21 February 2012 - Prettiest Girls - rinterzato

This poem’s theme springs from part of a quote on a blogger’s ‘about me’ page, the specific line from something Audrey Hepburn once said; “I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls”.  Should be self explanatory from here.

21 February 2012 - Prettiest Girls - rinterzato

The words belong to silver screens of yore

‘believe that happy girls are prettiest’

there’s resonance when application’s core

brings light to bear on lessons soon learned best.

There’s smiles and lips that widen yet unseen,

there’s cheeks that never touch the eyes or soul

and depths that never stirred, make looks obscene;

too many paper rags on racks are tolled.

there’s three dimensions,

there’s sight and sound

there’s no pretensions,

where hearts are found

there’s more to winks

there’s breadth to sighs

these chains hold links

like phony holds its lies

Don’t turn or move too sudden––you’ll be gone,

a profile disappearing, set on edge;

and turning full, your back will change like dawn

and paper thin, facades cry beauty’s hedged.

I know what Audrey means, I know that type––

when beauty in the holder’s eye is hype.

3-26-12

params: rinterzato;  any sonnet with 8 shorter lines interspersed either metered or not, rhymed or not.