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Blog - A Young Writer's Journey

by WriterAngel

Rated: 18+ · Book · Internet/Web · #2256499

A blog documenting my writing journey

I hope this is entertaining... :)

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

tracker

Nov 1, 2023 at 6:05pm
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You wrote "I hope this is entertaining... :)" Yes indeed I am totally blown away by your poetry blog. I have never seen anything like it! Hi, I am tracker. I have had some contact with you because I have fan'd you. I wonder if there is anywhere the system tells you when you did that? After being here awhile you can accumulate a whole lot of fans. Your adjectives stand out. "Squishy, suctioned, autumnal, fleshy for example. Who does that better than you do? I am really impressed. I only have one question. What is your name IRL so I can look on Amazon? Take care.
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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jun 15, 2023 at 11:46pm
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Yes, keep trying. The syntax seems a bit twisted, making the rhymes seem forced, so it doesn't flow smoothly.

The use of -ast and -erst rhymes was good though.

Title: would "Palm Reading" be better?

WriterAngel

Jun 7, 2023 at 11:40am
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Thank you so much for the feedback and kind words! I didn't even think of that hymn, although that's one of my faves.

It's a good idea to expand it a bit. I wrote it originally for Express It in Eight, but I could certainly keep working on it more...

Kåre เลียม Enga

Jun 5, 2023 at 11:56pm
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I really liked this. The use of 7/7/7/7 divide 3/4 or 4/3 reminds me of the hymn "Rock of Ages" and adds a musical component to these two verses.

There could be more... a third verse going back in time... maybe two verses... and then a last verse back to the present/future/ancient-past.

I have a variety of traumas and triggers. Not all memories are unpleasant but bad ones once triggered take me back. Photos work well for me, occasionally music (but more for emotion), and fragrance.

Use of the 5 senses to describe a before time might be interesting.

Now I'm back at my grandparents... circa 1960: a red cardinal, smell of rotten tomatoes, lilacs (May 1963), cold floor of the basement (we slept there on hot nights in August), flash of the fireflies, the slant of the hillside, the red sidewalk and white tires of nasturtiums, taste of split pea soup, and fresh baking bread (twice/week). Sound of? Maybe the porch swing... ah... the whistle of the steam engine (Pennsylvania RR main line).

Thank you for taking me down the dirt/gravel path through the hollow.

Ray Scrivener

Mar 31, 2022 at 2:49pm
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Hey, no rush on the writing front! I'm currently trying to work around my own responsibilities so we'll figure things out when we can.

And careful tossing that praise around, we haven't even dipped our toes in the story yet

Can't wait to see where these pirate adventures lead!

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S. Serpent

Mar 13, 2022 at 7:23am
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Maybe I'm overthinking things, but I quite enjoyed this little poem. Maybe it's the fact that the poem is in the shape of a pyramid, but I think of ascension. I know you like hiking, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of this was molded from those experiences.

Tryst is such a funny word for me; each time I run into the word, I've already forgotten what it means. I had to google it to remind me. Here's hoping this poem lets it stick for me.

Great use of the elements, the sensations makes this place rather bitter yet beautiful to me--like a mountain.

Keep it up! You've always had a great vocabulary right up your sleeve!

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Ray Scrivener

Dec 17, 2021 at 4:30pm
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Omelette du fromage, oui oui. But seriously, I've forgotten all but a handful of vocabulary and a snippet of grammar. I really want to get my French passport but that means studying French again to pass a language test. New Year's resolution maybe?

WriterAngel

Dec 17, 2021 at 4:26pm
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Holy shit! That's so cool! Do you speak French?

Ray Scrivener

Dec 17, 2021 at 4:16pm
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Citizen, thank you very much! (Even though it's only on account of my father, but hey.)

WriterAngel

Dec 17, 2021 at 3:53pm
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Never would I have suspected that there was a Francophile in our midst! :)

December 14, 2022 at 12:13am

#1041776

Winter Poetry

Villanelles are so hard. I love them! :)

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December 7, 2022 at 4:38pm

#1041521

Tree (Squid?) Hugger Poems

I just realized that, surprisingly, I don't write many environmentalist poems. Here's to rectifying that little travesty...

Aquarian Stewardship

Fingertips press oily prints
onto a chilly glass canvas
as unblinking bulbous eyes
connect with alien electricity.

Undulating tentacles implore
with tainted vehemence
their friends in sinking loam
to assimilate their message.

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December 5, 2022 at 3:57pm

#1041431

Guilt

Neck-prickling spectre oozes
inky tentacles of sickness
into an already blackened mind.

It wants to speak, yet cannot.
The bulging charcoal hiss
of rage’s grating talons
Scratching out its only voice.

Ever-present memories
lurk in the puffy corners
of brine-blurred eyes,
sinking the serrated teeth
of the choleric past
into the twisted intestines
of the supple present.

It’s been a while since there’s been a Dark Dreamscapes or Screams contest, so I went a little crazy. :)

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December 2, 2022 at 8:20pm

#1041267

My Boss

At times, I love him.
At others, I hate him.
Now, ire boils and brims,
his notes make me ache.
Sighing, I grab it.
He has this habit
where he can rabbit
out every mistake.

Ochtfochlach form

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December 1, 2022 at 4:57pm

#1041216

Christmas Time Has Arrived!

Christmas Time Has Arrived

Blinking lights silhouette
bright eyes and smiling lips,
sparking red and green joy,
caffeinating children.
Christmas time has arrived.
Christmas time has arrived,
emptying my wallet
on meaningless baubles
for squabbling sisters
to instantly forget.

Pirouette form

(No, I'm really not that cynical about Christmas, but I needed to turn the poem on that phrase, and it was all I could think of after how I got it started, and I really didn't want to start over.

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December 1, 2022 at 2:02pm

#1041209

The Hollow

A chat with another writer about my mom's passing in combination with the Express It in Eight prompt of a place that you never want to go again led to another poem that I rather like (after some pretty horrible poetry over the last week)...

The Hollow

After initial shock, loneliness meanders
through gnarled forests of self-reflection.

What should I have…?
What should I not have…?

Oily questions squirm and wriggle,
escaping answers’ white-knuckled clutches
until all that remains
is the hollow.

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