Poetry Friday: Some Beauty by Lia Purpura

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Its nature
is ruthless, nothing
as simple as
loss being ruinous,
those undeniable rainbows
of oil, shock of bright
sulphurous puddles
(in goldfinch, in lemon)
and now what,
if that beauty's
terrible plumage
makes you keep looking
and disturbs your despair.

- Some Beauty by Lia Purpura

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Comments

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Always depends on the POV, doesn't it? Lovely wake-up call here! Thanks!

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It really does!

POV

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It does indeed depend on point of view--beautiful or ruthless or maybe both.

Re: POV

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It does indeed.

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An interesting poem with unusual detail to think about.

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Beauty is everywhere.

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I really liked this line: sulphurous puddles

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Me too. Anyone else thinking of the Doctor Who episode The Pilot?