Written for dVerse Poets Pub - Poetics: Come and take a Selfie! (posted by sarahsouthwest) "One of the great things about dVerse is that people write regularly. I feel I know many of you in a very special way, through your poetry. And equally, I’ve told you things about myself – consciously and unconsciously – that I wouldn’t normally tell people, because that’s what poetry does. It opens us up. For this prompt, I wanted to make that very explicit. I’d like to see some self-portraits. If you were giving me a portrait of someone else, you might pull out one feature, or one incident, or start telling me about their eyebrows and head off somewhere completely different. I’d like a self-portrait that does something like that. By the end of this we might not know what colour your eyes are, but we might know what inspires you, or how you take your coffee." A sketch, an outline– no table of internal contents. People say I look confident and calm. Under the surface is a ticking bomb. If you look strong, do you suppose you can grow into that look? Hair is curly now with age. Don't know why. Blue eyes search the glass but never for long. I am happiest when my sarcastic sense of humor makes others laugh, when my imagination in writing soars, and when I am reading a book I love. https://dversepoets.com/
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Wonderful write Sara! Blue eyes, curly hair, sarcastic — Sounds cool… 😉
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Thanks so much, Rob!
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I love this selfie portrait of you! A you folks gravitate to, I’m certain.
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Thanks, Helen!
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Nice opening, and all of this comes across as an honest self-appraisal.
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Thanks, Ken!
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Love the ending here….the listing of what makes you happy! 🙂 Since you enjoy books: The Old Woman Who Broke All the Rules. Read it! You’ll chuckle out loud! 🙂
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Author? Thanks, Lillian.
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Beautiful, straightforward and fun self sketch. Love all of it and the book lover’s ending. 🙏
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Thanks so much, Mother W!
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I love a bit of sarcasm! I was left feeling that you’re happiest when you’re not thinking about yourself at all – and maybe that’s the best way to be.
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You may be on to something there! Thanks, Sarah.
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this is really lovely, thanks for sharing you!
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Thanks, Kate!
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my pleasure!
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What makes a person happy says so much about them. I liked the honesty and simplicity of your poem, Sara.
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Thanks, Lisa!
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You’re very welcome.
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