Best Imperfection Poems

Beauty in Imperfection - A collaboration with Iris Blade

I got too close to the masterpiece
And realized it was cracked
Blemishes and scars 
Memories and sorrow

I stared as the brushstrokes reflected
fault lines in reverse images
slicing and carving,
desires and dreams 

And I silently waited
For the broken frame
For the...

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Blemishes I see upon my body
Destroying my own temple
Could it be that simple

Damned to dream
and not sleep
As so it seem
and soon I will reap

From my own hands the cuts
Showing the pain in my soul
Tarnished it would be
if it was up to me
Unable to separate from...

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I’m perfectly imperfect, 
And to busy for the tears.
Losing my best friend,
Has had me twisted up for years.
·
I’m perfectly imperfect,
On my life’s winding road.
Finding the grace of God,
Helped me to lighten the load.
·
I’m perfectly imperfect,
The way God made me to be.
Through Him, I’ve untwisted myself,
And...

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sweet imperfection

random beauty out of line

wrongness is so right




(April 6, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)


(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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The rugged bark of an old tree
with imperfection due to its cracks
is a wondrous thing of beauty
and it's the imperfection that attracts

We know that a star-shaped flower 
does not make a perfect star
Yet it has a certain loveliness
that induces a sense of wonder

A hand-crafted ceramic...

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 
And you said I was beautiful to you
But you never said when it would be over
Or how soon we would be through 

Perfection is what you’re looking for
And of course it’s plain to see 
Perfection is what...

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how many stab wounds

   until pacified with death

      such human error...

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Why shouldn't  beautiful truth be felt profoundly and seen clearly, 
not as perceived in a mirror fogged up by imperfection and pretense?
What we fearfully hide from ourselves: is conspiuous pity!


We lie to embellish what is ugly and deceitful,
but the unpleasant feeling doesn't become evident...

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The pain of looking in a mirror and seeing
 a reflect that ought to be imperfect,
Lord it looks disturbing...
I cant even tell if the girl i see is me...

The shadows cloak my heart
They creep in from my past
The guilt, the pain, the shame and all...

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A tear fell from one eye and then another.
This agitation formed a perfect pearl.
A gem that was so flawless when discovered
that it became the envy of the world.

Hearts hold secret longings beyond measure
that are not on display for all to see. 
Many selfish motives are...

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In the endless void of night,
Giant shadows take the fight
  Into the realm of intuition,
Setting wrecks of reason free,
Drugs and dreams, no guarantee
  To shrink the risk of retribution.

And as the fog of dawn descends,
It seeds nocturnal odds and ends
  With fatigue,...

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aye savor the faire genetic blueprint 
   extant unique to each of us 
   with this quite alimentary aire 
   including (that almighty, 
   bottom, cushiony, dimpled, 

   excretory functioning Gluteus Maximus 
  ...

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One, two strokes of my pen touch my paper, 
Resurrecting dreams vanquished in despair
and with a glance I discern the imperfection in my work.

With a smile I show reverence for my imperfection
For it is what makes me who I am,
what makes diversity possible,
what makes life...

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Perfect Imperfection   
By Fabiola Rios 

Earth could be in a hellfire blazing with hate, negativity, and hands open to clap upon our failure, yet together we yield a power capable of shielding us; protecting ourselves with our own flaws. we take the negative...

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"Dead leaves lay still, even the last flower is withered: yet there is a beauty in decayed imperfection." Taken from a quote by _Constance La France

On an orbital rotation around our planet every day, nothing stays the same. We change our surroundings change, our thoughts...

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