Words Ablaze

Member since March 16, 2024

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My Mountain

Posted Jan 18, 2026 · 18 lines · 3 critiques

Hercules wouldn't dare climb it,
My great mountain,
My colossal heap of things unsaid.
"Mount Silence", it stands tall and endless,

Stabbing at my sky like a mighty dagger,
Stabbing, stabbing until blue bleeds red
The dagger, digging deep, slicing my sky
Behold! With the blood, Silence writes, name after name upon my sky.

The red there outstanding,
My truth therein, outpouring
All the while, I cannot bear -
Nor does my heart harbour a lonely care
To see the names of the demons that haunt my heart's hell.

Here, so madly penned
In stunning red upon a bleeding blue
Into their eyes I will not stare,
Even as they glare,

I shan't dare.

Words Ablaze’s timeline

January 2026
26 Mon

Received a critique
on My Mountain from @Lavender
"Hello, WA, Almost like a soliloquy - I can really hear your voice in this! Very strong. Thank you! L"
18 Sun

Received a critique
on My Mountain from @Candlewitch
"From my mountain of pain, I see you standing there on your mountain of silence... and realize that we are not so different... the lines that really resonate with me, are: The red there outstanding, My truth therein, out…"
18 Sun

Critiqued
"Things I Dont Say Aloud" by @Shantie Moyo
"This is deep and personal and has a powerful fkn finish. I also enjoyed the subtle judgment of what I assume are the parents"
18 Sun

Posted a poem
My Mountain
"Hercules wouldn't dare climb it,"
Open thread 18 lines
November 2025
02 Sun

Contest commendation
Neopoet Weekly 10/26/25 to11/01/25

with "IF ONLY THE WORLD COULD BE... ".
02 Sun

Critiqued
"Going Home" by @BlueSkies
"Nicely done. I felt it."
01 Sat

Received a critique
on IF ONLY THE WORLD COULD BE... from @mark
"Good job!"
October 2025
31 Fri

Received a critique
on IF ONLY THE WORLD COULD BE... from @Lavender
"Hello, Words! So much to love with this beautiful poem and its message! Please take the time to think about AI's suggestions, especially spelling, as it distracts the reader from this powerful poem. Thank you for this! L"
31 Fri

Posted a poem
IF ONLY THE WORLD COULD BE...
"A house at peace, a hut at ease"
Open thread 27 lines
27 Mon

Received a critique
on Home Winds from @mark
"if you use it properly. 👍"
24 Fri

Received a critique
on Home Winds from @mark
"Thank you for providing this deeply personal and evocative poem. "Home Winds" is a powerful exploration of nostalgia, memory, and the complex, often contradictory, pull of one's birthplace. Strengths of "Home Winds" The…"
21 Tue

Received a critique
on Beautiful and wrong! from @Lavender
"Yes, I did read your last few words, and wondered how and if you fit in with this scenario. Intriguing to write from a third party voice. As far as its vs it's - think of: Possessive: he, she, it = his, hers its. Contra…"
19 Sun

Received a critique
on Beautiful and wrong! from @Lavender
"As AI suggests, I can feel the inner conflict of the narrator. Very strong language and words: funeral pyre, fiercest lover, slashed at me with lies, the blood and prey caught in the mud. And the ultimate arrival of Rec…"
19 Sun

Posted a poem
Beautiful and wrong!
"You inspired in me the wildest fantasies"
Open thread 34 lines
19 Sun

Critiqued
""The Dip"..." by @Geezer
"So you are the rider and the lone figure passenger, all you, experiencing the thrill of riding roaring steel and loving it from all possible view points. Very nice."
16 Thu

Critiqued
"Whisper of the Lost" by @William Lynn
"Nope, they invested no time at all in the naming. Still, it takes nothing at all from the legendary story of the peekaboo rivers."
16 Thu

Critiqued
"Whisper of the Lost" by @William Lynn
"Truly mysteries, you've truly given this river some character almost a personality. It belongs in folklore the way you've told it. There on minute then gone the next....a ghost river."
15 Wed

Critiqued
"Between Rooms" by @M. Browne
"This was fire from the get go... home is the world I carry in my pocket. Nice. Home is where your lungs remember to breathe....inspired stuff."
15 Wed

Posted a poem
Home Winds
"There's a faint whisper in the air"
Open thread 33 lines
12 Sun

Posted a poem
Original Sin
"My darling, won’t you stay and cast"
Open thread 11 lines
10 Fri

Critiqued
"To The Thickets ( matlhakung)" by @Trail
"I'm quite disappointed you didn't incorporate the call matlhakung somehow, somewhere in the poem but all in all it's a great piece, very original. Brings back memories."
10 Fri

Critiqued
"My Friend " by @Trail
"Kutlo bothoko ya teng e maswe, to lose a friend is painful enough but to lose them in this manner ke kgang e sele tota. This poem is a beautiful tribute and remembrance to your fallen departed friend. Lovely."
07 Tue

Posted a poem
My little hut
"What need have I for heaven,"
Open thread 35 lines
04 Sat

Contest commendation
Neopoet Weekly 09/28/25 to 10/04/25

with "Written in the sand".
03 Fri

Posted a poem
Written in the sand
"Your eyes are orbs of the blackest coal"
Open thread 15 lines
September 2025
24 Wed

Posted a poem
Lazarus Love
"We collided somewhere in the shadows."
Open thread 8 lines
August 2025
21 Thu

Posted a poem
Love's ghosts
"I saw her today..."
Open thread 7 lines
16 Sat

Posted a poem
YOU MUST BE A LIE!
"In a vision, so true,"
Open thread 42 lines
15 Fri

Highest posting month
August 2025 — 6 poems
14 Thu

New follower
@Rula
13 Wed

New follower
@Geezer
12 Tue

New follower
@MindOfGator
12 Tue

Posted a poem
MY BELOVED NOOSE!
"If Love, that wretched ruse,"
Open thread 16 lines
12 Tue

New follower
@Lavender
10 Sun

Posted a poem
THE DARKNESS SPAKE!
"Son of the sun, my old foe,"
Open thread 20 lines
09 Sat

Contest commendation
Neopoet Weekly 08/03/25 to 08/09/25

with "SUPERNOVA".
09 Sat

First contest commendation
Neopoet Weekly 08/03/25 to 08/09/25

with the poem "SUPERNOVA".
March 2025
16 Sun

Anniversary
One year of membership
July 2024
28 Sun

Most-discussed work
I NEVER KNEW

20 critiques to date.
March 2024
20 Wed

First critique offered
on "Vision of Blue Elk" (since unpublished) by @Stewart Buxton
17 Sun

First publication
GOODNIGHT (since unpublished)
16 Sat

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

I believe in the magic in words, and all they can do when emotion commands them.

Location: Botswana

Favorite Poets

Edgar Allen Poe

Robert Frost

Lord Byron

Khalil Gibran

Andrew Marvel

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Contest Wins

Winning Submission	Contest	Contest Date
IF ONLY THE WORLD COULD BE...	Neopoet Weekly 10/26/25 to11/01/25	26 October, 2025 – 2 November, 2025
Written in the sand	Neopoet Weekly 09/28/25 to 10/04/25	28 September, 2025 – 4 October, 2025
SUPERNOVA	Neopoet Weekly 08/03/25 to 08/09/25	3 August, 2025 – 9 August, 2025