Elusive beauty in the nondescript
Perception needed it will be revealed
Perhaps you disagree but please admit
Subtle attributes most often concealed.
Consider the weeds that rampantly grow
In garden that's sculpted with loving care
Unwanted intruders and yet they glow
Sublime in meadow flowering laisse-faire.
It's all a matter of one's perspective
Is something nondescript, or is it not?
Beauty in all things sometimes deceptive
Lesson to remember is Camelot.
Nothing but nothing is that nondescript
Think wildflower weeds in meadow sun-kissed.
'N' Words
Poetry Contest
Chosen Word Nondescript
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by:
Constance La France
22/03/2023
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Not epic nor disastrous, a life mediocre
A trait that followed me down to the crypt
Expressions neutral, a good face for poker
Like everything about me, nondescript
I'm sure I could be out committing crimes
Who could describe my median brand
But after years gone by and passing times
I just wade in the plain and the bland
To people I've met before, I say hello
They seem confused, they don't remember
Now they don't have to pretend they know
I say nothing, and wait for December
One more unremarkable year gone by
Will a new year bring excitement or change
Is there something new I should say, or try
Odd how being ordinary feels so strange
So while people look at me and draw a blank
They can get up over the words they tripped
I smile politely, wave them on, heart sank
And be on my humdrum way, nondescript
March 21, 2023
Writing Challenge, 'N' words
Sponsor Constance La France
He was not much to brag about.
No one at the dog park ever shouted:
“Hey look at him, he’s so gracefully beautiful”.
We had met by chance
Each on our daily stroll
Shared a moment together.
He fell into step with my gait
And we, somehow, became friends.
He would go off on his own sometimes
And I would worry…a little
Knowing he needed his freedom
As much as I needed mine.
Few ever commented
On the nondescript duo
Strolling along the path
Untethered.
©3/21/2023
Like a hard drive out of memory,
Alzheimer’s attacks
The downloads that you stored before,
still there and looking back
All recent entries in the trash,
a reboot not the fix
The present distant—past so close,
and future nondescript
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)
Cause for concern:
Do you discern?
Nobody comes
Nothing to sum
Death pays surely
War is ugly
Wayward wind blows
Nothing to show
Noise defies poise
Stick to sure choice
Now once again
Blame slurs refrain
Words on the move
A pulse that grooves
I remember
Shades of amber
Sparkling tints here
Gemstones fling cheer
Pearls on a string
Smiles fondly wing
There is no price
To feed surprise
These ancient woods
Can spur ***** moods
Nondescript strains
Echoes said plain
Leon Enriquez
25 July 2014
Singapore
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