May 13, 2014 · 11:49 AM
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vanity (a tanka)

 

Chiara Fersinis

Chiara Fersinis

 

Prideful reflection;

dreading beauty’s brevity,

cursed by Vanity,

her own face is all she sees

a mirror’s introspection

~Melanie Blackwell

 

 

 

 

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19 responses to “vanity (a tanka)”

  2. Rajiv
    May 13, 2014 at 11:56 AM

    Excellent. You capture vanity well..

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  3. yeseventhistoowillpass
    May 13, 2014 at 12:00 PM

    Love it!

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  4. hitandrun1964
    May 13, 2014 at 12:12 PM

    Beautiful, Melanie. Beautiful.

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  5. CC Champagne
    May 13, 2014 at 1:20 PM

    So lovely! You say so much in so few words! Brilliant!

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  6. Dom DiFrancesco
    May 13, 2014 at 1:54 PM

    This is a wonderful poem and a great take on the prompt. Very nicely done.

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  8. j matthew waters
    May 13, 2014 at 8:15 PM

    very lovely words – should be framed

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  9. SuzyHazelwood
    May 14, 2014 at 2:09 PM

    A perfect description – vanity is very much a curse! And so is being naturally beautiful, unfortunately. I wonder what we would be like if we had no mirrors, maybe pride and vanity would just appear in something else – like being good at baking cakes, or a great artist. Beauty is something most of us crave in one way or another, and when we find it, we make the terrible mistake of worshipping it! 🙂

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  10. el34ax7
    May 26, 2014 at 8:34 PM

    “dreading beauty’s brevity” Very nice! How I wish it were merely physical beauty with which we become enamored, not to mention the brevity of it all.

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