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Curls: Summer Prompt Week 7 (What makes you different?)

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Submitted by ReinaXC on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 1:18pm

Curls that bounce like bronze ringlets

Spiraling around my face

Like slinkies falling from an unknown sky

To weigh on my shoulders

Pooling in a sea of brown waves.

 

My straight-haired friends love

To run their fingers through the wiry mess

And stretch the rings until they’re straight,

Then release, laughing as they spring back

To their original corkscrew shape.

 

When I was young I used to hate

This matted mass of curls,

That stuck up like a lion’s mane

Immune to brush or comb.

 

I begged and pleaded to finally buy

An iron, flat and hot.

Hours of careful clamping

Yielded stands soft and sleek

Completely unknown to me.

 

But step into the humid world,

And moisture will prove your folly,

That heat and gel and designer products,

Cannot tame nature’s wig

And prevent frizz from growing.

 

So one day I made a decision

To embrace this wild mane,

And not to pine for another’s shine

Glossy on the pages of a magazine.

 

Now my curls flow freely

With the occasional help of mousse

To shine in their own haphazard way,

Framing my face by a wavy crown,

In twirling layers of golden brown. 

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I have always...

Submitted by saveandsound on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 1:22pm.

I have always wanted curly hair but I got this hair that can't decide between the straight and wavy. I am so jealous!

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Haha thanks

Submitted by ReinaXC on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 3:18pm.

Haha thanks for reading this and commenting it means a lot! I have always wanted straight hair so I guess this poem was sort of reconciling with that :)

-Reina

Hah.

Submitted by Nyx on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 4:29pm.

I've got wavy hair, and I used to hate it so much. I wanted stick straight hair for EVER. And now I just don't care. I don't really ever do anything with my hair anymore. I just got some layers chopped into it and when I wake up in the morning I brush it a little and I'm good. I've come to even maybe like it a little.

Anways, this is normally not the type of poem I tend to enjoy, but I loved this. Relatable to anyone out there who ever has had hair grumblings.

Nice:)

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Thanks!

Submitted by ReinaXC on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 9:25am.

This isn't usually the type of poem I write either, but thanks for reading and commenting on it anyway!

Thank you!

-Reina

Hah.

Submitted by Nyx on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 4:29pm.

I've got wavy hair, and I used to hate it so much. I wanted stick straight hair for EVER. And now I just don't care. I don't really ever do anything with my hair anymore. I just got some layers chopped into it and when I wake up in the morning I brush it a little and I'm good. I've come to even maybe like it a little.

Anways, this is normally not the type of poem I tend to enjoy, but I loved this. Relatable to anyone out there who ever has had hair grumblings.

Nice:)

Heh

Submitted by Reina Wolf on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 9:02pm.

I can completely relate to this poem, except about the embracing part...I need to work on that. I dont straighten my hair, although I wish I could... Anyways, I like the wording, great job. :)

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Nice job!

Submitted by Shea_Savage on Sat, 08/18/2012 - 7:22pm.

Isn't it funny how we always want what we can't have? I have straight(ish) hair and I've been dying for curls for a very long time.

Good for you, for embracing your natural hair! ;)

Great poem, nice job.

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Thanks!

Submitted by ReinaXC on Sun, 09/02/2012 - 4:23pm.

Thanks you guys! I appreciate the feedback and the comments :)

-Reina