I find in today's world,
books and readers are missing.
Where have the readers gone?
Why are books so unattractive?
Could it be the style of writing or even their covers?
Years ago many would share their books with friends,
telling them the book was a must read.
Does the book hold the reader,
or does the reader hold the book?
The style of book needs to entice the reader to read,
starting with a catchy and colorful cover.
Yes, the beauty of any book,
is in the reader's eye to behold and enjoy reading.
Categories:
unattractive, books, poems, poetry, words,
Form: Free verse
First time around, I slowly locked
him out and threw away the keys.
Memories of him fell like Autumn leaves.
In reality, he was a father that I thought
I really knew. But in reality, he was also
a father I never really knew.
It was when I was shown a different view
that he became someone entirely new. After
years, and not a few. After years of dismissal
and irrelevancy; years I found nothing in him
of use to me. Long after his demise, he had
become someone unattractive both in my
mind and deep inside.
Things changed when a younger sister revealed
to me a father who made me feel good inside.
He became a father who was no longer a thorn in
my side. In a very real sense, my life became a dance
when I gave my father another look, a second chance.
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Categories:
unattractive, father, fathers day,
Form: Narrative
Those are the colours.
Which binds together, and then
A beautiful background is formed.
Which mesmerizes people.
Which blends together
And forms an
Amazing shade
Which is then visible to us.
Whatever the shade is
It has never made itself unattractive.
And we still have a fondness for it.
Because it's a piece of art.
Humans are also kind of shades.
Who are unique in their own way.
Beautiful, kind, and lovely
And fascinating for other people.
We humans are pieces of art too.
Everyone has different talents.
Everyone are unique and contrast
And we are the future of all.
Categories:
unattractive, cheer up, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
It’s a year full of possibilities, though they may come in unattractive baskets.
It’s a year of goodness, clothed in simplicity.
It’s a year of milk and honey, wrapped in uneven layers.
It’s a year of wonders that appear like shadows.
It’s a year of abundance, overflowing from earthen pots.
It’s a year of sunshine emerging from the darkness.
January 2, 2024.
Categories:
unattractive, inspirational, new year,
Form: Free verse
She always thought she was a cut above others
The most beautiful, the richest , the best
A self confidence unbearably arrogant and explosive
When with her, peoples patience were put to the test
Outer beauty, plastic enhancements, riches is all that mattered
She was insincere, rude and vain
Never gave or did for another
In her eyes other women were unattractive and plain
Committed to a lunch work meeting
At a restaurant by the sea
It was a beautiful sunny day
Being with work plebs is not where she wanted to be
Glammed up to the eyeballs
She reluctantly arrived
Disgusted at having to be even near the plebs
She went to have a cigarette outside
She could see the plebs through the window
Looking at them down her perfect nose
Hoping to be rid of these deadbeats soon
In their embarrassing low budget clothes
Her negative ,superior body language was obvious
As she stood outside full of false pride
When several seagulls flew above her and let rip
Raucous laughter heard from the plebs inside
Categories:
unattractive, giggle, humor, judgement, self,
Form: Rhyme
Now he wants her back...
The same cad who called her
"Unattractive" and "overweight"
a moon or two ago,
and demanded
she shed a dozen or more pounds,
or else.
Before she could
do away with just one,
he coldly discarded her
like trash for a sexier lady.
Now he wants her back...
An ugly duckling then,
she has beautifully blossomed into
a sultry, glamorous woman now.
Guess who's back?
Yes, the same cad,
bothering her for the second chance
he never gave her;
the lady he left her for
has since moved on
to a better man.
Now he wants her back...
Ha! Too little, too late.
Categories:
unattractive, betrayal, break up, change,
Form: Narrative
The words pierced through my heart
Shattering every hope I held for her.
Those shared dreams; the house on the hill
Love, that's her name, the cutest girl ever.
Those words linger, echoing relentlessly
"You're just too unattractive to me now!"
How I wish she'd just left
Without uttering a word.
What an end!
Categories:
unattractive, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
When wonder of my worth erupts
and threatens everything I know
Volcanoes of emotion rush
imparting such a mighty blow
Oh why, to be so insecure
to feel unwanted and alone
Assuming, surely it’s my fault
When no one’s calling on the phone
It must be me, not smart enough
no college gave me a degree
Perhaps, it’s just now I’m too old
There's nothing left for them to see
So unattractive I must be
Perhaps, I sing the same old song
I try too hard to fit the mold
to finally feel that I belong
I’ve wasted oh, so many tears
of my existence on this earth
To try to know just how it feels
to never wonder of my worth
Categories:
unattractive, anxiety, confidence, conflict, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Today’s blessing goes out to anyone
who has ever been made to feel
they are different….
ugly,
unattractive or bizarre.
