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Blind Love

Alan Hardy·February 21, 2025

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Blind Love

written by: Alan Hardy

She twists round, her sweep of hair, the angle of light,
portray a sweetness of gaze and features,
how things could have been.
A grimace, a scowl, a morose distortion of face
does reveal how she often is.
That perfect image, a publicity still standing out from
the mass of ordinary others, and bundle of scary few,
could be the truest. The one that pictures her soul.
The radiance hidden by the blurry ones, the misaligned ones,
the ugly, nasty, wicked ones.
One of them might be the real her. Just as valid
as the devilishly pretty one. The one to fall
in love with. The ones to avoid her.
Skirt by hurriedly. Nervously. Fearfully.
The whole gamut, I admit, encapsulates myriad possibilities.
Still, the one where, twisting and turning,
body and face catch beauty’s transient light
is the one that takes my breath away.
The others can remain hidden in cupboards.
The photo in my hand
I will hold forever in my heart.

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Alan Hardy has for many years run an English language school for foreign students. He’s been published in such magazines as Envoi, Iota, Poetry Salzburg, The Interpreter’s House, Littoral, Orbis, South, Pulsar, Lothlorien and others. Poetry pamphlets Wasted Leaves (1995) and I Went With Her (2007). Though he has just recently started submitting again (after a little pause), he has always kept writing (and reading) poems.

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Laura is a native of South Florida who has spent over a decade working in the healthcare industry. She loves the outdoors and is equally at home on the beach or in the mountains. She enjoys a variety of activities, including biking, photography, yoga and hiking. Spirituality is very important to Laura and much of her writing centers around working through grief and loss. Laura also writes on a variety of other topics, in which she tries to send a positive message, adding a touch of humor when appropriate. Laura doesn't shy away from writing on darker topics as she believes it's important to embrace the shadow self. If you had to ask her what her favorite drink was, she'd most definitely say coffee. You also may have seen her cosplaying Catwoman. Laura is a lover of all animals, and owns several cats and dogs.

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