BlueDemon77

Member since June 4, 2012

Member for 13 years, 11 months

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Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff

Posted Mar 26, 2014 · 29 lines · 5 critiques

Goodbye/Lucky by RW

I have to find the barrier, the drop,

the scarier stop

The rest of the 80-90 empirical proof

If I'm a goof I'm glad to be so

loud and free

though I often whisper

Open scars and mean guitars

my family name will not last

The past, the apathetic Czars

the prototype, the blast

I am quite insane

looking through cellophane

but despite have had a transcendent life

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as fun as spontaneous writes rife

with honesty, sometimes ugly

somber or unleasant

and the stars above

and I the coiled pheasant

gripping underbrush shrub

when the grey sky breaks

and the guns discharge

It like wrestling is fake

and truth a colliding barge

for love and poetry's sake

I wish it more than goodbye.
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BlueDemon77’s timeline

June 2022
04 Sat

Anniversary
10 years of membership
August 2017
20 Sun

Received a critique
on Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff from @arja
"wow! as usual, your mind has traversed into different fields of interesting ideas and places again.."
June 2017
04 Sun

Anniversary
5 years of membership
March 2015
16 Mon

New follower
@weirdelf
October 2014
07 Tue

New follower
@Barbara Writes
March 2014
28 Fri

Received a critique
on Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff from @eightmenout
"Speaks volumes. Sent me off into different mental planes and brought me back again. Hope all is going well with the book. Did you get the professorship? Scott"
27 Thu

Received a critique
on Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff from @emeka ozurumba
"good collocation of massive ideas"
26 Wed

Posted a poem
Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff
"Goodbye/Lucky by RW"
Open thread 29 lines
January 2014
14 Tue

Received a critique
on eye level from @weirdelf
"and got what it was about, on third reading. Beautifully written, as usual. Maybe you should post something crappy to lower my expectations [grins]. The phrase "neck high kings" gave me a little trouble, my mental image…"
December 2013
24 Tue

Received a critique
on eye level from @eightmenout
"Your language, as always, is superb. I liked the rhythm especially the third stanza. I do think the last two lines could use a little more of a dramatic break. Up to you,. just my take. topic is great, sounds like you m…"
21 Sat

Received a critique
on AP by BlueDemon77 from @weirdelf
"I want to give this a very different reading. http://vocaroo.com/i/s1lTgskhYkJC Big difference hey? I'm getting a blast from the vocaroo bit. Dig the poem. When self-flagellation is not enough, ask a woman who has falle…"
10 Tue

Critiqued
"A maestro is born...Reviewed kind courtesy expert poets" by @loved
"Hi loved, In my earlier critique, I stated honestly that I felt you were drawing from the British Romantics and the French Symbolists movements to your detriment. This was later stated by Billy. Neither was a falling gu…"
03 Tue

Received a critique
on Au dessus from @weirdelf
"for me the greatest poets/artists are dark and edgy without losing a certain playfulness and joie de vie."
03 Tue

Received a critique
on Au dessus from @weirdelf
"Good revisions too. Love this piece."
03 Tue

Posted a poem
eye level
"eye level by Ron Woodruff (BD77)"
Open thread 21 lines
November 2013
29 Fri

Critiqued
"A maestro is born...Reviewed kind courtesy expert poets" by @loved
"Hi loved, I enjoyed your work, the truth, and the mythology behind it. That being said, I think you lose a lot in attempts to be "arch-poetic". As much as I love the Romantics and Symbolists, referencing back to that st…"
26 Tue

Posted a poem
AP by BlueDemon77
"http://vocaroo.com/i/s1fVmHdaS3tN"
Open thread 23 lines
October 2013
24 Thu

Critiqued
"The Drags (with better spoken word link)" by @weirdelf
"It was a story well told, and your reading was flawless. Highest accolades on this fine piece. Ron"
24 Thu

Posted a poem
Red by Ron Woodruff with vocal link.
"Red spoken word"
Open thread 146 lines
24 Thu

Critiqued
"Autumn Dreams 'with audio' " by @Barbara Writes
"I loved it. So calm and soothing and read with just the right amount of import. You're a natural! Thanks Barbara! Ron"
24 Thu

Posted a poem
Anti-Randology-Anapestic Hexameter by Ron Woodruff (bluedemon77)
"http://vocaroo.com/i/s0wApGX3ajh6"
Open thread 26 lines
September 2013
30 Mon

Critiqued
"Quatrain of Pentemeter - iamb " The Bottom Line " workshop " by @Barbara Writes
"When you look at Wesley's famous example: "TO be OR not TO be, THAT is THE quesTION WHETHer 'TIS noBLER of THE Mind to SUFfer THE slings AND arR0WS of OUTra GEous FORtune." You can see that he is following a very strict…"
30 Mon

Critiqued
"Quatrain of Pentemeter - iamb " The Bottom Line " workshop " by @Barbara Writes
"The key to Iambic pentameter is that it begins with a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed one. This combination of two syllables is called an IAMB or foot. In Iambic pentameter, there are five feet per line. Yo…"
30 Mon

