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Madame Chipmunk
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0 posted 2001-12-22 03:20 PM


Plain Jane, feel her pain
doubts besiege her mind again
just when she thought she looked so pretty
they all looked down on her with pity

just when her confidence returned
they stepped on her once more, it burned
when once again, her ego grew
the doubt and pain returned anew

with straight brown hair
big feet
big nose
awkwardness in any pose

although her looks were very plain
she was so smart, and used her brain
astuteness makes for self esteem
brightness shines through eyes that gleem

her glistening eyes made her look pretty
her sharp tongue made her very witty
with maturity, her looks grew better
her mind, so quick...became unfettered

she's weathered storms that life has thrown
and through it all, her heart has grown
she now has the respect of peers
she craved so much in childhood years

now in her prime
her life is fine
without the doubt, without the pain
which made her youthful years insane

the woman who was once plain Jane
survived the storms
survived the pain
in maturity now...she's on top of her game



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Mistletoe Angel
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1 posted 2001-12-22 03:30 PM




(smiles) Sooooooo beautiful, sweet Lyra, your beautiful words are always so creative and tell parables that teach such beautiful encouraging lessons! (smiles) There is never any shame in being ourselves, for as long as we love ourselves, we will always be at our primes. (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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2 posted 2001-12-22 06:02 PM



Looking in my diary again, are you?  Very clever, and oh so very true!  Thank you for this!

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3 posted 2001-12-22 06:37 PM


Lyra darling girl this is without doubt one of your utter best, you really are getting to be soooooooooo good

Plain Jane ohhhhhh how this reminds me of a girl I once knew, she was a really bright girl, but wore the thickest glasses and a brace. But oh my when the brace came off and the glasses where replaced by contacts she was beautiful. She was always beautiful inside

This is utterly wonderful, as are you
Fabulous writing darling girl utterly fabulous


Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace St John ch2 v1


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4 posted 2001-12-22 06:41 PM


LOL! This is so very true! I went to a class reunion and the girls (and guys) that no one paid attention to became the most successful and best presented people there. Perhaps it was because they felt they had to try harder, I don't know, but the poem is SO true....
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5 posted 2001-12-22 07:21 PM


Madame C,
I agree with Balladeer, it's all so true.

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6 posted 2001-12-22 08:16 PM


One of my favorite actresses is Neve Campbell and they say that she is a plain Jane but I see so much natural beauty when I look at her. Women dont need to cake on the make up to be pretty, thats just a way to make the manufacturer's rich! This poem speaks truth! ~hugs~
RP

ecrivan
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7 posted 2001-12-22 11:54 PM


Wow what a transformation from plain and glasses to Monroe-like, don't know the secret..oh yes I do you said so!

using what's inside the counts,
never minding how criticism surmounts.


shoffswife
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8 posted 2001-12-23 01:48 AM


Wow, I think you were talking about me.  It was a great poem and from the poems you've written that I have read have been awesome.  You are truly talented and I look forward to hearing more from you.
doreen peri
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9 posted 2001-12-23 02:04 AM


wonderful writing!!!!!!!!!!! i LOVED this!!!

(do you like shel silverstein? a a milne?.... i see some of both in your work... i like to write whimsical stuff, too sometimes... let's write something together, want to? email me? if you're interested....this was really really good! i enjoyed this very much!)

Kethry
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10 posted 2001-12-23 07:27 AM


Lyra,
I enjoyed! but then I always do.
Keth

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



Kit McCallum
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11 posted 2001-12-23 08:20 AM


Oh, this is so very true Madame Chipmunk! Wonderfully expressed ... I think you speak for many of us indeed! Very much enjoyed!

Best wishes,
/Kit

OLIAS
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12 posted 2001-12-23 11:53 AM


ugly duckling to swan, there is no plastic surgery for intellect, charisma or talent which you have in abundance. Greatly enjoyed.

Regards,
Olias.

strbbux
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13 posted 2001-12-23 12:17 PM


So true, the soul is beautiful and that is what counts. strbbux
Madame Chipmunk
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14 posted 2001-12-23 10:57 PM


Thanks Noah...I agree with you.  Beauty comes from the inside.

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Madame Chipmunk
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15 posted 2001-12-23 11:00 PM


Thanks Sunshine,
What amazes me, is that I thought I was the only ugly duckling...but it seems that I had plenty of company.

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Madame Chipmunk
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16 posted 2001-12-23 11:04 PM


Thanks so much Marsha,  You are utterly my dear friend for all of those wonderful compliments!!!!!!!!!!
Actually, I wrote this poem quite a while ago, but it has since undergone several revisions.

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Madame Chipmunk
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17 posted 2001-12-23 11:11 PM


Thanks Balladeer, I agree with you...and I have come to believe that the reason is that people who are very attractive when they are teenagers, or who think they are attractive as teenagers, don't feel that they have to develop other qualities in themselves.
Teenage beauty doesn't last forever, and when it disappears, there is nothing to back it up.....and the person becomes shallow.
Whereas those of us who are late bloomers, learn other ways of compensating for our looks...and in the end, we become smart enough to make ourselves look good.
Now...I have said everything that I've said in the poem.  Enough philosophy for the night.

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"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Madame Chipmunk
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18 posted 2001-12-23 11:15 PM


Thanks so much, Seymour, Kit and Keth.
I appreciate your replies on this...and I cannot believe how many "plain Janes" we have at this website....Maybe it is a trait of poets.

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Madame Chipmunk
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19 posted 2001-12-23 11:19 PM


Thanks Joanna,  I happen to agree with you about Neve Campbell....she is very beautiful.

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Madame Chipmunk
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20 posted 2001-12-23 11:29 PM


Thanks for the little verse, Martin.
You are right...its whats inside that counts...and I wish I weren't so vain!
It must be nice to be a man, and not have to worry so much about makeup and hair and the like.

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"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Madame Chipmunk
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21 posted 2001-12-23 11:31 PM


Thanks Shelley,
From one plain Jane to another......Cheers!
Aren't you happy you grew up?

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Madame Chipmunk
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22 posted 2001-12-24 12:00 PM


Thanks doreen,......A WHOLE BUNCH!!!!!!!!!
I cannot believe that you compared me to Milne and Silverstein....
That is the BIGGEST compliment which I have EVER had on my writing.
Lady.....YOU have made this rodent's day!
that compliment was better than 2 cheekful's of acorns
I have read some of your poems.  They are excellent, and I would love to write with you.
I will email you after the holidays are over....or before, if I can find the time
Thanx again!!!!!!!!!!!!

copyright2001 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Madame Chipmunk
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23 posted 2001-12-24 12:06 PM


Olias.....Thank you so much for the compliment and I am still gawking and giggling over your "The Gawk"....that was by far, the FUNNIEST poem I ever read!

copyright2001 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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Madame Chipmunk
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24 posted 2001-12-24 12:10 PM


Thanks for your reply, Strbbux....
Wouldn't it be nice if we had mirrors in which we could see our souls....
not the ones on the bottoms of our feet...
the ones inside of our consciences

copyright2001 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

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