I met a girl Today (revised)

by Andie

Published February 17, 2011

In Poetry

This is the revised version after I considered all of your wonderful advice. I'm not sure if I should totally replace the old one though, because the original seems like a totaly different poem to me. I don't know, what do you guys think? Is it better or worse than the original?

I met a girl today
The most peculiar thing I’ve ever seen
She stood behind a pane of glass
Housed in a wooden frame
Her hair was ivy vines in the dead of winter
Long and winding wildly down her pale marble back
Lips of coral pulled back over pebble teeth
Washed white and smooth by the sea
Her eyes were grey pools of melting ice
Hidden securely behind black feather lashes
Warm at their core
But coldly regarding me with a sting of curiosity
Poised like a lion
Tense and ready for my attack
An unyielding spirit hiding a delicate sense of reality
unsympathetic features above a tepid gaze
Beautiful and deadly
I could never be as strong as she
Not in my wildest dreams
There was an untamed spirit about her
A flame that had long sense been extinguished in me
So I braced myself for her assault
We stood there for a long while
This stranger and I
Just waiting for the other to make a move
The glossy reflection wavered slightly
And then slowly in a mutual surrender
We smiled

Comments & reviews · 3
MusicAndWritingSpeak commented Comment · Feb 18, 2011

Love, love, love. At first I didn't understand who the girl was and I love the imagery of this poem. It has a good feel about it and I love how you described this girl so much, I could actually picture her in my m=ind. Very good indead

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Andie commented Comment · Feb 17, 2011

Oh! I missed that, thanks I'll change it right away.

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armstronge wrote a review Review · Feb 17, 2011

This poem is great! At first I didn't know who this girl was, until the very end of the poem. The description is very detailed. I could picture that girl's every detail. I like how you described the girl, and the way that you wrote the poem.

Overall, I only saw one mistake:

a unyielding spirit hiding a delicate sense of reality


"A" should be "An", which is a simple mistake. Other than that, I think this poem is wonderful! :D



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