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Lie to me

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I smile and I'm all teeth underneath,
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careless quips and sinking ships
when something slips.

Hair of the cat that scratched you-
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for her face?

Honesty as a policy
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and you needn't be conflicted
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Lie to meby *Leonca

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The doldrums strike again. I don’t really feel like writing or drawing or doing much of anything right now, but this just came to me so I wrote it down. :hmm:

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I placed this in the Free and Blank Verse category because one or two lines in each stanza don’t rhyme. Do you find free verse poetry to have less impact than traditional fixed forms? Would this flow better if I made those lines rhyme with the others?
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Mood: Love ~ninasilverwing Aug 25, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
"If beauty is in the eye of the beholder
what does the blind man see when he holds her
and tells her his heart smolders
for her face?"
WOW. The way you managed to arrange 26 letters into such an amazing combination, it's.... wonderful :)
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*Leonca Aug 26, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you. =)
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~aelogan Apr 20, 2011
This is good work. The rhyme is a little obvious as intentional throughout, but understatement comes with practice.

Also, just because it rhymes doesn't make it traditional/fixed; and a traditional form that doesn't rhyme is still traditional.

Congratulations on your feature, this is very nice.
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*Leonca Apr 20, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks. =) I don’t know many traditional forms, so a lot of stuff ends up in “free and blank verse.”
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~Sebilicious-P Mar 27, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Btw, forgot to metion^^ Would you like to read my stuff and tell me what you think of it? :)
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*Leonca Mar 27, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I already have a lot of other things I’m trying to take care of at the moment.
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~Sebilicious-P Mar 27, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
The rhymes are very flowing, it makes a lot of fun to read, although I´m not a big user of rhymes xD Sometimes it sounds like a rap if you read it out loud with a specific speed ;D But still, it´s very nice dine :)
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*Leonca Mar 27, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you. =) I never read my stuff out loud, so that is interesting to hear.
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~Sebilicious-P Mar 27, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Every day, you learn something new :-P You´re welcome :)
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