Gracy

Member since February 4, 2020

Member for 6 years, 3 months

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109 Poems

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Steppes

Posted Nov 19, 2021 · 32 lines · 5 critiques

The brown unmoving steppes
hypnotize in noonday light;
the prickly brushwood
arid rock
thirsty silent earth.
I have known
solitude impregnated
with mysterious consonances
on gray spaces of the steppes.
I have sensed
forms of timid creatures
mimicking grasslands,
hidden from mortal eyes.
Lean horses kneel by water holes

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fed by streamlets dried up long ago.
The beauty of the steppes endures,
enigmatic,
under gray-green fabrics
God weaves over the land.
Sovereign,
Andean heights watch
with sharp eyes of a condor
the quietude of plateaus.

Their unrelenting semblance,
mesmerizing hues
appear to be a craving
numbness or a void
crying out for some transcendent passion
stolen from the unreal dome
of startling blues
-some godly meaning in the sky-
revealed only to the patient eye.

Gracy’s timeline

February 2025
04 Tue

Anniversary
5 years of membership
July 2022
24 Sun

Received a critique
on Steppes from @nokros
"i need to compliment you on this piece I just stumbled upon. I adore the picturesque view you painted as well as the structure. Keep it up."
November 2021
21 Sun

Received a critique
on The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth) from @lovedly
"I said the same thing but by then SHAKES was dead sad no he missed me"
21 Sun

Received a critique
on Steppes from @Geezer
"as logical as anything I've read lately. Your cinematic view, heightens my imagination and lifts my soul; knowing that there are still people that see such beauty in the world around us! Bravo! ~ Geez. ."
19 Fri

Posted a poem
Steppes
"The brown unmoving steppes"
Open thread 32 lines
08 Mon

Posted a poem
The Dead are but as Pictures (William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth)
"Owl eyes of Night,"
Open thread 32 lines
September 2021
04 Sat

Posted a poem
The Visit
"Iron gate, unlatched,"
Open thread 13 lines
February 2021
04 Thu

Anniversary
One year of membership
January 2021
30 Sat

Critique milestone
1,000 critiques given
June 2020
29 Mon

Most-discussed work
The Wind at Twilight

22 critiques to date.
15 Mon

Highest posting month
June 2020 — 12 poems
February 2020
04 Tue

First critique offered
on "WELL OF SILENCE" by @scribbler
04 Tue

First publication
Conflagration (for chat tonight)
04 Tue

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

About Me

About me

I'm inspired by the poets listed above, but also by nature, experience, observation and intuition. I was, sadly, inspired by my son, who died aged 29 of ALS. And by my husband, who had dementia for 15 years. I became widowed 6 years ago. I write in English and Spanish. I'm translating many poems and essays. My topics are climate emergency, forest fires, water shortage and others such as love, illness, pain, etc.
I love all animals and have had many during my lifetime, especially growing up on our farm. Now I have one kitty, whom I adore.

Location: Río Negro, Argentine Patagonia, ARG

Favorite Poets

Sylvia Plath

T.S. Elliot. Shakespeare

Gongora

Beckett

etc. Many others

such as Cervantes. I have to thank my mother because she read poetry to me from the cradle

so first I learned by memory and soon understood the words. Grammar comes naturally at about 5 years old

without any formal teaching.

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Workshops

		Skill level:
NARRATIVE POETRY SHOP (Let's get started)	(syllabus)	Splash Pool	Started 2021-04-17	Concluded
Critique review basics	(syllabus)	Plunge Pool	Started 2020-09-11	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-19	Concluded
Idle Time Poetry	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-07-09	Concluded
Titles	(syllabus)	Wading Pool	Started 2020-05-26	Concluded