www.neopoet.com/your-name-here? — get your space on the web — Register Free
 |
Solingen, City of swords
|
Thought of the MomentInk Dragon finally tackling the friends list (4 months ago) Favorite Quote“"In the course of mankind's history, immensely many people have been killed and tortured for not thinking the right way, not toeing the line, not being orthodox; relatively few have been killed for what they did. (Peter Ustinov) ” |
  |
Sex | female | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite Poets | Rainer Maria Rilke, Edgar Allan Poe, Else Lasker-Schüler, William Shakespeare, John Milton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite Authors | Sooo many,Terry Pratchett, Elizabeth George, Umberto Eco,Donna Leon, Paulo Coelho, Dorothy L. Sayers, and many more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greatest Influence | My Goddess of the Thoughtflow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About me | I´ve been writing for more than 20 years now, first in German, then in English, which I believe to be one of the most flexible languages that exist. My alias Ink Dragon refers both to my Chinese sign of the zodiac and to my tattoo (a dragon in ink). I have been complimented on my generosity, but believe me, I am only generous because I rely on others' generosity. Despite not being an English native speaker, I usually have quite a good command of English grammar and spelling and tend to be nitpicky to the point of being a pain in the bum about these things. (Lapses on my part may, of course, occasionally occur, and I am always grateful to those who point them out to me.) I have a rather warped sense of humour and often indulge in "dark" subjects, but that is merely camouflage... I am delighted when I meet people who can see through my disguise, though I like to take my time when befriending someone. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recent Work
My bookshelf
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This mentor is not current accepting new applications.
Your quote is Awesome
Welcome to Neopoet Ink Dragon, read and be read here.From the Comfort of your Lair.
In crayon,
I Know No Box
I´ve been trying to upload a new pic
but somehow it will not work…Anybody have any clever ideas?
I´m fast running out of ideas,
Ink
See the forum topic
“changing my picture.”
Hey,
now all of the pics are new. Thanks for directing me to the forum, Arrow.
I appreciate your help,
Ink
SNAP
THIS SNAP IS GOOD ENOUGH
ONE SHOULD EXHIBIT
A PURE WARM AND CLEAN HEART
SNAPS ONE JUST TEARS APART
UR WORTH IS YOUR EXPRESSION
SHOULD BE FULL OF GRACE
SNAPS ANY ONE CAN COPY AND TRACE
LOVED ALIAS ISTAN
Oh, no,
I´ve killed Ronda…She´s laughed herself to death over one of my comments…
I´ll try to get her back from the dead…
Busy,
Ink
Solingen...
City of Words?! are you serious?!
;-)
well, I suppose that any city inhabited by such a talented dragon can be considered worthy of this title!
weeeelllll...
swords.
now that makes a whole lot more sense…
sowas aber auch…grandioser freudscher-verleser!
My little proprietress,
ich dachte, du wurdest am Hals operiert, nicht am Hirn! It´s city of Swords, Klingenstadt, of course.
Thanks for the laugh,
Ink
Has it finally shown up?
It´s still the old pic here on my screen, though. Where did you see it?
Thanks for the compliment,
Ink
P.S. Both pics were taken the same day, at the wave gothic meeting in Leipzig…
**** (censored)
It´s still the very first pic on my screen. I will have to contact Andrew about this.
Thanks for letting me know,
Ink
Correction: Andrew was not needed for this minor problem after all.
Wow!
Kelsey’s right, you’re one beautiful girl! (actually, all three of you are, Kelsey and Proprietress) Thanks for the compliments on the new picture - I was “modeling” a dress that Jon had gotten for me for Christmas. Hope you have a good New Year as well!
~Jess K.
—————————————————-
- “If we always give what we have always given, we will always get what we have always got…” - Mike R.
Arise, Sir Terry!
Terry Pratchett has been knighted!
For real, no kidding!
Check it out:
http://www.pjsmprints.com/news/index.html
I´m so glad for him!
~N
Ave!
I thought the link had an English version, sorry!
So, are you interested?
~Nina
How about 2010?
I don´t yet know if I can go this year, either.
~Nina
Kelsey,
I´ve checked but couldn´t find an age limit. As a general rule, under eighteens are not allowed to stay in clubs or pubs after midnight in Germany, though.
