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To Love What Is Beautiful

It’s easy to love what is beautiful
                      It’s easy to ponder the sky
It’s easy to love what is helpless
             When innocence touches the eye

It’s easy to brush against velvet
                     Or savor the song of a Lark
It’s easy to gaze at the moon
                       As it is belighting the dark 

Yet what of the less graceful beings
            Whose beauty may lie deep within
Will they dine alone at the table
                        For lack of a glorious skin

I wonder the value of beauty
                     If only its surface is blessed
When only the eye of the holder 
         Sees only how something is dressed

It’s easy to love what is beautiful
                        It may not be easy to see
But oh, it is worthy of effort
                  And surely the heavens agree

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Valsa George

Date: 11/17/2023 8:54:00 PM

So very true, Mike. When it is easy to love something beautiful outwardly, it is hard to see beauty hidden at the core. No one will venture to delve deep beyond the surface. But Heaven will rejoice if we make such an attempt ! Beautiful poem with a lovely hidden message.

Mike Gentile
Date: 11/18/2023 5:15:00 AM

Thank you so much Valsa, Happy Saturday xxoo

Barbara Barry-Nishanian

Date: 11/5/2023 10:36:00 PM

Thankful the way God sees, is not the way man sees. I really appreciate your addressing a reality that hurt's so many of all ages. Fantastic poem!

Mike Gentile
Date: 11/7/2023 9:20:00 AM

Barbara, thank you so much!!

Edward Ibeh

Date: 10/23/2023 5:16:00 AM

What a sublime penning, Mike:-) An instant fave. Heartiest congratulations on your POTD kudos!

Mike Gentile
Date: 11/7/2023 9:20:00 AM

Thank you very much Edward !!!

Susan Mills

Date: 10/22/2023 9:44:00 AM

What's beautiful is good! I love your line it's easy to love what's beautiful. Congratulations on your POTD!

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/23/2023 3:50:00 AM

Thank you so much Susan!!

Deb M

Date: 10/19/2023 12:42:00 PM

This amazing poem was destined for POTD Mike….Congratulations! Debx

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/19/2023 2:56:00 PM

Thank you Deb xxoo

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 10/19/2023 3:38:00 AM

Mike, this draws attention to what we see and what we don’t and what we should. Well done! Congratulations on POTD!

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/19/2023 4:40:00 AM

Thank you Kim xxoo

Brandy Nicole

Date: 10/18/2023 7:04:00 PM

Hidden beauty is everywhere, and all you have to do is look beyond the surface. The caterpillar emerges into a beautiful butterfly, while a dandelion embraces the sky, and then turns into a wish; instead of a weed. Your thoughts caress softly around me and my heart. Congratulations Mike, on Poem of the Day. Happy Wednesday. :) Hugs, Brandy

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/19/2023 4:42:00 AM

Brandy, thank you so much for your whimsical well wishes xxoo

The Situation

Date: 10/18/2023 6:29:00 PM

I take this as wisdom. Very well said and the type of material I wish to find here. And yes it is worthy of an award.

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/19/2023 4:41:00 AM

Thank you so much Situation!!

Charles Messina

Date: 10/18/2023 5:29:00 PM

Beautiful write, Mike. Cheers to POTD! Have a great weekend...Congratulations!

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/19/2023 4:41:00 AM

Thank you Charlie, a great weekend to you too !!!

Bill Baker

Date: 10/18/2023 4:38:00 PM

A beautiful poem through and through, Mike. Congratulations on this well-deserved POTD, my friend. Magnificent poetry, baring the soul on the matter of beauty. A FAV for my list! Heart and soul touching and "surely the heavens agree". Bravo! Enjoy your special day in honor of this special message. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Tom Valles

Date: 10/18/2023 4:26:00 PM

Congrats on a powerful poem! Wonderful write!

Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 10/18/2023 3:40:00 PM

Congratulations, Dear Poet, on your well-deserved POTD. Love the message in your insightful poem - beauty inside is not easy to see! BW ~ Mala

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/19/2023 4:40:00 AM

Thank you so much Mala!!

Christina Bowring

Date: 10/18/2023 2:07:00 PM

Many congratulations Mike with POTD for your beautiful poem. So well written, touching, with wonderful lines. Love especially, the last stanza. So enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing :):)

Mike Gentile
Date: 10/18/2023 2:42:00 PM

Thank you so much xxoo