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unique







one-hundred years of being surrounded
by bent brows, spiteful smirks
and supercilious snoots,
attitudes that shrieked

odd
    different
s.t.r.a.n.g.e.

downright weird


taught the ins and outs,
nay and naught of self

curved me into unique,
where I work best
as me





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  • SpydurPoet gold member
    January 10

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    Wow. This is absolutely incredible. Very good. I actually have my pen name tattooed on my shoulder blade. It's actually kind of funny. But I'll never change my pen name. LOL

    Incredible poem.
    Write on.
    ~*~SP~*~


  • innocence jaded.xx
    November 15, 2008

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    I love how you wrote this ! It's so unique and just wows :] Keep it up ! & congrats on the honorable mention ♥


  • mooniemc
    November 8, 2008
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    love your writing style!


  • KaraDianne
    November 8, 2008
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    loved this.

  • Yvette Champ gold member
    November 7, 2008

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    Girl, you poured the body of yourself into the shape of an Honourable Winner with good usage of alliteration, making your point succintly and poetically with your own unique style; especially loved " curving into unique"

    Another of your pieces of poetry that I relate too. I'd be rich if I had a dollar for everytime someone said my words were too big, too small, that I wasn't meant to use repetition or make my own words up.


    What a world it would be if we all spoke with the same inflections, nuances, it is the variety in the timbres of poetic voices that allows the essence of the timbre of voice to be heard and I hear you loud and clear all the way from here.


    I don't believe I am a poet yet but I believe I have the right to write and explore my poetentiality,
    poetentiality is my word that I created and if I want to create it and create with it it doesn't make me a poet or mean I write pure poetry ( I wish!!!) But at least I am, at last, free to be me and if being different is a crime then hang me from a tree and write the tale into poetry.


    Enough of my rambling.


    Neat.

  • michaeline
    November 7, 2008

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    Congrats on the honorable win.This is simply stated and only so true.I like what you had to say and the unique way you had to say it.My hats off to you,great job.


  • Riftkin gold member
    November 6, 2008

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    I love how you were kind enough to enter my contest.
    It is great to see another poet.

    Best of Luck here.

    Riftkin


  • SilverQ
    November 6, 2008

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    Its...unique! I love your style-keep up the good work =).

    God bless

    ~Going for top comments, I'm to poor to applaud~
    ~ Please stop by and read my poems ~


  • Swangrnv gold member
    November 6, 2008
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    wow

    i like this!! it's very..unique!


  • donnz
    November 6, 2008

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    Right ON

    the I AM, is unique and one of a kind
    Do not surrender lest you become
    as the other beige blah non persons
    Fight for your right to be you.

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