Might not be a problem if you don´t look like seventeen and nobody asks you for your ID, but maybe you should wait till you´re really eighteen, to be on the safe side.
lol,
~Nina
Dankeschön
Thank you for your very warm words of welcome. This site is awesome! Yeah, Sir Terry is a genius…
Looking forward to reading your work here.
I like your penname, by the way, and the story behind it…
Best wishes
I miss you, my dragon!
ich hoffe es geht dir gut.
ich freu mich schon drauf mit dir zu sprechen,
we found a great offer for calls to G.
until we spack again, my friend!
love,
Kata
Kleine Kata,
I miss you, too, and I´m really looking forward to hearing from you!!!!
~Nina
goodnight, my sweet dragon!
or better: good morning (in your time zone)…
ich denk an dich, kleine Nina!
Kata
And I am thinking of you
be it day or night!
Missing you, kleine Kata,
~Nina
see Wafi for Haïku versus Senryu
I have possibly put things in the wrong places? L Ann
Tangerine . . . . . . . . . .
You just roped in my heart, baby !
If you read that I feel lucky.
Mark
Wow, buddy,
you seem to like tangerines a lot!
Feel lucky, I read it!
~Nina
forget the fruit!
we need umbrellas!
ASAP!
(hmmmmm… but a nice juicy tangerine… that does sound tempting though…)
I am out of umbrellas
but if you would like a tangerine, you know where to get them!
See you later, under the tangerine tree,
~Nina
the Tangerine Tree
under the tangerine tree
where squirrels and dragons play
there you will not find me
it seems I’ve gone astray
but if I need some peanuts
then swiftly I will run
yet if that fruity tree shuts
then I’ll be getting none
Nina your picture has changed
What is it, is it a poem that got away, a dream of a poem that flew in the blue sky, a peace dove that is singing her song, or something appearing out of the mist one early morning of sun? And they changed all of you you’s in the little box there, I like to see you, but I can see it is your painting.
Yours Ann
Yes, Ann!
It is part of my painting. I got fed up with my picture, but didn´t really have a better one, so my painting will be my picture for a while…
Yours,
~Nina
I took one of myself for this
Just in the ‘bathroom’ mirror, as I was at the end of 2008.
I sometimes would have liked to include a picture with
a poem as there are some that go so perfectly together,
we should have one more tiny space for that eventuality I think?
No geese yet although I spent a while today just enjoying
the wide expanse of blue sky while sipping
my Darjeeilng tea on the veranda. Not a bird in sight.
I did see one fly towards the woods, it must have been
a big bird but as I watched it it seemed to fade into the woods.
Yours Ann
thank you for your comments!
thank you for your comments! nit pick all you’d like my darling…i am enjoying your work as well!
Cool!
My new buddy, glad to learn that I may be nitpicky!
Yours,
~Nina
Lemons -
a sour delight. Pucker up! But who knows what tomorrow will bring?
Bananas?
Or peaches? Possibly strawberries.
Thanks for the chuckle, dear Arrow!
Yours,
~Nina
No, water, for now anyway, beautifully painted
Hi Nina, ta for letting me know, I saw your lovely water painting on my way through the multitude of new incoming messages after being away for a few days, I was just making my way to YOUR page to tell you I love it,
I so LONG to see the real thing though, it seems to have such evocative textural elements.. mmm but even in 3D it is very moving… ahh water is such a divinely inspiring element… Beautiful painting Nina.
Now to see if you have any new wordy masterpieces to view.
Cheers
Anni
“Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.
I will meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language, and even the phrase, “each other” doesn’t make any sense.”
Paint and poem
Of your painting, write a poem Nina, it has the elements of
a most wonderful journey of the imagination?
Ann of Norway.
Oh Ann,
I am not one of these poets who are very good at painting nature with their words. I tend to sound pathetic if I try. But my love for the elements can be found in my paintings. I think I´d rather leave it at that.
But I do thank you, painter of wonderful paintings that you are yourself, for complimenting mine.
Yours,
~Nina
Tatooes & influences, how we inspire each other subconsciously?
Hey Nina, I see you have your tatoo up, love the image, just thought I’d acknowledge writing a tatoo piece today, but wanted to say it was actaully a continuation to a reference I had written to someone early this year, it occured to me you may feel I was leaning into your territory & it may well be that I was prompted to revisit as a result of reading Kata’s beautiful ode to you, but it was not conscious until after I posted, when I saw your icon up… I shall write a note to her as well, just in case.
