Ink Dragon

Member since October 4, 2007

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Intimate audition

Posted Apr 4, 2010 · 10 lines · 48 critiques

You need not read novels to me
nor do you have to recite poems
when you whisper in my ear

it's not the words that matter
it's your breath

that sweet tingling caress
resounds in my cochlea

we are here
we are alive
we are real

Ink Dragon’s timeline

October 2022
03 Mon

Anniversary
15 years of membership
October 2017
03 Tue

Anniversary
10 years of membership
October 2012
03 Wed

Anniversary
5 years of membership
July 2010
16 Fri

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @Benjamin1987
"Hello Ink Dragon. It is very nice to meet you. I have to say after reading this poem I am hooked. It is short and to the point and very deep. I like the whole flow of the piece and how it is saying that someone does not…"
May 2010
08 Sat

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @chumfin
"take a five , this was very deep, much respect to you, its really in you. i mean poetry. chumfin"
07 Fri

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @Tink
"Fucking brilliant! This is why you are who I turn to when I need a read that simulates my creative energy with powerful simplicity! I bow to you on this one... Live, Laugh and Love (and don't forget to write) Tink"
06 Thu

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @the_fool
"loved it. haven't seen you in a while. please post more. t_f"
April 2010
30 Fri

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @adjei agyei-baah
"Simple and yet powerful"
29 Thu

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @magics02
"Resonates so well. The ending we are here, are alive, I liked it and maybe I shall try one of these wee wons!! LOL This one does deserve the cookie cheer for sure Nina Thanks for all you are and do for this site. You ar…"
28 Wed

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @Candlewitch
"Please let me know when you publish, too. Always, Cat"
28 Wed

Received a critique
on Intimate audition from @mona
"Why do we fear words when they have been rose-palmed hands, fragrant, passing gently over our cheeks, and glasses of heartening wine sipped, one summer, by thirsty lips? *** Dear Nina if you liked my replay I'll be happ…"
25 Sun

Critiqued
""Attention Fleur MacDonald's friends and Members of Neopoet ~!" "UPDATE on the Update LOL "Message" " by @Seren
"Three cheers for Fleur! And good riddance to Brittany! I second John: Get your arse back here (farting or not), Fleur! Love&hugs Yours, ~Nina"
13 Tue

Critiqued
"consciousness" by @judyanne
"actually, I like Gestalt here very much. The definition of Gestalt (in the therapeutical sense) is: "das Formen eines sinnvollen Ganzen" (the building/crafting of a meaningful/reasonable whole), so it works really well…"
11 Sun

Critiqued
"Lost and Found " by @Seren
"I recognize that girl/woman. She is you, she is me (in a couple of years, hopefully), she is all of us. Wonderful poem portraying a life's journey that will hopefully go on for another 40 years at the very least. Love&h…"
10 Sat

Critiqued
"Lunden" by @barbsdad2003
"I have missed Lunden - and your unsentimental and loving observations of her discovering the world. Aren't kids wonderful? I still remember my son's word for penguin when he was 12 months (pah-pee-oo). What's in a name?…"
09 Fri

Critiqued
"A Sea of Suds" by @Blue_Halcyon
"finally getting round to writing again? Hope your year has been going well so far. I like the imagery in this one a lot, especially the second stanza. The image of the ravens and the white sea is particularly strong. Th…"
09 Fri

Critiqued
"Broken daisy chain" by @Nordic cloud
"this is such an Ann-ish write, full of the beauty of you. I know it's hard to see such a poem from a technical perspective, so I will leave you alone for now with my suggestions. Just give me a shout when you're ready…"
08 Thu

Critiqued
"language created, hopefully lost" by @J.Thomas
"Do you know what a cell phone is called in German? A Handy! And Germans are obsessed with apostrophes, even though you hardly ever need an apostrophe in German. "Rosie's teas" looks good in English, but it is plain wron…"
08 Thu

Critiqued
"language created, hopefully lost" by @J.Thomas
"a supermarket is advertising bodybags. What do you, as an English native speaker assume? Yeah, right, you think they are selling those plastic bags the dead bodies go into. BUT it really is a rucksack! Yours, ~Nina"
04 Sun

Posted a poem
Intimate audition
"You need not read novels to me"
Open thread 10 lines
02 Fri

Posted a poem
Spring nights (Frühlingsnächte)
"Nocturnal breezes"
Open thread 11 lines
01 Thu

Posted a poem
Papillon sparks (to Lady Jayne)
"Someone said"
Open thread 32 lines
March 2010
13 Sat

Posted a poem
A ghost (Else Lasker-Schüler tribute poem)
"Who is the gaunt figure in oriental garb"
Open thread 27 lines
08 Mon

Posted a poem
How to pronounce a four letter word
"One - alveolar lateral liquid, the tongue curls"
Open thread 6 lines
05 Fri

Posted a poem
Delivered at dawn
"The moon watches her coming undone tonight"
Open thread 19 lines
01 Mon

Posted a poem
Winter's end (Seasonal Sonnets III)
"inhale frost's spicy odour, breathe in deep"
Open thread 14 lines
February 2010
28 Sun

Posted a poem
Dear Neopoets
"I planned to write this in my blog, but my fingers flew"
Open thread 10 lines
26 Fri

Posted a poem
Last stand (work in progress)
"A stain spreads on my page"
Open thread 17 lines
19 Fri

Posted a poem
You, dwindling
"How can I write of you in your misery?"
Open thread 20 lines
18 Thu

Posted a poem
She, through my prism
"I dress up in black for a night out"
Open thread 16 lines
16 Tue

Posted a poem
My muse, the slut, still snores
"My dearest obsession is playing tricks on me again"
Open thread 11 lines
January 2010
15 Fri

Posting milestone
100 poems posted
December 2009
29 Tue

Most-discussed work
Screw the reader (Burn) - reposted

62 critiques to date.
March 2009
02 Mon

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
October 2008
03 Fri

Anniversary
One year of membership
October 2007
15 Mon

Highest posting month
October 2007 — 15 poems
05 Fri

First critique offered
on "A Trip...(acrostic)" by @IKnowNoBox
05 Fri

First publication
Eyeliner labyrinth/Mascara maze
03 Wed

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 2 days later.