She's Nice
A DESCRIPTIVE WORD
Hear what I've been thinking. I think, The lady's nice
But I can think of better words, the 'nice' word won't suffice.
Whilst adjectives describe a place, a person and all things
And nice is such a word as that, ask, Do you think it sings?
Thesaurus names all synonyms, so seek and you will find
Word look alikes, dead-ringers too, that best express your mind.
Try Pleasant, Friendly, Affable, Appealing to the senses
Stunning, Gorgeous, Beautiful, in past and present tenses,
Attractive, Comely, Elegant, Walks on a bed of Roses
One's hearts desire, Forbidden fruit, descriptive, as all prose is.
Exquisite, Dulcet, Ravishing, She takes ones breath away
Sweet, Winning, Lovely, Amiable, are heart felt things to say.
Gifted, Brilliant, Capable, Her voice ones heart excites
Who masters language much like this, a vivid essay writes.
Come on, search your memory through, more drafts, go do it thrice,
And find the words to tell the world she's truly;
very nice.
by ROBBY
Adapted from a poem by Thomas W.R. Towle (Robby),
First Published 1995. Adapted by the author 2004.
posted by The Family @ 2:24 PM
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This is an extract from a poem I wrote after observing children and their idolic crushes when I worked in a secondary school and from the process of conferencing the writings of students to encourage them to reveal more in their stories..
The original begins with a young student trying to write an essay to say he likes his teacher. It then goes on to what you see where various options are put forward to replace the word nice
The young student will have none of that and simpy uses the teachers name as an adjective, which in the original is Carolyn.
The original is titled "Carolyn, A Descriptive Word".
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