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Ironic Beauty
by Darlene M Caban → (All Poetry by Darlene M Caban)
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The graceful arches
And proud towers
Guard the intricate tiles
Of the ancient buildings

In this arid place
The blue tiles
Recall the fountains of Paradise

And yet...
These monuments were built
To honor an ideology
Whose only form of decoration
Is now blood and shattered bodies.

How ironic
That this beauty can exist
In a place of such ugliness.

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 Reviews of "Ironic Beauty"
Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya
Reviewed on May 22, 2004
Good write!!!

Reviewed by Henry Lefevre
Reviewed on May 18, 2004
A thing of beauty,
I'll never be
My only out,
Is to keep being me.

Hank

Reviewed by Bob Holt (Reader)
Reviewed on May 8, 2004
Well said. This tells a lot of stories. A good looking facade often hides a lot of ugly secrets.


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