Your Face Could Launch a Thousand Ships

Just like Helen of Troy
              your face could launch
                   a thousand ships. 

            Your preternatural beauty, 
             arrests the air I breathe. 
                        At first glance,  
            time freezes to a standstill. 
  So enviable is the symmetry of your face. 
    Your facial features, perfectly chiseled.  

                Your captivating face, 
                  a feast for the eyes 
               Tantamount to fireflies 
             swarming the charcoal sky;   
      even Aphrodite would bow her head 
                  in shame before you. 

                 Just like Helen of Troy
                 your face could launch
                     a thousand ships. 

           That nose, beautifully centered 
               on your heart-shaped face. 
         Those lips, a rounded cupid's bow. 
            Those amber puppy-dog eyes,  
                        brim with love 
              and devastating innocence.

            Oh, how your face comes alive 
                  when you smile at me!
        Your aura, nothing short of magnetic!  
            The power of your radiant smile
               could make iceberg explode
                        like dynamite!

                    Just like Helen of Troy
                    your face could launch
                        a thousand ships.



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Theme: Your face could launch a thousand ships
Date written and posted: 05/29/2018
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018


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Date: 6/16/2018 10:51:00 PM
Lovely, Edward. Congrats on your well deserved podium finish.
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Edward Ibeh
Date: 6/17/2018 1:06:00 AM
Thank you, Line!:-) I appreciate it!
Date: 6/15/2018 11:24:00 AM
A deserving win. This about the best love poem I've read this week. Nice one. Congratulations and keep winning.
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Edward Ibeh
Date: 6/15/2018 2:09:00 PM
Thank you so much, Chime!:-)
Date: 6/8/2018 8:10:00 AM
- A short greeting and congratulations on your great winning poem, Edward :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Edward Ibeh
Date: 6/8/2018 8:59:00 AM
Thank you very much, Anne-Lise!*hugs*
Date: 6/8/2018 7:44:00 AM
sounds like this face could really launch a thousand ships. beautifully expressed poem...thank you and congratulations on your placement :)-luloo
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Edward Ibeh
Date: 6/8/2018 8:57:00 AM
Thank you so much for placing me in your contest, Laura!:-) I'm humbled beyond words!
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