Anyway, you know I love it… Do you know Joni Mitchells “Blue”…
“…hey blue… here is my song for you… ink on a pin… underneath the skin…”
Anni
“Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field.
I will meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language, and even the phrase, “each other” doesn’t make any sense.”
How we inspire each other
Anni, this is really sweet of you, but no need!
We always inspire each other and sometimes someone or something just strikes a chord and triggers our remembering an old piece or even sparks a new one. It has happened to me often here. (Longo inspired my posting “Eve´s elegy”, for instance, and my dear friend RSScheerer is indirectly responsible for my poem “Hurt” and its sequels, because she posted her “Silent but Screaming” series, to name but a few of these incidents).
What´s your tattoo piece called? I will have to read it. (Tattoo addict that I am ;)
Yours,
~Nina
P.S. The photo of my tattoo is not a good one, I will have to ask Kata to do a proper one soon.
Hi Kelsey,
my dragon tattoo is on my back. And in my experience, most people who have one are proud of their tattoo and like being asked to show it. But I must admit that I do not always show it to the kids at school if they ask (usually, I am wearing something that covers it, like your teacher, but sometimes they will get a glimpse of it in spite and, of course, want to see it then.)
Good luck on asking for that piercing! My parents hated my nose piercing. (They hated the dragon tattoo, too, but have meanwhile gotten used to my crazy preferences in style.)
Love,
~Nina
“Like plumbers and dentists, poets are fallible, and the possibility of genuine nonsense cannot be ruled out.” (Mark Haddon)
kleine Nina
ich drück dich aus der ferne
mein kleines herz tut weh
doch das wird alles besser
wenn ich dich wieder seh :-)
ist ja nicht alles schlecht an deutschland…
miss you!
Kelsey,
you are a quick learner indeed!
Kata’s last line is something like “Not everything is bad about Germany after all”.
Cheers,
~Nina
kleine Kata
sorry for the belated reply:
Ich hoffe doch, dass hier nicht alles schlecht ist! Soll dich ganz lieb grüßen von so vielen Leuten, die sich alle freuen, wenn sie dich wieder sehen!
(Rate, wer sich am meisten freut?)
Kelsey,
I have finally caught up with my own profile, thanks for the link, it’s a cute little pic :)
Love,
~Nina
"Oh look at the clouds!" You clever girl, is that your hand? &
Nina… that picture has just blown me away… I LOVE it… In the cheeky “take the piss out of mum” tone my son & now my otter’s children also reflect when I do indeed find myslef exclaiming… “Oh look at the clouds!”
You clever girl, is that your hand? & what a view, I so love these unfoldings of Neofolk, I can’t help but feel more & more warmly each little revelation here.
Gorgeous!
xxx
Anni
We dont believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveal
Anni,
we took those pics of Tower Bridge last summer, my friend and I, and we tried to make it look like we could touch the bridge… It’s a funny little pic, looks like the bridge is suspended by a human hand, and I love the shape of the clouds in it, too.
I have just finished a poem that was, in part, inspired by clouds, too, but will have to wait for the posting limit to expire before posting it…It is actually pt.2 of my poem “Mascara maze”, and just when I had finished it, I found your “Taste for anonymity” and couldn’t help thinking: What a coincidence, that we both are being “haunted” by past grievances at the moment…
Love,
~Nina
Nina
I dont like adding people without their approval … would you mind if I added you to my buddy list just makes it easier to follow what your writing my friend lol found tonight I miss a lot of yours must be the time difference .. Regards Jayne x x
Jayne,
I was thinking of adding you, too, makes it so much easier to keep track!
Yours,
~Nina
Thankies :D much appreciated
Thankies :D much appreciated Its hard to keep track with so many wonderful writers here .. lol paradise in words .. thanks for the add (hug) Love Jayne
And
I’m taking even more trouble to ask what is the AEC-most humbly yours-
You too Nina
Oh Ink dragon’s in the sky
crooked star-patterns tossed awry
evil looks and flashy trends
when beneath she got such charm
wouldn’t do you any harm
loves to ride the midnight horse
across the skies without remorse
sensitively tweeks the Greeks
philosophies and torn white breeks
she’s flying high that bird
in skies of every hue
not only purple but not blue
what colour is it makes just you
we’ll have to try to understand
your learned words that stand
right there beside your famous hand.
