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docmaverick
Member since July 26, 2007
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My Mother's Stroke (a limerick for the Serious Limerick workshop)
In these bodies we really are, "stuck".,
it's difficult getting through all the muck !
Mom just died from a stroke,
and was comfortably broke;
so it seems death's a stroke of "good luck"!
docmaverick’s timeline
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25 MonAnniversary
15 years of membership
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25 TueAnniversary
10 years of membership
- January 2015
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05 Mon
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03 SatReceived a critique
on When the Journey Beckons Everyone Home from @Esker
"but they arebeautiful..draw one outside of one symblizm of hope..beautiful too.. this is a different format. long width runs of words spacing not sure if it would improve reading with a more denser paragraph stack drawn…" - November 2014
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09 SunPosted a poem
My Mother's Stroke (a limerick for the Serious Limerick workshop)
"In these bodies we really are, "stuck".," - May 2014
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- July 2012
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25 WedAnniversary
5 years of membership
- October 2011
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01 SatCritique milestone
1,000 critiques given
- June 2011
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- February 2010
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08 MonPosting milestone
500 poems posted
- July 2008
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25 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- December 2007
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09 SunPosting milestone
100 poems posted
- September 2007
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15 SatHighest posting month
September 2007 — 37 poems
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04 TueFirst critique offered
on "Elusive Strength" by @Feebie
- July 2007
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26 ThuFirst publication
Cat-Like
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25 WedJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
About Me
About me
I'm retired. Don't want to talk about it. I believe that God comes first, family second, and friends come third in life...so, I'm "grounded" in that regard... and can't take myself too seriously.
Other than writing poetry, daily....I am a musician in a blues/rock band called the Mavericks, where I'm known as "Doc" Maverick. I play the harmonica, drums, and guitar...and I sing, but not all at once.
I'm also a practicing magician, and a former member of the Magic Castle...so, I'm pretty popular with my 4 grandchildren, and all of my nieces, and nephews!
Lastly, I'm single.....and, still "hoping". I'm a die-hard romantic, so I'm well grounded, in that regard, as well.
I must add that, I am proud to be a member of such a strong, working site as..New. neopoet ! When I really am working, most agree...it's quite a "site".
Location: The High Desert, in the wild west, southern California, U.S. of A.., USA
Favorite Poets
Keates
Poe
Dickinson
and Dr. Seuss. There are a smattering of others
but why bother listing 'em all
ya know?
I also rely on a few of our poets
here....for advice
and what not. I couldn't possibly explain what a fountain of live
effective knowledge we have...right here in our midst ! To catch a glimmer of brilliance
merely visit: the Stream.
Recent Work
The Love Poem
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The Bus Ride
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Stranger in the Mirror
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Where You End and I Begin
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Self Portrait
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Breathless
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I Am Free
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Half
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Harness the Wind
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Cat-Like
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Workshops
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| Can you make a limerick serious? | (syllabus) | Plunge Pool | Started 2014-11-03 | Concluded |
| Collaborative Couplet Quatrains | (syllabus) | Wading Pool, Splash Pool, Olympic Pool, Shark Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2013-05-12 | Concluded |
| Storytelling in Verse (sempiternal) | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool | Started 2012-09-29 | Concluded |
| Mindful Memorable Freeform: The Challenge | (syllabus) | Shark Pool | Started 2012-08-31 | Concluded |
| Storytelling in Verse | (syllabus) | Olympic Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2012-02-04 | Concluded |
| More Meter | (syllabus) | Shark Pool, Plunge Pool | Started 2012-01-11 | Concluded |
| Shark Pool (initial workshop) | (syllabus) | Shark Pool | Started 2011-05-16 | Concluded |