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Open Poetry #50

Butterfly Knives & Little Black Dresses

Bluesy Socrateaser
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In The Mirror

0 posted 2017-10-15 07:57 PM

She cut to the quick,
no blind ambiguities
A rare gal indeed

Reared on the South Side
of a city you all know
Where rents exceed worth

A poem in my eyes,
each step a sauntering rhyme
I could not define

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2017-10-15 08:17 PM

Well said with class

JerryPat2
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South Louisiana

2 posted 2017-10-16 09:03 AM

Lori said it much better than I can, Bluesy, she always does. But I loved every stanza.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Bluesy Socrateaser
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3 posted 2017-10-17 01:05 AM

Thank you so much, Lori Rhoden. Your comment humbles me.

...just bein' Bluesy

Bluesy Socrateaser
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4 posted 2017-10-17 01:08 AM

Thank you for reading, JerryPat...and thanks for your comment and concurrence.

I appreciate your visit.

...just bein' Bluesy

Poet In Pink
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MI

5 posted 2017-10-18 10:36 PM

Catchy title Bluesy ~ Gotta watch those lil' black dresses ~ I especially liked your last stanza...So much conveyed in so few words ~ Much enjoyed Alana

Bluesy Socrateaser
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6 posted 2017-10-19 12:23 PM

quote:
"Gotta watch those lil' black dresses"

Aww...must I? (Hmm. How can I not?) Thanks for the ad-'vice', Miss Pinky.

...just bein' Bluesy

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

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7 posted 2017-10-20 07:28 AM

Reared on the South Side
of a city you all know
Where rents exceed worth

I believe we've all known this city at one time or another...they have their way with us, and then we grow bigger and better.

Bluesy Socrateaser
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8 posted 2017-10-20 02:04 PM

"I believe we've all known this city at one time or another"...

Exactly, Miss Lee!

...just bein' Bluesy

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

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Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2017-10-21 09:55 AM

Whoa! The title, alone, stopped me in my tracks ~ and the poetry did not disappoint. This is like a sublime meal prefaced with the perfect appetizer.

A

Bluesy Socrateaser
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10 posted 2017-10-21 06:15 PM

Many thanks, Alison!

...just bein' Bluesy

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