Love from Ann of Norway
Dear Nina,
Congrat’s on the latest AEC election. I was happy to see you re-elected. Have a great term!
Brian
Dear Brian,
thank you.
How are you? I think I read somewhere that you have been ill? I do hope nothing serious?
Yours,
~Nina
Dear Nina
I add my congratulations, and I wish you all the best for the next three months you take care and I hope study and work is going well … your missed huni and I look forward to your next poem (huggles)
love and higgest bugs Jayne x x x
Thank you, dear Jayne,
your hugs and your love are more than welcome, as are your best wishes, my friend.
Hugs back,
~Nina
P.S. I am working on something big at the moment, so you might be granted your wish to read another poem by me sooner than you think…
BOOK SHELF
Please educate me what is a book shelf and how to go about it thanks
Hi loved,
the bookshelf is the place where you can display your published items. There is an “Ad to your profile bookshelf” option in the navigation menu. You simply type in the required info, that’s all.
Yours,
~Nina
P.S. Have you contacted the technical team yet, like Richard advised you to do?
a good poet nina
I was going through your work and really enjoyed and the approach you got for wriing is heartfelt and inspiring alot..I am happy with your translations in German, because they must be done the same way you have expressed yours.. really dont have suitable eords to say thanks but let my heart say …thanks alot nina, the great..all my respects for you and your friends ,especially to wafi dear…who is our common best friend..yours poetry friend..afzal shauq
Shauq,
thank you, I do hope my translations are doing your poetry justice!
Glad to hear you liked my poems, that’s quite a compliment.
Yours,
~Nina
nina
sure…I liked your translations and they are now found more then maybe 6 international sites.. if you google your name, you will see all…means i loved your work and wished to appreciate in high lighting way in net… yes..your poetry is quit heartfelt and rich enough… I can say with proud that…Nina Babon is really a good poet with soul touching ideas.. respect you dear friend..yea .I meant it..yours shauq
nina
sure…I liked your translations and they are now found more then maybe 6 international sites.. if you google your name, you will see all…means i loved your work and wished to appreciate in high lighting way in net… yes..your poetry is quit heartfelt and rich enough… I can say with proud that…Nina Babon is really a good poet with soul touching ideas.. respect you dear friend..yea .I mean it..yours shauq
credit goes to you and Mr. Wafi...dear nina
thanks for being in touched with sweet words and I think all credit of these translations for my poetry goes to Mr.Wafi and YOU, because you both have initiated my poetry in good way and made it universal..with friendly love… I’m proud of you both indeed…and pay respect form the deep core of my heart as well..
Ha some of the comments on
Ha some of the comments on here are really funny ; ) I have some catching up to do with your work now!!
speak soon
vix ; )
Whats
sclecht does it mean to walk slow drag on labour as in the yid(dish) word
that sounds similiar- Is there a word in Russian “‘eres ‘ow I go somethin like
dosvadanya” is this goodbye? Tangerine tree squirrels dragons playing a gem
complete gem-Comment by Anne Harvey out of this world-pinksheep-alias Mazzeppa
alias les dolittle who is quite willing “to go for a walk”-
Schlecht
means bad, horrible.
Regards,
Ink Dragon
Thank you
for telling me the German for bad horrible-pink
Dearest Nina
Congrates on being elected to the chair … I look forward to working with all of you over the next three months …
love and biggest hugs Jayne-Chloe
smiling for miles …
(((((((hugs)))))))
Congrats to you Nina
A dozen chocolate cookies sending to you Nina, I know of the smart woman you are and the love you have here at Neopoet, your fairness and attitude towards others is unbiased and intellectual. Kudos to you my cookie gal!! And to all
Love Magics
Learn to live, learn to forgive. Life is too short.
haYa
Keep oN RoCking In a Free WoRlD…
PeAcE LaTer8^)
Skybones
Dear Nina
I have missed you my friend … Ive been reading you lately wondering when youll be back or if the summer has released you yet lol ;)
much love and biggest hugs JayCee x x x
(“Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out… Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.” A. E. Housman)