashing waves"
Open thread 9 lines
08 Wed

Critiqued
"Abstract View " by @Search
"well written. i feel that without the final words, one would allow the image/idea of this piece develop naturally. poetry has a way with creation, its all original emotion and each read, whether the first or the 33rd, i…"
06 Mon

Posted a poem
Sunder a la Grace
"Grace,"
Open thread 21 lines
October 2011
25 Tue

Posted a poem
Fields of Wildflowers
"Dance in the arms of the devil tonight"
Open thread 30 lines
18 Tue

Posted a poem
A Great White Elephant Stampedes
"I awoke to the dust of memories"
Open thread 34 lines
September 2011
07 Wed

Posted a poem
Siren
"Elegance, you were a descendant of evil, I swear"
Open thread 15 lines
July 2011
20 Wed

New follower
@loved
20 Wed

Critiqued
"To madness" by @Nevel
"I am enjoying your letters, these lines stuck out to me "from the eyeless abyss, wide as the night my hollow eternity splintered in the heat of the animal, rise and break, uneducated force" Great piece of writing here…"
20 Wed

Critiqued
"To loneliness" by @Nevel
"i feel as if we should all write to our loneliness, thank you for sharing this with us, its a haunting read that made me re read it a few times."
20 Wed

Critiqued
"Your Eyes, Still Mesmerise Revised" by @loved
"i love the line "i still breathe a love story", great write, and thank you for sharing it!"
May 2011
20 Fri

New follower
@vexations10
01 Sun

Posting milestone
100 poems posted
March 2011
12 Sat

New follower
@franny50
December 2010
22 Wed

New follower
@Blue_Halcyon
08 Wed

Critiqued
"Sahara" by @Geremia
"i really enjoyed this, it was vivid, i felt my imagination engulfing your words, and forming them. I am looking into more of your work! thank you for sharing!"
November 2010
08 Mon

Critiqued
"Plague" by @paul
"Paul, hello, i have not had the opportunity read much of your work but i must say that i enjoyed this one very much, and i look forward to reading more of yours. This reminded me of a lonely walk with an emotion streami…"
February 2010
18 Thu

Critiqued
"Hedonist Craft" by @IKnowNoBox
"well hello! it has been some time. i love the wording, the flow the rhythm... i guess pretty much everything, thankyou for sharing this! -with what love could be- WT"
18 Thu

Critiqued
"Anarchy (dedicated to all & NeoPoet.com)" by @xena465
"Liked your poem a lot! especially the ending! we are all liberators of our own soul -with what love could be- WT"
August 2008
08 Fri

Anniversary
One year of membership
August 2007
15 Wed

Highest posting month
August 2007 — 10 poems
11 Sat

First critique offered
on "Enchantment" by @purplemoondoll
09 Thu

First publication
Distant Dream
08 Wed

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

Greetings,
My name is Adam , and I am from Sandusky Ohio.
While my writing seems to revolve around the drain of despair, I seem to fixate on the end of love instead of the process. I have since evolved. I have a partner now that appreciates me and loves me for who I am. She has evolved into my muse. While my new writtings may reflect still ponds of past relationships, she is the light at the end of tunnels, and the dawn of a dark night, Don't ignore who I was, but please focus on who I am.
With What Love Could Be,
Washing Tears

With everything that love could be. See below, as a past, maybe a pre-tense.

Old Profile---
Most of my writing revolves around the bitter/sweet cycles of love and the following disorders: alcoholism, insomnia, depression, regret, sorrow, success, greed, lust, and the occasional smile.
My writing is not all somber and sad, there tends to be a faint glimmer of sunlight through the layers of cloth, bandaging everything to be renewed.
There is always a light in the darkness, and a darkness in the light.
You just have to know where to find it.

Location: sandusky, ohio, USA

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Followed By

15 years of membership

10 years of membership

on The Ocean from @Esker

on The Ocean from @Sparrow

on Wine Induced from @weirdelf

on A Collection of Sorrows, Part Two. from @Ian.T

on A Collection of Sorrows, Part One. from @Ian.T

on A New Day at Sunrise from @Ian.T

on Home from @Ian.T

5 years of membership

on Confess from @Roscoe Lane

"Abstract View " by @Search

"To madness" by @Nevel

"To loneliness" by @Nevel

"Your Eyes, Still Mesmerise Revised" by @loved

100 poems posted

"Sahara" by @Geremia

"Plague" by @paul

"Hedonist Craft" by @IKnowNoBox

"Anarchy (dedicated to all & NeoPoet.com)" by @xena465

One year of membership

August 2007 — 10 poems

on "Enchantment" by @purplemoondoll

Membership begins

About Me

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