Insolence



Little girls so frilly,
Irresistible in their lace,
Nylon shoestrings, buckles all,
Innocence in the face!

They grow and then they change,
Pigtails turn to curls,
There must be something coming. . .
Impudence unfurled!

Nothing can you tell them,
Without the flounce of skirt,
The shift of eyebrows, tilt of head,
Even the expressions hurt.

Sheer effrontery is her game
Your calm emotions spent,
You try, you plead, then realize,
No words will make a dent!

c. Poetic Universalisms I by Lena Smith Carter, 2006
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Scheme XAXA XXXX XBXB XCXC X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 492
Words 84
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

Lena Smith Carter

Lena Smith Carter is an internationally traveled concert artist who has sung the poetry of the world in seven languages across America and around the world. She is a graduate of Central State University (OH) with a B. S. in Music Education, a graduate of Miami University (OH) with an M.Mus. in Performance and Repertory, and has studied for her doctorate at the Paris American Academy, Paris, France and The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Her international travels have taken her from Paris to New York as well as Porto Alegre, RS; Fortaleza, CE; Recife, PE; Joao Pessoa, PB: Natal, RN; Sergipe, AR; and Brasilia, DF, where she appeared at Casa Thomas Jefferson /The American Embassy. Her experiences in the northeast allowed her to use many Brazilian folk songs as both the land and the language are very close to the hearts of northeasterners. In the south of Brazil, where there are many foreign-born citizens who speak other languages natively, she used more German, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, as well as Portuguese and English.In addition to her concert career and international travels, she is a teacher, parent, grandparent, publisher, editor, patent holder, philosopher and published poet and author. She has traveled to more than 15 different countries and has had more than thirty-five years experience in the creative arts and education. Her poetry is bold, original, colorful, and imaginative.Her written and published works include The Weight Management Diary, Axioms for Life/Work, Axioms for Life I, Axioms for Life II, Axioms for Life III, Poetic Universalisms I (hardback/paperback), Poetic Universalisms II, (hardback/paperback), 50 Reasons Why You Have/Have Not Arrived, Foreign Language Tips for Travelers (eBook), School Security Rewind (eBook), Writing Poetry: How to make yourself a Pro (eBook) and Jumpstarting Your Choir, Volume I. more…

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