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Beautiful

"Everything holds a tinge of beauty, something unique,
but not everyone recognizes something beautiful."
                                                              ~ by poet

Some of the most beautiful things in the world
are those that are visually impossible to see...
A fern frond that we can feel, not yet uncurled
Mated doves cooing, "Come to me, my love"
Or lofty wind in a canvas sail when it's unfurled

Promises of a pewter sky when rain's sorely needed
Swaddled newborns while dreaming in slumber 
Starlight skies when the view is not impeded
Or fine fertile soil of this Earth in shades of umber
And polished pearls when oysters are seeded

The obvious sunrise morns and sunset twiights
A soul that was lost, then found its way back
Wavering hues of colors from the Northern lights
Pretty, a flower, growing in a sidewalk crack
Crystalized snowflakes and other wintry delights

Beauty can exist inside a good person's heart
In the prismed colors radiating from waterfalls
And at the greeting of lovers who have been apart
It's found in lost friendships by tearing down walls
Realizing life can be happy again with a fresh start

Our sweetest memories, when in dreams we drift
Smiles endowed to strangers who wear a frown
That may be what they needed to give them a lift
The glowing face of a bride, in her wedding gown
And how beautiful the offer of forgiveness as a gift

Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2023

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Constance La France Date: 9/10/2023 11:57:00 PM Lin, beautiful poem and congratulations on your win in my contest, love the image and quote, Constance Login to Reply

Robert Lindley Date: 9/1/2023 6:50:00 AM My good friend, you just penned beauty in its depths, power and glory. If only everybody saw it as that! Yes, true beauty has no guile, no hate, no evil in it. Sad that we humans cannot be or see this way. A truly golden poem. A fav.. God bless you, Login to Reply

Christuraj Alex Date: 8/26/2023 9:28:00 PM "how beautiful the offer of forgiveness as a gift" - A beautiful writing as usual. Congratulations! Login to Reply

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/26/2023 2:29:00 PM Back with congratulations. I enjoyed reading your wonderful "Beautiful" again. Great Job... Have a great day writing away............. Login to Reply

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/23/2023 11:59:00 AM Your "Beautiful" is a Beautiful/Wonderful write/ending. "Love It" Great Quote. "Good Luck" I put mine in. Have a great day............ Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/24/2023 3:04:00 AM I'm always grateful for your comments, Paula.

Jay Narain Date: 8/23/2023 10:08:00 AM Beautiful poem. Full of imagery and meaning of beautiful, Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 10:32:00 AM Thanks a lot, Jay.

Janice Canerdy Date: 8/23/2023 7:20:00 AM Such a skillfully-written, vividly descriptive piece, full of expressive images. Janice Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 7:37:00 AM I'm sincerely appreciative of your kind remarks. Thank you, Janice.

Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/23/2023 1:43:00 AM So beautiful Lin, every word, every line, simply sublime… Belle Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 5:51:00 AM Your sweet comments are of great value to me, Belle. Thank you.

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 8/22/2023 11:39:00 PM - Beautifully written, Lin ... every day is a new start ... a new chapter in life :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 5:51:00 AM You're right, Anne-Lise. That's why I enjoy the newness of an early morning, watching the sunrise to shine light around me gives hope to each new day. Thanks for leaving your fine comments.

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/22/2023 11:29:00 PM So much beauty everywhere, sometimes we just have to open our hearts and eyes to see it. Good luck in the contest. Wishing you safe travels and calm seas. Tom Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 5:49:00 AM Thanks, Tom. We often look for beauty on some grand scale and overlook the simplest form of it. It can be found anywhere if we only do as you say.

Unseeking Seeker Date: 8/22/2023 10:23:00 PM Oh wow! A clear fav! Thanks for sharing this sublime poetry with us all, dear Lin Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 5:48:00 AM I'm touched by the kind compliments of your words, Seeker. Thanks for them and the fav.

Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 8/22/2023 5:01:00 PM An incredibly beautiful poem, Dear Poet. I am mesmerized! Love ~ Mala Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 5:46:00 AM Thank you so very much, Mala.

Terry Flood Date: 8/22/2023 3:52:00 PM I would just like to say what a lovely poem this is, Lin… but that would mean being all soppy and stuff… and I’m a real geezer ain’t I? So I’ll just say, “That’s all right, that is. Sheesh… between you and Deb my reputation is gonna go to hell in a handcart! ;-) Login to Reply Terry Flood Date: 8/23/2023 3:45:00 PM I think the expression is ‘banged to rights’… I shall grow a big bushy beard and wear dark glasses from now on. Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 5:46:00 AM Too late, you've already written your thoughts and you're not soppy nor a geezer. You're a man who's not afraid to say what he feels, and that gives you integrity in my eyes. Your reputation could never be damaged by any niceties Deb, or I could write. Humor, and now sentimentality are qualities I admire in you and in anyone. Now, do I sound soppy?

Jan Allison Date: 8/22/2023 3:28:00 PM simply beautiful in every sense of the word Lin, a massive fave:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2023 5:41:00 AM Thanks for thinking of it as beautiful, Jan as well as for faving it. hugs.