Desell

Member since January 13, 2013

Member for 13 years, 4 months

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Untitled

Posted Nov 14, 2013 · 9 lines · 2 critiques

Life of sorrow
Life of everyone’s hate
Slapped away the helping hand

Everybody wishes to be my exterminator
There is no savior
I am my own exterminator

The dying tied up plant cannot grow
Burn the strings
I am now the ashes

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January 2023
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January 2014
13 Mon

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November 2013
16 Sat

Received a critique
on Untitled from @Geezer
"not only on the title, but the content. I see much promise here, but please don't take offense at criticism that is given. It is all meant to encourage you and help you express yourself so that you are better understood…"
14 Thu

Received a critique
on Untitled from @Ian.T
"Your poem in Jan had many comments on that were not acknowledged by yourself, though I think that Jess gave it a good critique. This site is where we help and participate in all forms of writing poetry be it Theme or Fo…"
14 Thu

Posted a poem
Untitled
"Life of sorrow"
Open thread 9 lines
February 2013
12 Tue

Received a critique
on The Wanted from @Ian.T
"We are talking Poetry here and this has a great theme though as some say it needs waiting for , where the story is probably told in simpler tones. If it is fiction it is easier to talk about, but here we have some poets…"
12 Tue

Received a critique
on The Wanted from @MichelleK
"There is a definite confusion of voice. As I was reading I kept getting the old west wanted poster feel and then in other lines like a cult leader feel. I think this needs to have an external narrator, there you can dev…"
January 2013
21 Mon

Received a critique
on The Wanted from @BlueDemon77
"Hi Desell, I would keep working on this. You've either picked an archetype or it has picked you. There are a plethora of pariahs throughout mythology and literature. Generally there are paying for dire deeds in this or…"
21 Mon

Received a critique
on The Wanted from @weirdelf
"and come back to it later."
21 Mon

Received a critique
on The Wanted from @Frenchf
"And the thoughts of what was acknowledged many years ago It was the whipping boy So for any wrong you whipped the boy although he was completely innocent. Well done for expressing a viewpoint that was different. Stand u…"
21 Mon

New follower
@Frenchf
21 Mon

Received a critique
on The Wanted from @weirdelf
"While most of it is descriptive the line He only wants to cause harm is the voice of the punishers, not the writer. See what I mean?"
20 Sun

Most-discussed work
The Wanted

10 critiques to date.
20 Sun

Posted a poem
The Wanted
"Plague of the town"
Open thread 28 lines
13 Sun

First publication
Personal Abuse
13 Sun

Posted a poem
Personal Abuse
"I remember when you smiled"
Open thread 34 lines
13 Sun

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First poem published 1 days later.

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Location: Ohio, USA

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Untitled

Posted: 14 November, 2013

The Wanted

Posted: 20 January, 2013

Personal Abuse

Posted: 13 January, 2013

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on Untitled from @Geezer

on Untitled from @Ian.T

on The Wanted from @Ian.T

on The Wanted from @MichelleK

on The Wanted from @BlueDemon77

on The Wanted from @weirdelf

on The Wanted from @Frenchf