A Man in a Room, and other poems - 5. wig and makeup

Love and Beauty, both have intertwined parts in this deceptively complex set. I am drawn especially to the last, desperate cry, a plea to forget Beauty, for the speaker despairs of ever attaining its Love, its affection. This resonated powerfully with me. It is a cry with which I am deeply familiar.

Oh, I posted some old poems, you said!
Well they may have been written a few years ago, but they are powerful. I think they are a set about love and beauty. Can we ever find them, attain them, keep them?

On 11/17/2016 11:19 PM, Parker Owens said:

Love and Beauty, both have intertwined parts in this deceptively complex set. I am drawn especially to the last, desperate cry, a plea to forget Beauty, for the speaker despairs of ever attaining its Love, its affection. This resonated powerfully with me. It is a cry with which I am deeply familiar.

Thanks, Parker. There seems to be quite a stretch of poems in this collection that ask about love and beauty – almost in gravitation combat with one another. A part of me feels self-conscious about posting them, as many are quite similar, but I will be true to them and upload in the order they were written.

That these speak to you personally is a wonderful thing to hear. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

On 11/18/2016 03:52 AM, Mikiesboy said:

Oh, I posted some old poems, you said!

Well they may have been written a few years ago, but they are powerful. I think they are a set about love and beauty. Can we ever find them, attain them, keep them?

Thank you, Tim. Powerful review, and I guess the magic of a well-turned piece of verse is its timelessness.

Thanks for your support, and more along these topics are coming.