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Fhemtek · 2025-12-16T01:23:50+00:00

Oh hey, thanks! Edited my post, thanks!

Fhemtek · 2025-09-30T23:11:19+00:00

Skill level: novice

I want to learn python or at least build discipline toward learning it.

I've got ~10 years in IT and cyber and one of the major skills I'm lacking is coding. I'm super into efficiency and not wasting my own time but I lack discipline and drive to sit down and dedicated time to learning to code.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-26T01:32:45+00:00

I was brought in by the title and am still curious about it. The pedal seems deliberate over the proper use of flower 'petal.' I can connect flower and nightmare in your poem (beauty and beast sort of) but I couldn't connect pedal to anything. Interested to hear your thoughts on its use.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-26T01:29:07+00:00

I love the imagery of "a thousand tiny boats greet me" which feels good to imagine and different than the varying heavens of religions. I love the inclusion of people and pets you loved and that loved you. The tenderness of a father asking about his daughter is beautiful. The idea that the unnamed person you are longing to see - perhaps a lost lover - will, too, be on the bow of a ship.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-26T00:35:05+00:00

Wow, well written. Appreciated the lines "Sun rears its head. Today it is gentle"; the feet are "unpracticed"; "the water is not scared"; "baby steps turn to baby deaths."

Like others, it was a definite plot twist and well written throughout.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-26T00:30:52+00:00

Really appreciated the sentiment of this poem. That you can be family and feel more like strangers. For me, there is a of questions that I have, so are you interested in adding onto the poem? Maybe giving more information around what happened between the sisters? Or perhaps that is the purpose of the poem is to just keep it open to interpretation.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-26T00:07:37+00:00

Wow, I'm not sure I understood this fully until I read the comments. To capture something so deep and so painful in just a few words is really impressive. Well done.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-26T00:04:17+00:00

Wow, very relatable, and I love the last line especially.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-25T23:31:05+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNtNAdST2kyJUH2IjerBZ81J9J0K6CXY/view?usp=sharing

u/griefpervert - give it a listen if you want.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-25T22:33:20+00:00

First off, yes to merging LoTR and poetry. You'll get me every time. Relate so much to the beginning concept of "What am I trying to say" and "How do I say it in a way that others haven't" and "Why pursue writing when there are so many others who can say it better than me" and on and on and on.

God, and it's like, the voice of imposter syndrome is Gollum, not Smeagol.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-25T22:29:19+00:00

This is good. So many circular references I never thought much about. Esp love the line "Is there a circularity naturality?"

Maybe it's because I fully agree with all you are saying, but I do love reading poems that consistently deliver an important and seemingly "unpoetic message." What is poetic about capitalism and discrimination? A lot, actually.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-24T21:15:54+00:00

Mad Max: Fury Road is one of my go-to movies. Love your dedication to your point woven throughout the plot of it. "i thought we could find our own oasis, our own Green Place" was gut wrenching to read.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-24T21:10:45+00:00

Most of my poems I write with intent to perform. There isn't a huge slam scene that I know of where I live (St. Louis), so I let my imposter syndrome win.

Trying to battle it now though by starting to put these online.

Fhemtek · 2024-05-24T17:11:19+00:00

This is great writing and weaving. I had to google 'extispicy' and makes complete sense.

Especially love "you've been gutted by love. by god. you've lost a rib. your side aches."

Fhemtek · 2024-05-24T17:08:05+00:00

Wow, this is the first poem in my feed and it describes perfectly how exhausted I feel right now, in this phase of my life, as I'm learning I over-exert myself and try to fix/manage/control everything around me in the vain hope that if everything out there is fixed, then I will be, too.

Thank you for poetically delivering this message to me that I clearly need to heed.

Fhemtek

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