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Beautiful Eyebrows
August 30, 2009
When she was younger,
She skipped class and played truth-or-dare
In the woods with her cousin.
She jumped rope and won little competitions
About beauty and style…
She trimmed her eyebrows;
Obsessively,
Until one day, out of frustration,
She shaved them off.
It took her months to grow them back,
But when they did,
They were thick and lush;
Beautiful eyebrows,
She had…
She married a bad man
Who beat her
And strangled her birds with
The golden-handled jump-rope
She won in 10th grade.
When he did, she didn’t cry.
She just stared---
Nearly numb, except for the frown
That furrowed
In between her beautiful eyebrows.
© Rebecca W., W. Hollywood, CA
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This article has 12 comments.
HumeraThahur SILVER said...
on Jul. 16 2014 at 7:42 am
Beautiful, just beautiful! Great job, you had me smiling at the end.
TaylorWintry DIAMOND said...
on May. 13 2014 at 12:26 pm
Wow, you practically slapped me in the face. This was really nice! I don't know why you thought this was intense-overkill, but honestly it was dramatic yet very to-the-point. I loved it. I also love how the focus is her eyebrows. It's quite peculiar and reminds me of myself a little... I have to ask, though, whose POV is this from? Who would focus so much on eyebrows when this girl clearly has so much other stuff going on? I'm under no circumstances trying to be sassy, I'm genuinely curious. Overall, really cool. It's chilling.
I'm not sure why I haven't commented on this before, even though I always see it in the top spots every day. Regardless, I think it's wonderful. You should be very happy you wrote despite being as you say "intense" for your taste. It is emotionally intense. But you summed the life of many girls who live awful lives like this. First, they're princesses to the public; but their real lives are nightmares. It's sad but it happens all the time. Very well written. I like the imagery. Keep writing stuff like this.
HiddengoldTee SILVER said...
on Dec. 26 2012 at 7:55 pm
This poem is so full of emotion. it makes me remember the feelings of being frustrated by something small while really there is an underlying hurt. Great poem!
FreakyEyed DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 12 2009 at 1:42 pm
Wow, thank you for the great comment (Haha, and yes, I am a girl)! There is no pattern... for the most part, all my poems are free-style, with no patterns. =]
Again, thank you so much for the amazing compliments, I really appreciate it!
~S.E.M
Again, thank you so much for the amazing compliments, I really appreciate it!
~S.E.M
NorthernWriter said...
on Sep. 12 2009 at 1:33 pm
I LOVE how you used eyebrows to describe her. I don't know if you're a girl, but you describe it in a way that I can relate to it, especially the eyebrows and frustration part. You don't know anything about the girl really, except for her eyebrows but how you describe it is just really nice. It has substance, if you know what I mean? I'm just wondering, did you write it according to a certain syllable pattern or just whatever came out?
FreakyEyed DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 11 2009 at 8:49 pm
Thanks for your support! It was an experiment... and you've just confirmed my success! <3
~S.E.M
~S.E.M
Brndi said...
on Sep. 11 2009 at 12:53 pm
very good poem i love it its not like anything ive ever read before its unique!! great job keep it going ;]
FreakyEyed DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 8 2009 at 7:33 pm
Thank you very much! It was a successful experiment, then! ^-^
blingblang4eva ELITE said...
on Sep. 8 2009 at 6:19 pm
very unique and well written. the transition between emotions were very sharp and very effective.