May you be blessed to remember:
beauty is in the eye of the beholder…
so look in the mirror and BEHOLD
just how beautiful you are.
Categories:
unattractive, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
A tiny home improvement
Can instill a sense of pride
For your efforts are apparent
And results can’t be denied.
Taking charge and getting started
Are the hardest things to do,
But if things go as you’ve planned them,
All the credit goes to you.
So today I finally tackled
Unattractive kitchen shelves,
Adding bright new contact paper
Meant for folks to do themselves.
Every item got a cleaning
And a bunch of things got tossed
And the finished project’s worthy
Of the hours that it cost.
Just a minor home improvement
Yet I gave myself a gift
With some freshly covered shelving
And a lovely spirit lift.
Categories:
unattractive, home,
Form: Rhyme
Knumbed by her beauty
I stood in the fast beleif
she'd refuse my suggestion
of suppering in evening
she stood proud and
assured that I would
beg her whilst her friends
observed to sneer and smerk
I stood unattractive to either
but her gentle kindness
allowed me her person
when evening speaks
to the dawn
might the entanglements of
lovers speak to the night
might the crooning of songsters
croon
to make atmosphere for evening
her trusting me allowed me
to be me
unassured and stumbling
then welcomed by her kisses
our feats en lovemaking she
holds me
and makes me
her person
she makes me her lover
might the evening
speak to dawn
none shall know of our
nights together.
Admiration by morning
Inamorate from the night
than she spoke me
to be
to marry
to
marry.
We flew to Hawaii
I met her their
we shared a marvolos time
when we returned home
we married
a preachers stammering
tougne
spoke usas husband and wife.
Categories:
unattractive, love, music,
Form: Ballade
My approach to life has always been
One of lightheartedness and happy to be alive
However, I recall my early years, expecially my teenage years
When I was filled with self-doubt
Thought of myself as quite unattractive and lacking in people skills
Until I got out in the working world
And realized my humour helped push me through
I discovered people love to laugh
It helps them through their gruelling day at the office
Humour has carried me through my whole life
Through my good times and especially through the tough times
My motto is, “if I can't change things...
Oh well, this is the way it is, so no sense being unhappy forever”
Though at times it can be extremely difficult
I've always manage to eventually laugh at life
I've discovered it's the only way to survive
I'm not suggesting that everyone is capable of this
But it's my secret to a long and happy life
So there you have it... why I'm known as “Jester Jack”
A title of which I am so very very proud!
I'm just happy to be alive!
Categories:
unattractive, happy,
Form: Free verse
When Russia inevitably evens the score
Ukraine will remain an unpainted whore
To NATO unattractive
Russia wary, reactive
Hiding in alleyways, pre-Third World War
Categories:
unattractive, international, sad, war,
Form: Limerick
I've depicted all the undesired bends.
Heightened indefinitely.
Assaulted my mind and emotions.
Traumatized my cosmic psyche.
Evaded environmental factors.
My closest companion was famine.
Yearn for lawlessness.
Backside of a fantabulous shape.
Outrage took hold of my dreams.
Destroying my brawn.
Yapping waves at the scale.
I withstood self-upheaval disgust.
Literally, I endure more than a close body.
Overwhelming food scarcity.
Vindicate my own sense of worth.
Early sarcophagus and eloped.
Muddled through to figure it out.
Yauping in despair is unattractive.
Believing I'm alluring as a person.
Overindulging my true spirit.
Distorted me into a person.
Yesterday, I wasn't able to eat.
Written: May 12, 2022
How You Live Or Have Been Healed From A Difficult And Challenging Health Condition Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Angela Tune
Categories:
unattractive, adventure, analogy, caregiving, change,
Form: Acrostic
The sunlight
was a bright coolness-
the sun itself-
a shiny
buttercup tossed, its petals
plucked and spread
silently
upon the campus, and slung
into an apartment
through unwashed windows,
slicing a chicken-egg -hued
interior.
And within
the sunlit dwelling, sat obesity-female-
graceless but so...nice,
who desparately
thought that day to appeal
to the Spring-lit noon!
The cold light,
commixed with the unwanted
(and unsolicited)burn(s)
of a sexual violence
had grabbed the unattractive entity
as it always does,
and pressed her hard,
flattened her and tried to rub
her Irish-
British blonde
flesh into.. the air...
and she thinks
of this,
and other..things...when she plays
Mozart's "Air".
A Revision of a Poem on April 27, 2022
Categories:
unattractive, allusion, anger, angst, anti
Form: Prose Poetry
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