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Maëlle Blanchette

Member since May 14, 2023

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Changes

Posted Aug 11, 2023 · 17 lines · 4 critiques

Changes

The roads are here and there to direct the way
And nowhere are found trees coloured in hues of grey.
But the songs posted on the roadside slowly become unfamiliar
And the forest’s attire suddenly doesn’t look all that similar

And theirs plenty more fish in the sea,
Kind souls that will make your heart sing with glee;
But, how I loved the old school
And the way they made me laugh like any other fool.

Family is what you make of it,
And I know I can easily bond with any foreign wit;
But nothing’s as precious as the original pride
That’s created by the years grown side by side.

Everything’s a variant shadow of the same ghost,
From the east to the west coast;
But when it's all left behind
No amount of similarity will change the grief felt inside.

Maëlle Blanchette’s timeline

May 2024
14 Tue

Anniversary
One year of membership
August 2023
12 Sat

Received a critique
on Changes from @Lavender
"you shared its meaning for you. So beautiful! Best wishes with your new move. I hope it is peaceful. Thank you! L"
11 Fri

Received a critique
on Changes from @Lavender
"Hello, Maelle, I have a sense that this piece is extremely personal to you. I'm not completely certain of its meaning, but I can tell you how it spoke to me. There is a need to be true to oneself, and the struggle to fi…"
11 Fri

Posted a poem
Changes
"Changes"
Open thread 17 lines
July 2023
28 Fri

Critiqued
"It's Your Life" by @Shelby Pryor
"I really enjoyed the short lines and preciseness of the poem. However, i feel like it could benefit from more originality when it comes to the subjects discussed. Take for example this stanza: "Joy will come Dawn will r…"
28 Fri

First critique offered
on "It's Your Life" by @Shelby Pryor
28 Fri

Received a critique
on I'M NOT from @Geezer
"I would change, is you calling this free-verse. You have plenty of rhyme in this one and that makes it rhyme. I would call it unsyncopated. I do not know what else to call it. I get the lines being irregular and it seem…"
28 Fri

Received a critique
on I'M NOT from @RoseBlack
"Nothing I would change...I like the content, the flow and the rhyme. Well done."
May 2023
14 Sun

First publication
Pygmalion
14 Sun

Posted a poem
Pygmalion
"You molded me into an inveterate lover of you."
Open thread 11 lines
14 Sun

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

My name is Maëlle Blanchette and I'm a seventeen year old poet from Quebec, Canada. I'm a lesbian, thus a lot of my poetry relates to sapphic love and relationships. I also write introspective poem and pieces about my family.

Location: QC

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Changes

Posted: 11 August, 2023

Pygmalion

Posted: 14 May, 2023

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