Posted a poem
Anapestic Hexameter Quatrain - Ron Woodruff
"ANTI-RANDOLOGY by Ron Woodruff"
Open thread 6 lines
30 Mon

Critiqued
"Quatrain of Pentemeter - iamb " The Bottom Line " workshop " by @Barbara Writes
"Iambic is kind of easy for me, one of those things that just clicked, with all my years of playing bass. I took Wesley's Dum de Dum de Dum de Dum de Dum de HERE is / A line /THAT per/HAPS will/ DEfine ANy/ ISsues/ THAT…"
30 Mon

Posted a poem
"The Dome": Dactylic Hexameter quatrain- Ron Woodruff
"The Dome by Ron Woodruff (BlueDemon77)"
Open thread 6 lines
26 Thu

Posted a poem
Dactylic hexameter quatrain
"The Dome by Ron Woodruff (BlueDemon77)"
Open thread 5 lines
23 Mon

Posted a poem
Strike two Trochaic pentameter
"Strike two Trochaic pentameter"
Open thread 12 lines
23 Mon

Posted a poem
Trochaic pentameter-Ron for Bottom Line workshop
"Silence deafens growls under the forest"
Open thread 5 lines
17 Tue

Posted a poem
Scansion and Iambic quatrain (workshop)
"1. “When I have FEARS that I may CEASE to BE…” (Keats)"
Open thread 8 lines
17 Tue

Critiqued
"Rula's iamb quatrain (Bottom Line WS)" by @Rula
"Technically, the use of 'occults' as verb is correct according to the online dictionary sources I checked. My apologies; I hadn't seen it used that way before. Ron"
04 Wed

Posted a poem
Au dessus
"Au dessus"
Open thread 13 lines
June 2013
04 Tue

Anniversary
One year of membership
November 2012
10 Sat

New follower
@Seren
October 2012
29 Mon

New follower
@Blaqueman
August 2012
04 Sat

Most-discussed work
Black Hillside

19 critiques to date.
June 2012
15 Fri

Highest posting month
June 2012 — 10 poems
11 Mon

First critique offered
on "R A Y N E . . . . . . " by @Esker
10 Sun

First publication
4/4
04 Mon

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 7 days later.

About Me

About me

I have studied and loved what is considered High Literature but I still care as much about the vitality of a genre writing. Much of my poetry comes from the topics of Love, War, a pattern to the universe, what it all means, sexuality, and narrative storytelling. I love enhabiting other voices.

Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA

Favorite Poets

Rimbaud

Coleridge

Sylvia Plath

Robert Lowell

Allen Ginsberg

Langston Hughes

Maxine Kumin

Anne Sexton

Kerouac

Burroughs

Amiri Baraka

Wallace Stevens.

Contest Wins

This member has not yet won any contests.

Workshops

		Skill level:
An Exploration of Style, Subject, and Critique	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2015-05-08	Concluded
The Bottom Line	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2013-09-09	Concluded
Naked Emotion, Truth and Originality	(syllabus)	Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2013-07-30	Concluded
Collaborative Couplet Quatrains	(syllabus)	Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2013-05-12	Concluded
THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY (poetically speaking) Beginning	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2013-05-17	Concluded
Show And Tell: Intensive Critique Workshop	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2013-02-28	Concluded
GREAT POETRY (a workshop)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2013-01-19	Concluded
Eternal Renga Continues	(syllabus)	Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2012-11-07	Concluded
fixed verse – it's not a curse	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2012-10-28	Concluded
Mindful Memorable Freeform: The Challenge	(syllabus)	Shark Pool	Started 2012-08-31	Concluded
Eternal Renga	(syllabus)	Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool	Started 2012-08-22	Concluded
Critique workshop - positive critiques	(syllabus)	Olympic Pool	Started 2012-08-25	Concluded
RHYME PATTERNS (part 1) let's begin	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2012-08-07	Concluded
Working With Japanese Poetry	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2012-06-10	Concluded

Followed By

10 years of membership

on Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff from @arja

5 years of membership

on Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff from @eightmenout

on Goodbye/Lucky by Ron Woodruff from @emeka ozurumba

on eye level from @weirdelf

on eye level from @eightmenout

on AP by BlueDemon77 from @weirdelf

"A maestro is born...Reviewed kind courtesy expert poets" by @loved

on Au dessus from @weirdelf

on Au dessus from @weirdelf

"A maestro is born...Reviewed kind courtesy expert poets" by @loved

"The Drags (with better spoken word link)" by @weirdelf

"Autumn Dreams 'with audio' " by @Barbara Writes

"Quatrain of Pentemeter - iamb " The Bottom Line " workshop " by @Barbara Writes

"Quatrain of Pentemeter - iamb " The Bottom Line " workshop " by @Barbara Writes

"Quatrain of Pentemeter - iamb " The Bottom Line " workshop " by @Barbara Writes

"Rula's iamb quatrain (Bottom Line WS)" by @Rula

One year of membership

June 2012 — 10 poems

on "R A Y N E . . . . . . " by @Esker

Membership begins

About Me

Recent Work

Contest Wins

Workshops

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