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Beauty is the Beast MAG

By Anonymous

Her skin, butter-cream by day, turns translucent by night.
Her hair, ebony black, shimmers like the night sky
But only to deceive those she encounters
Her lips, stained crimson from her victims
Eyes piercing blue, penetrating those who make contact with them
Her corpse, deemed immaculate by those she lures into her trap
She is the deceiver, the harlot of the hills
But cleverly disguised
The mark of the beast lies in her hands



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chris8770942 said...
on May. 23 2010 at 8:09 pm
dod alsom pictcher where did you gi it at

on May. 23 2010 at 12:33 am
CrazySquid GOLD, Cashmere, Washington
12 articles 2 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
"For beauty is nothing but the begining of terror"

Rilke part of 'The Tenth Elgy'

remides me of a line of this poem by Rilke "For beauty is nothing but the begining of terror"

I think it was in 'the tenth elgy'


jkcoolz SILVER said...
on May. 22 2010 at 8:41 pm
jkcoolz SILVER, Chesapeake, Virginia
5 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
“A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over a garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!” billie joe armstrong

relateable... temtation....or even a person thats not good enough for you i like it

on May. 20 2010 at 7:23 pm
Origami_Giraffe, Goose Creek, South Carolina
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Boring. Cliche, sometimes redundant discriptions, stereotypical subject, and an occasional choice of words that makes me want to gag. All in all, color me unimpressed.

on May. 20 2010 at 7:08 pm
olympian-queen, Charleston, South Carolina
0 articles 0 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
Yesterday is history. Tommorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift that's why they call it the present.

needs less description. more of a body so that the reader can understand what a "beast" she really is. Good concept though!

on May. 19 2010 at 9:17 am
CourtneyLove BRONZE, Belleville, Michigan
1 article 2 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Baby You Can Brusie Me But You'll Never Break Me <3

Wow This An Amazing Poem! I Love The Darkness That It Has But Yet It's Still Beautiful.

Good Job :)


Cakai SILVER said...
on May. 16 2010 at 1:33 pm
Cakai SILVER, Houston, Texas
7 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tu hablas cuando la gallina mea

Fantastic poem!

anaisp15 GOLD said...
on May. 13 2010 at 9:35 pm
anaisp15 GOLD, Batavia, Illinois
15 articles 0 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
And in the music we find ourself

Mine took about 3 weeks to 1 month but some people say it can take longer. Please check out my work.

on May. 13 2010 at 10:16 am
another_teenage_itiot PLATINUM, Huston, Arkansas
30 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why are we so angry
why are we so sad
we dont need to stare back
at everything we had

sounds like someone I know! lol! i like it.

The_End GOLD said...
on May. 12 2010 at 8:14 pm
The_End GOLD, Ashton, Idaho
10 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Any man can stand adversity. If you truly want to test a man's character, give him power." Abraham Lincoln

Dark. Deep. Very Nice!

Hey, can anyone tell me how long the wait before you get your work published on the site?


HelloLove said...
on May. 10 2010 at 7:50 pm
HelloLove, Dexter, Michigan
0 articles 0 photos 68 comments

Favorite Quote:
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're at.
-Hatter
Tut, tut, child! Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it.
-Dutchess

Very well written. I could easily understand what it is you were saying. I love it! :)

on May. 10 2010 at 5:06 pm
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD, Kansas City, Missouri
14 articles 0 photos 498 comments

Favorite Quote:
\"either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin

\"If columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him. No one would have remembered him either.\"

\"If music be the food of love, play on.\"

Wow i really like this. Also great title-and ending. So creative.

on May. 10 2010 at 12:26 pm
Valerie1234 GOLD, Whitmore Lake, Michigan
17 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all"

This is good, very intense and deep. If you could and wouldnt mind taking a look at some of my work, it'd be very appreciated.

on May. 8 2010 at 10:48 am
perfected_11 SILVER, Cheverly, Maryland
5 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Negative thinking limits gods possibilities for us and for others."
-Craig L

i like it>!

check out some of mine please


on May. 8 2010 at 10:20 am
lilyyb25 BRONZE, Boston, Massachusetts
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i really like the message

kae122 said...
on May. 7 2010 at 3:45 pm
i love that!!!

Meg17 GOLD said...
on May. 7 2010 at 8:47 am
Meg17 GOLD, Gahanna, Ohio
12 articles 0 photos 2 comments
this is amazing. i really love it <3

B.A.M.F. said...
on May. 5 2010 at 1:18 pm
BEAUTIFUL poetry, very easy to relate to.. c'mon peeps lets stop judgin by appearance!!! ya digg?

on May. 4 2010 at 12:23 pm
DanielleMarie SILVER, Brady, Nebraska
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Love is messy, that's why you have your partner to help you clean it up.

I really like this poem!

on May. 2 2010 at 11:36 am
Moloctopus BRONZE, Dyersburg, Tennessee
4 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
At some point you've got to stop looking up at the sky, or one of these days you'll look back down and see that you've floated away too.

I agree that this is very intense. I really like it.