wesley snow

Member since May 26, 2011

Member for 15 years

workshop leaders advocate workshop coordinator member

146 Poems

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For Stan

Posted Jul 19, 2017 · 23 lines · 2 critiques

This stroll I’ve taken time and times before.
Each moment was as pleasant as the last.
I’ve seen the trees and harkened to Stan’s lore
while trodding grass as green as days long past.
For green and lush they were spite all the pain
and now I can recall the loveliness.
The fear is still remembered, but as gain;
those lessons learned that helped me to address
the joys and how to keep them close to me.
And so I walk again with my old friend
to gaze at flowers red and blue he sees.
We pass old huts whose roofs begin to bend.
Like us they now walk slowly in the sun.
I hear a mockingbird who, like a hawk,

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keens sharply causing rabbits near to run.
No need to give a voice to quiet talk,
the sound the path makes is enough for us.
We two are old and like the huts we creak,
so I thank Stan without the need to speak.
Yes, old now and if wiser we don’t know.
Mistakes seem fewer, although just as hard,
but still we’ve come here time and times before
and I’ll keep coming back as life retards.

wesley snow’s timeline

May 2026
26 Tue

Anniversary
15 years of membership
June 2022
06 Mon

New follower
@RoseBlack
May 2021
26 Wed

Anniversary
10 years of membership
February 2019
01 Fri

Received a critique
on When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (Imagery Workshop) from @weirdelf
"I'm mortified by the transgression I have wreaked against Keats work in this workshop. https://www.neopoet.com/workshop/poems/fears-transgression-final-rewrite-imagery-workshop"
April 2018
13 Fri

Received a critique
on Glenda from @tyro
"I do not know much about the technical aspects of poetry, but your meter seems to flow smoothly. It is the logical aspects that keep throwing me off. you loved her before the world begin. OK, I can fit that in as being…"
July 2017
20 Thu

Received a critique
on For Stan from @Eumolpus
"It is enjoyable to read the poem without knowing anything about your work or this site. To me has a feeling of Frost, the simplicity of words and undercurrents of nostalgia. For any of us in that same general generation…"
20 Thu

Critiqued
"Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (stripped imagery workshop)" by @QueenS.L.O.W.TheAlmost-Poet
"He is probably my favorite poet (also though I must confess a love for Byron and of course Bill Shakespeare). It is good you were exposed to this. I know he is hard to tear down. Every word reeks of imagery. To strip th…"
20 Thu

Critiqued
"Infant Sorrow by William Blake(Stripped for imagery shop)" by @scribbler
"that I don't any longer seem to have a sense of humor. You keep trying Jess. I would love to laugh again. I smile sometimes. Good joke Stan."
20 Thu

Critiqued
"TIME'S TOLL" by @scribbler
"It means I get another shot at reading the poem."
20 Thu

Critiqued
"A PAUSE IN THE TRAIL" by @scribbler
"I don't know how to use the "revisions" button."
20 Thu

Critiqued
"FOR A FRIEND UNMET" by @scribbler
"Thank you Stan. Glenda will love this."
19 Wed

Received a critique
on For Stan from @scribbler
"I don't think I've ever had a poem dedicated entirely to me before and consider it a great honor. So, no suggestions, no critique just a heart felt thank you........stan"
19 Wed

Posted a poem
For Stan
"This stroll I’ve taken time and times before."
Open thread 23 lines
19 Wed

Critiqued
"FROM UNDER A CEDAR, DRY" by @scribbler
"I don't know where you pull it from. It amazes me. So many walks and thoughts. I'm going to post my walk with you that I wrote before the surgery. Just because I can."
19 Wed

Critiqued
"WILL" by @scribbler
"I am envious. I wish I could write poetry. Maybe someone could teach me how someday."
19 Wed

Critiqued
"A PAUSE IN THE TRAIL" by @scribbler
"The thing is fine as is. Where do you find the time to write?"
17 Mon

Received a critique
on Good hours by Frost (Imagery workshop) from @scribbler
"A few more images could be removed but this will make it a bit easier to deal with later on.......stan"
17 Mon

Received a critique
on Good hours by Frost (Imagery workshop) from @jane210660
"Hard to remove the imagery and still keep the meaning. I think you've done pretty well. I'd have probably taken the eyes out in the first stanza. Jxx"
16 Sun

Posted a poem
Good hours by Frost (Imagery workshop)
"I had for my winter evening walk_"
Open thread 26 lines
04 Tue

Received a critique
on When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (Imagery Workshop) from @scribbler
"The last two lines say enough for an entire poem........stan"
04 Tue

Received a critique
on When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (Imagery Workshop) from @Rula
"am a big fan of this brilliant piece. I number one piece of imagery. Can't find a better one. Thanks for the choice."
03 Mon

Posted a poem
When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (Imagery Workshop)
"BY JOHN KEATS"
Open thread 15 lines
June 2017
28 Wed

Posted a poem
Stone stanza (Imagery workshop)
"Electromagnetic energy replete in heat not light"
Open thread 4 lines
27 Tue

Posted a poem
An Acrostic Poem (first poet's workshop)
"Those birds I ponder near my house"
Open thread 46 lines
27 Tue

Posted a poem
The diamond.
"The stone crawled to the surface"
Open thread 2 lines
25 Sun

Posted a poem
A Stone (Imagery Workshop)
"Beneath miles of compression, the stone waited to sparkle."
Open thread 1 lines
22 Thu

Posted a poem
Sonnet on The Man
"O, that the child was ne’er conceived at all"
Open thread 14 lines
17 Sat

Posted a poem
Farewell to Sears
"With the blood of a hundred camels, I wash my fetid hands of this corner of the world."
Open thread 14 lines
15 Thu

