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Poems - Beautiful Useless Things
| | Beautiful Useless Thingsby Kieran
"One turns half away, musingly,
from certain beautiful useless things."
--Henry James
Arthur's a wiz with scissors
And a future fashion czar.
He'll open a salon one day,
Hairdresser to the stars...
Or maybe dance in a ballet
Or sculpt an angel's wings.
I tell him to go on and make
His beautiful useless things.
He wants to bury iris bulbs
In homely highway grass
And be the reason orchids bloom
Along the overpass,
Hang crinoline in every room
And fill his hands with rings.
I tell him to go on and make
His beautiful useless things.
I say "The names they're calling you--
That start with F, that start with Q--
Are all an empty head can do
To make an ugly world..."
Arthur is out windsurfing
Every day on summer break
'Cause it's kinetic poetry
An art for its own sake.
His friends grow up, run companies,
Balance ledgers, and chart trends,
Cut deals, and other useful things
On which the world depends.
He only cuts a graceful figure,
Only balances his board
Between a weltering horizon
And a sandy distant shore,
Between the fickle wind which flies him
And the hungry sea which calls.
He is useless, less than nothing.
Heaven help us when he falls.
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by Phoebe on Thursday, April 19, 2012 (22:51:10) |
I think all people are beautiful, they have no choice in their creation, but they create their destiny, not by how they look or what they say but simply because of who they are - love your poetry..  Phoebe
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by Kieran on Friday, April 20, 2012 (00:26:11) |
Well, you certainly get this poem! Thank you for a terrific compliment. Arthur in the poem is art (his nickname) itself, but also a boy making his own way on the path less travelled by.
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by deepali on Friday, April 20, 2012 (06:46:08) |
Thanks for sharing this emotional, very beautiful write, dear Christopher!
warm wishes,
D.
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by rondo on Friday, April 20, 2012 (11:32:55) |
great social write...eloquently portrayed.....and you never sell us short with half written pieces but give lots of example to support the premise....... 
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by wordsmithwannabe on Friday, April 20, 2012 (14:05:30) |
this is beautifully penned. i can't stop reading it. well done.
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by Ozymandias on Friday, April 20, 2012 (17:25:50) |
A fine piece indeed, I like your thoughts, I like the expression, rhyme, everything!
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by Zbird on Saturday, April 21, 2012 (08:49:11) |
what a beautifully sensitive poem! I loved every wonderful verse penned so superbly. please accept one of my rare hearts as this poem is going into my favorites.
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by maryanns on Saturday, April 21, 2012 (12:00:27) |
Ah, Arthur is the spice of life, like rainbows in the sky! So fond of this, especially enjoyed your iris 'neath the overpass. Keep 'um coming, Mary Ann
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by butterflyzrfree on Saturday, April 21, 2012 (14:50:13) |
Nothing, and yet, everything. A very thoughtful original write! Gail
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by electrictiger on Sunday, April 22, 2012 (01:21:45) |
Astounding and profoundly talented. I rarely say things like that.
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by fogglethorpe on Sunday, April 22, 2012 (15:58:50) |
I love the sense of dignity and humanity that leaps out of this. A fave.
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by liarbird on Monday, April 23, 2012 (00:19:15) |
G'day Kieran...
Great meter and rhyme...and a great yarn to boot.
Thanks Kieran.
Lindsay
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Re: Beautiful Useless Things
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by kylebank on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 (19:11:36) |
beautiful image at the end with the windsurfing. beautiful!
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