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Frederick Kesner
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“Minor League”
Arthur has never been invited to the rooftop galas
where major heroes compare rescue statistics
and trade stories about collapsing bridges.
He cruises below that altitude,
on a bandwidth most sensors classify as background.
His ability is narrow:
he hears the low, steady commentary of indoor plants.
Definitely unremarkable
if not for the quiet rise of specialists around him.
There is a man in Midtown
who interprets the emotional drift of aquariums.
There is a woman in East End
who can read the mood of malfunctioning elevators.
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They have agents.
Arthur does not.
Last Thursday, when the Sky Battalion
contained a runaway energy core above the stadium,
Arthur was in a stairwell on the eighth floor,
listening to a row of office succulents
argue about the angle of the blinds.
They were not distressed by the emergency;
they were irritated by a colleague
who had grown too tall for the tray.
Later, when the Battalion received their commendations,
the aquarium‑reader was interviewed on the plaza.
The crowd applauded politely.
Arthur stayed in the stairwell,
adjusting the blinds by a single slat,
restoring a balance the succulents
could not phrase but clearly required.
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Frederick Kesner’s timeline
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"I really like the way it all resolves in "the unfinished hour."" -
12 FriReceived a critique
on early again from @Geezer
"You have described the feeling of not being ready for the day; for the thought that I was tossed in as a substitute for whoever was supposed to be on duty and has a hangover or something. Now, in my rush to get ready an…" -
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09 TueReceived a critique
on before my time from @alicespagnol7
"I'm so glad to see a poem that doesn't force rhymes. The title is amazing!" - May 2026
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15 FriHighest posting month
May 2026 — 26 poems
- April 2026
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- July 2025
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- August 2022
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15 MonAnniversary
15 years of membership
- August 2017
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10 years of membership
- August 2012
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15 WedAnniversary
5 years of membership
- March 2011
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06 SunPosting milestone
100 poems posted
- November 2010
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- August 2008
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15 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- January 2008
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26 SatFirst critique offered
on "Revolving Echoes" by @purplemoondoll
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23 WedFirst publication
From Swords to Plowshares
- August 2007
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15 WedJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 160 days later.
About Me
About me
…a writer who started on the quiet side of things.
Early on, speaking felt harder than shaping a line, so the page became the place where thoughts could land cleanly. That history still lingers, but it doesn’t define the work.
What I write now comes from paying attention to the small moments that pass too quickly unless someone pauses. If you read along, thank you for meeting the work with patience and curiosity.
Location: West Moreton, AUS
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| Winning Submission | Contest | Contest Date |
|---|---|---|
| a small dismissal | 05/26 My First Time | – |
| bemusedly ruminating | 04/26 April Fooled | – |
| morning psalm | 07/25 Renovated Quill | – |
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