Beauty
Posted: 10 February 2004
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Physical beauty
Is the most profound beauty of all.
I could not marry a woman
That was not blessed
With magnetizing physical beauty.
Physical beauty
Is the equaliser,
It is pure.
It is simple.
It inspires no confusion.
It meets with you
Instantly.
Every one can see it,
There is no work to appreciate it.
It can flow effortlessly
Over you
Like a warm tropical rain,
Or hit you,
Like a bolt of lightning.
The beauty of words is poetry.
The beauty of sound is music.
The beauty of image is painting.
The beauty of movement is dance.
But, the beauty of physical-ness
Is still simply,
Beauty.
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 Fearless at 22:18 on 10 February 2004
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Reminds me of spying, from afar, a dusky beauty in the midst of a monsoon in a fantasy land faraway in time and space, but carried around in my mind, body & soul nonetheless.
Just to watch, to dare not dream of a forbidden caress, makes one tingle with the apprehension of two children and their first love.
Sorry, waffling away. Beautiful, moving and quite profound piece that I will reflect awhile on as I sleep.
Who would have thought that while most of us have two arms, two legs, etc.....that there is enough variety in another, to make one stop dead in their tracks, and turn their head, stopping time in space?
Slight typo - last line of third stanza should be 'lightning' I think.
I liked it (a lot). Write on,
fearless
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roovacrag at 08:08 on 11 February 2004
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and must go skin deep as well.Well done.xxAlice
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miffle at 15:37 on 11 February 2004
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Hmm...a 'Beauty' of a poem in shape and movement but, curious, nonetheless...
'Physical beauty is the most profound beauty of all'
Yes, physical beauty is a 'fluke' of nature and profound in the sense of being simple, easy to understand but the 'most profound of all' (?) - Surely you are writing a little tongue-in-cheek?
'I could not marry a woman
that was not blessed
with magnetising physical beauty'
And it wouldn't bother you if she couldn't string a sentence together?
Or if she was rotten inside (she could be a murderess!)?
And is your concept of beauty going to stretch to wrinkles?
Surely, a kick against political correctness?
'Everyone can see it'
I would agree with Alice that beauty is in 'the eye of the beholder' although yes, there is a certain type of classical beauty that maybe we can all recognise (Grace Kelly, Penelope Cruise...) - perhaps that it what you are eulogising here?
But beauty too is influenced by fashion and culture. I.e. there are cultures where fatness is seen as absolutely gorgeous!
Would be interested to know the inspiration behind your poem?
Write on, nikki ;-)
NB Re. 'magnetizing physical beauty' - try a Siren...
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The Walrus at 09:52 on 12 February 2004
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A piece like this is bound to raise issues of political correctness for some. Like 'Boobs and Pies' I feel this piece reflects more about the writer rather than a voice speaking for the majority.
I have observed 'classically beautiful' women, who leave people completely untouched by their stereo-typed beauty. I have also observed 'normal' women who men and women would die for because what they radiate from within has the power to literally transform their 'average' looks. It is really quite astonishing.
Course, a combination of both is completely, disarmingly, devastating.
The Walrus
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Marcus1 at 17:54 on 12 February 2004
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Hi every one,
Very interesting points from you all.
I think Woz probably relates to it most similarly to the way I do.
Nikki,
I suggest it is the most profound beauty because
'It meets with you
Instantly.
Every one can see it,
There is no work to appreciate it.'
If you have to work at a beauty to appreciate it, is it so profound as one that has the power to instantly penetrate you, I am not sure that I am writing tongue in cheek?
Beatuy is for me the most important quality in my Love of my wife, do you realy feel any relationship is complete if you are not physicaly attracted to your partner? This is simply what I am conveying, the need to be with beauty. This need manifests in so many ways for people, for instance the beauty of a park in a city.
Of course I could not be with a murderer, but does the poem imply this, it says nothing about these issues, it's only focus is on the quality of beauty.
I am not sure how much people's true sense of beauty is influenced by fashion, and how much of it is actualy their mind being influenced, and then corrupting or manipulating what they think is beauty; an example of this is the modern obsession with skeletal women, do men realy find this attractive, or is it their egos taking over and giving them some sence of power? I personaly find this repulsive and a pervertion of beauty, and on the other hand find very large women very attractive.
My inspiration for the poem is the overwelming effect that female beauty in all its forms; young, old, hour glass or fat (but not skinny) has on me, and the need to try and understand such a strong force in my life.
A final point that I feel Chris and Alice are touching on:
I do feel there is a connection between physical beatuy and inner qualities. I feel that a moraly good women of the same physical shape as a moraly bad women will look far more beautiful physicaly. This may seem a little strange but how we are inside effects the way we look at people, the postures we adopt, the fluidity of our movement, a whole host of things that effect how physicaly beautiful we are, so I am not sure weather I believe beauty is skin deep. This is precisely what Chris is driving at in a way.
Thanks all
See ya soon
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miffle at 18:30 on 12 February 2004
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Marcus, I concur with your thoughts and find your comment re. 'needing to live with beauty' resonates...It is interesting (to me at least) that it is a man who has related to it in a way the most closely mirrors you own thoughts... nikki ;-)
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