The Beauty and the Beast-W

Tumbled hair eyes sapphire with twinkling stars           
Never to be missed to kiss were her pouty lips.
She accepted a man who offered her bounties.
Knowing there was a beast in him though.
She thought he is now a man changed
The skin he wore has been sloughed off.
As the time passed when her beauty faded.
 She had to comb her hair artfully
Embellishing her neck & wrists with jewellery
But, alas! No semblance of the girl she was.
The heavy steps in the night she used to hear
With creaking sounds of the wooden stairs
Leading but to the bedroom of her daughter.
She broke loose one day to silence those steps.

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Dr. Ram Mehta
Contest: Any poem goes
4th place win
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010


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Date: 9/28/2013 1:30:00 PM
beautiful Dr Ram my heart goes out to mother and daughter congrats on win Shadow x smile
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Date: 9/27/2013 5:18:00 AM
Sir, Congrats on your win. I love the poem and the specially the way it has been en-crafted to represent "The Beauty and the Beast"....Bidhu.
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Date: 9/26/2013 4:00:00 PM
lovely take on the beauty and the beast, love the first line....congrats on your fine win :)
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Date: 9/26/2013 3:56:00 PM
I enjoyed this version of the beauty and the beast story. Nicely written, Dr. Ram! Congratulations on your win, as well!...Thank you for the kind comments, once again!
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Date: 9/26/2013 5:13:00 AM
congrats on your win Dr. Mehta
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Date: 9/26/2013 3:57:00 AM
Congrats. Morgan
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Date: 9/25/2013 9:12:00 PM
awesome win, Love ~SKAT~
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Date: 9/25/2013 5:16:00 PM
Dr Ram, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Thanks for supporting my Any Poem Goes contest. Exactly what I was looking for, SIMPLE-PLEASING & BEAUTIFUL- teasing the reader with such awesome imagery. If you'd like:-) stop by my latest poem ""In The Stars"" OR my latest blog! " Animal Cruelty " at -----> http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_blogs/blog_detail.aspx?BlogID=15953&PoetID=18720 **LINDA
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Date: 2/4/2011 4:53:00 PM
He was a beast of a man for sure..Sara
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