Now enter child-ballerina,
delicate, pretty
in pink-long-leg ribbon-wrap,
stretchy tights & leotard:
entendre before plie,
then en pointe:
beauty-gone-broken-toe-shoe
wibble-wobble plop,
but will she rise
to try floor-skim: bourree,
or opt, once again,
for just running and jumping
away? Allegro! Slender girl
climbing a trellis—
happy,
beside the climbing roses,
and looking in the mirror—
sees American Beauty
& a rookie at the barre.
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June 27, 2006 at 11:11 pm
dantheman123ya
i tell ya. it is hard to find a writer that has talent like u. u remind me of dan brown. the best book in the world is “The Da Vinci Code” It was fabulous. maybe u may become like him. i hope u do
June 27, 2006 at 11:15 pm
Helen Losse
Daniel, what about me reminds you of Dan Brown?
June 28, 2006 at 10:03 am
dantheman123ya
ur writing. ur writing is absolutley fabulous
June 28, 2006 at 12:27 pm
Helen Losse
Thank you. I work hard at my writing, meaning I revise and revise and revise. Any poems that appear on this blog, but have not yet been published,will probably be revised. I even revise published works, if I can improve them. Revising, contrary to popular belief, is fun.
June 28, 2006 at 6:45 pm
love2quiz
Cool poem…but I think Dan Brown is wrong…I heard he believes God didn’t really die on the cross….something like that…
June 28, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Helen Losse
A lot of people don’t believe Jesus was (is) the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world. (Almost everyone believes there was an historical man named Jesus.) But being a Christian or not being a Christian doesn’t make a person a good or a bad writer. I have not read “The Da Vici Code,” and I don’t know what Dan Brown believes.
June 28, 2006 at 7:51 pm
love2quiz
Yeah, I’m sure he’s probably a talented writer, just not writing about the right type of thing. It would be cool if he did though…
June 28, 2006 at 8:32 pm
Helen Losse
Jen, I’m sure Dan Brown writes to learn, as do most writers. I don’t know about you, but I don’t know what the “right type of thing” to write about is. But I think it’s best not to judge him. I’m leaving that up to God.
When he was asked the question, “Are you a Christian,” this was his answer:
“Yes. Interestingly, if you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as absolute historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell. Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious–that is, that we are all trying to decipher life’s big mysteries, and we’re each following our own paths of enlightenment. I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.”
see more about Dan Brown at his web site:
http://www.danbrown.com/index.html