Highest posting month
June 2017 — 12 poems
13 Tue

Posted a poem
An Epode of Sorts
"Through timelines immemorial"
Open thread 20 lines
13 Tue

New follower
@Kent
10 Sat

Posted a poem
Glenda
"Woman, I have loved you since before the World began"
Open thread 16 lines
08 Thu

Posted a poem
An Ottava Rima on Self
"In Sacramento was I born too soon."
Open thread 80 lines
May 2017
18 Thu

New follower
@Adebimpe moses
May 2016
26 Thu

Anniversary
5 years of membership
December 2015
02 Wed

Contest commendation
THANKS

with "Grateful for Glenda. (Thanks)".
July 2015
20 Mon

New follower
@Eduardo Cruz
April 2015
30 Thu

Posting milestone
100 poems posted
December 2014
19 Fri

Contest commendation
Quartz arrowhead contest

with "Echoes (Stan's Contest)".
19 Fri

First contest commendation
Quartz arrowhead contest

with the poem "Echoes (Stan's Contest)".
September 2014
27 Sat

Most-discussed work
A Study in Pink: Main Thread.

76 critiques to date.
May 2012
26 Sat

Anniversary
One year of membership
April 2012
01 Sun

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
May 2011
27 Fri

First critique offered
on "DOUBTS ON A STORMY NIGHT" by @scribbler
26 Thu

First publication
An Ottava Rima on Self
26 Thu

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

I am a 52 year old horse trainer from California. I have been doing this work for 27 years. I met my wife (the horse trainer) when I was teaching dance at Arthur Murray's International. She was a student until I quit from the stress of a job where I had to be pleasant all the time. Though I have written in some form or another all my life, it was seven years ago that I began seriously to work on an unfinished epic poem entitled "Caco, Man of the Morning Star". When I began the poem I had little understanding of poetic forms, I simply wanted to write a very large romantic, fantasy adventure in verse. Over the years I have gleaned what knowledge I can from innumerable sources until I feel now that I am writing in a vacuum. No feedback on my poem means my poem need only please my limited sensibilities to remain acceptable to me. A year ago I looked for an online forum in hopes of gaining that feedback. I spent twelve very fruitful months at Algonquin's Table and much of what I learned there has been incorporated into my poem. However, AT's population is not geared very strongly toward critique and I look elsewhere. A friend sent me here. I hope that I will be able to post my very large poem and discuss it with the forum as well as a number of smaller pieces for the sole purpose of improving my poetry in general.
wesley

Location: Southern California, USA

Favorite Poets

Tolkien

Byron

Longfellow

Shakespeare

Dr. Suess

Elizabeth Browning

Robert Browning

Dickinson

Contest Wins

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Workshops

		Skill level:
Poets first poems	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2017-06-23	Concluded
IMAGERY IN POETRY( ready to start?)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2017-06-24	Concluded
Meter... The Workshop.	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2017-04-29	Concluded
Abstract words and abstract poetry	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2016-05-01	Concluded
Three classic poetic forms.	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2016-01-14	Concluded
Collaborative Poetry Writing (Voices of Neopoet)	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2016-03-23	Concluded
Asking any questions.Using your computer for poetry, to ininityand beyond.	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2015-11-10	Concluded
Storytelling in Verse (sempiternal): The Ballade	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-11-01	Concluded
The Minnow’s Shop (Beginner’s Workshop)	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2015-10-16	Concluded
Hiding emotions in metaphors	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-09-11	Concluded
Storytelling in Verse (sempiternal): The Horror Story	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2015-07-01	Concluded
Meet The Masters	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-06-05	Concluded
An Exploration of Style, Subject, and Critique	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-05-08	Concluded
TITLES here we go	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2015-04-24	Concluded
Critique and Criticism	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-04-05	Concluded
Meter Is Our Friend	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2015-03-03	Concluded
Effective Contemporary Pastoral poetry [Let's start]	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2015-02-08	Concluded
"Sonnets"...Let's Know More	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-01-22	Concluded
Humor In Poetry	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2015-01-07	Concluded
Renga 11 with "Dedications" for your loved ones	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2014-10-27	Concluded
"The Right Word"	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2014-11-18	Concluded
Can you make a limerick serious?	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2014-11-03	Concluded
Storytelling in Verse: A Study in Pink.	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2014-09-26	Concluded
Storytelling in Verse: Dramatic Verse.	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2014-09-07	Concluded
Workshop: Renga 10 "Birds of a Feather"	(syllabus)	Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2014-08-31	Concluded

15 years of membership

10 years of membership

on When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (Imagery Workshop) from @weirdelf

on Glenda from @tyro

on For Stan from @Eumolpus

"Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (stripped imagery workshop)" by @QueenS.L.O.W.TheAlmost-Poet

"Infant Sorrow by William Blake(Stripped for imagery shop)" by @scribbler

"TIME'S TOLL" by @scribbler

"A PAUSE IN THE TRAIL" by @scribbler

"FOR A FRIEND UNMET" by @scribbler

on For Stan from @scribbler

"FROM UNDER A CEDAR, DRY" by @scribbler

"WILL" by @scribbler

"A PAUSE IN THE TRAIL" by @scribbler

on Good hours by Frost (Imagery workshop) from @scribbler

on Good hours by Frost (Imagery workshop) from @jane210660

on When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (Imagery Workshop) from @scribbler

on When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be (Imagery Workshop) from @Rula

June 2017 — 12 poems

5 years of membership

100 poems posted

One year of membership

1,000 critiques given

on "DOUBTS ON A STORMY NIGHT" by @scribbler

Membership begins

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