Font of Her

He focused on her like a complex scenario

One that required patience

Effort and more patience again

Like... Learning cursive

She could only be written softly

Strokes feather light and thread thin

An error would ruin her detail

Bruising her beauty... Just bruising!

He cannot adapt to such delicacy

To such supreme standards

He is too bold and too capital

Nothing italics can fix

So, for her

He lost his title

Minimized and became less bold

No longer commanding and dark

She noticed him then

Now that he is a Calibri Boy

Reviews

[Ken e Bujold]

much to be said for a more sophisticated poem than a first casual glance would imply. I found myself going back and rereading a few times, each one more slowly and so ever more rewarding. I really enjoyed the sly little bits of playful cleverness in the poem. "cursive" as a slightly off-center metaphor for "the learning curve" that also fixes the thought on how much discipline is required to do, win over, what you really want in life. also loved how you tied it to the last line, with Calibri boy invoking the duality of images again. Sun, worldliness, a bit more rapacious in appetite, which is what life typically does to us. And the full meal between the buns, the middle stanzas must not be overlooked with their easy flowing cadence but a quite wise view of what growing up, getting ahead, and aspiring to something usually incurs.
Great poem Nan. My first visit, but I will definitely be stopping by for future looks at whats on the menu

ken

[Nandawula Regine Kabali-Kagwa]

Hello there Ken :). Thank you for taking the time to review my work. I love creating metaphors and personification to make poetry come alive.
With this piece, the use of fonts reminds me of how frustrating it was in kindergarten to figure out how to make my handwriting look right and later learning different ways to write.
Its just like in life, like you mentioned with "learning curves". I relate with that when it comes to love as well. Figuring someone out and trying to understand their mind sometimes does require you to adjust and adapt to some things.

This was an amazing review. I really appreciate it.