Ugly Duckling

Duckling ugly...

Beauty within ugliness...

Futile I struggle with this illusion I'm comfortable-here

elusive I'm staring at muses scribbles on mirror

Mirror-mirror...

Who is the fairest of all ruckus of crumpling cumbersome sundries

who is the magnet for thrall when designers fit spaces 

and the cookies have no pantry...

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I am a firm believer in there being beauty everywhere, if you look for it. Outer beauty is nothing, what is inside is of far more relevance. My Dad used to read the story of the ugly duckling who turned out to be a swan to me. Loved that story.

Chris

[apennylate]

Books by covers, colors that narrate feeling... Images have a strong impact upon humans...
To go deeper than that is not an easy task
Thank you for sharing

[Chris Shaw]

It comes easier with age and is well worth the effort.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Like the play on words here and the harking back to nursery rhymes while also reminding us that cookies are a fact of modern life and they don't all come in jars. Something shouts unease with oneself but coming to terms.

[apennylate]

Thanks, John... Nursery rhymes are some of my favorite inspirations

[Lydia Shutter]

I believe we all are our own worst enemies. Have you ever noticed if you like a person, that person's flaws seem to disappear or even become the reason that person is beautiful? Yes, there is always beauty within ugliness....it takes an astute individual to find it. I liked the line "the cookies have no pantry".....we all feel lost in social situations at times. Not all situations are right for everyone. Well written. Lydi**

[apennylate]

Lust VS Love...
The psychological implications between the two has always fascinated me...read moreLust VS Love...
The psychological implications between the two has always fascinated me...
What is it about lust that blinds so, and what is it about love that endures....
Thanks much, Lyd

[Robert Trakofler]

I think this is by far one of my most pondered subjects thats why I chose it for the contest. my last attempt to write of it sent me barreling down a winding road I was asking customers at my store there definitions and made a list of several pages it is also written of in many philosophies and I studied those too and in the end I wrote a poem "eye of the beholder" regarding the current Margaret Wolf definition that is the most prevalent in western society today. and it always bothered me the ole Beauty is in the eye of the beholder approach never struck me correct that there was more to it than that and I am sure I'm not finished with it but had to give my brain a break on the subject for a while and look what I just did I started a contest on it and now I will be back obsessing!!!!

[apennylate]

Hmmm...
Beauty is whatever I decide it is...
Seems simple enough...
Universal art standard and measurement of societally accepted standards?
IDK...
I you find the middle line, my friend
Thanks for the inspiration and deep-thoughts...

[Robert Trakofler]

Cool I’m ignoring my sign again bad Bunny

[NotUsinganymore]

Interesting poem. I liked it a lot. Beauty is often something people are after in such things like humans but we can also be very beautiful in the inside.

[apennylate]

Thanks so much, JungLee! I appreciate it so much

[NotUsinganymore]

You're welcome.

[Ted Kniffen]

Ugliness with beauty...
beauty within ugliness...
struggling with the futile illusion of comfort...mirror, mirror, who is the fairest of the fair Muse
scribbling sundries the magnet holds in thrall until the designer is caught in the pantry with his hand in the cookie jar.

We write...she's right...ugly ducklings all.

Well done.

[apennylate]

Thank you very much, Ted, a beautifully poetic thought...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sometimes the beauty is really hidden...but if we stick our hand in the cookie jar and pull out some tolerance and depth of character, we can see that beauty deep within another...
and i also see the speaker looking at himself...inner struggles show up, even in a mirror.
reflections of what is inside as well as out.

j.

[apennylate]

You see clearly, despite the surface being foggy...
Thank you, Jacob