Beauty Is

Her profile’s not a perfect silhouette,
she bares no shapely leg or heaving breast;
the voice not of a nightingale coquette
enslaving countless men it has impressed.
She cannot hover like a bird in flight
nor even glide with poise across the floor;
she will not set a lusting world alight
where men are beating pathways to her door.

But she’s a lovely lady none the less,
the winning smile within her eyes one part;
a bubbly nature flowing to excess
shares love and joy that overfills her heart.
 
Felicitous affection thus belies
the notion--beauty's pleasing to the eyes.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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De Beaulieu Avatar
January 1, 2017 at 6:43 PM
Keith Happy New Year. I also want to say that you wrote a beautiful poem.I like every words in your poetry.
Logan Avatar
January 9, 2017 at 4:37 AM
Thank you again for your kind sentiment.
Lamoureux Avatar
November 8, 2016 at 8:06 PM
You describe a beauty that will most surely be enduring.
Logan Avatar
November 8, 2016 at 10:00 PM
I was married for thirty seven years. To me my wife was as beautiful when she died as ever she was when we first met.
Duet Avatar
October 22, 2016 at 8:55 AM
What a sweet poem this is! How lovely!
Logan Avatar
October 22, 2016 at 9:43 AM
Thank you kindly, as I am want to say, in my olde world English.
Andresen Avatar
October 20, 2016 at 1:55 PM
- Beautiful poem, Keith - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Logan Avatar
October 20, 2016 at 2:12 PM
Thank you, hugs are something I believe in. They can work even as pain killers. (From experience.)
Haight Avatar
October 20, 2016 at 6:32 AM
Such a lovely, well-written Sonnet, Keith, with a beautiful message about true beauty. I enjoyed reading your poem. 7 Sandra
Logan Avatar
October 20, 2016 at 2:10 PM
This is not the only poem I wrote on this subject, which is dear to my heart.
Turner Avatar
October 18, 2016 at 8:32 PM
As they say, Keith, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" Excellent sonnet!
Logan Avatar
October 19, 2016 at 4:16 AM
As a young teenager I was told, every woman is beautiful, in her own way. Now around fifty years later I see no reason to doubt what a lifetime has proven correct.
Chircop Avatar
October 18, 2016 at 3:52 PM
Very sweet and beautiful.
Logan Avatar
October 19, 2016 at 4:12 AM
Thank you, this was written awhile ago but I have never had reason to doubt it's veracity.
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