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Member for 14 years, 5 months

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1,093 Poems

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About Me

About me

I find it hard to NOT be inspired by my wife Susan.

Favorite Poets

Frost

Burns

Longfellow

Poe

and Johnson. I guess you've noticed these are all past masters. Other than folks on site I don't read any contemporary poets .

Recent Work

Created	Updated	Type
30 June, 2024	30 June, 2024	poem	TO WALK BENEATH ASPENS
16 June, 2024	18 June, 2024	poem	SOUTHERN SUMMER EVENING
5 June, 2024	13 June, 2024	poem	NEW DAY (final rewrite)
12 May, 2024	19 May, 2024	Blog entry	to all imagery shop participants
2 May, 2024	4 May, 2024	poem	A New Day
1 May, 2024	1 May, 2024	Blog entry	Hello!
23 April, 2024	25 April, 2024	poem	REMINDERS IN GOLD
18 April, 2024	18 April, 2024	Blog entry	Greeting all!
13 April, 2024	15 April, 2024	poem	HEART AND SOUL
6 April, 2024	12 April, 2024	Blog entry	UPCOMING WORKSHOP.

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Contest Wins

Winning Submission	Contest	Contest Date
THE STEP	10,000 Comment Milestone ~ Scribbler	Tue, 02/06/2024 - 12:00
THE LONELY ONES	Neopoem Of The Week July 24 To July 29th 2023	Mon, 07/24/2023 - 12:00 - Sat, 07/29/2023 - 12:00
OFF RAMPS	Neopoem Of The Week week of May 15 2022	Sun, 05/08/2022 - 12:00 - Sat, 05/14/2022 - 12:00
CONNECTION LOST (voice mail from the grave)	Neopet Random Challenge # 14	Fri, 04/01/2022 - 12:00 - Sun, 05/01/2022 - 12:00
EXEMPT (December poem to friends now gone)	Write a Holiday Poem To A Friend On Neopoet	Wed, 12/01/2021 - 12:00 - Fri, 12/31/2021 - 12:00
IN HINDSIGHT (march contest)	Seeing things Differently	Thu, 03/04/2021 - 12:00 - Thu, 04/01/2021 - 12:00

Workshops

		Skill level:
How to use imagery in poetry..	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2024-05-01	Concluded
Neopoet Collaborative Poem #5	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2022-09-06	Concluded
Neopoet Collaborative Poem #4 Workshop	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2022-08-28	Concluded
Collaborative Poetry Workshop #3	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2022-08-21	Concluded
Collaborative Poem Workshop #2	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2022-08-11	Concluded
Stretching wings (Let's Begin)	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2021-07-20	Concluded
NARRATIVE POETRY SHOP (Let's get started)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2021-04-17	Concluded
RHYME PATTERNS (let's begin)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2021-02-24	Concluded
Critique review basics	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2020-09-11	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-19	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-09	Concluded
Titles	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-05-26	Concluded
Rhythm and Meter in Poetry	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2020-02-10	Concluded
Critique For New And Old	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2020-01-16	Concluded
Prose as poetry: the prose-poem	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2019-12-04	Concluded
Immersing the Reader Via Imagery Part 2	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2019-09-22	Concluded
Immersing the reader via imagery (Let's get started)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2019-09-16	Concluded
Cellar Door	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2019-03-27	Concluded
Error	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2019-01-06	Concluded
Implied Imagery SHOP Here we go !	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2018-11-16	Concluded
The Great, Big, All-Inclusive Critique Workshop	(syllabus)	Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2018-06-18	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 of West Africa in English	(syllabus)	Splash Pool		Concluded