Outer Shell (society's husks)

Richard, you sweet man, your comments so often give me reason to smile! :) I find no suprise in hearing you are a lover of inner beauty, you're right about that second line, I was a little uncomfortable with it, felt forced somehow, I'll swap the word order round a bit and see if that helps! Thank you so much for your comment Richard, much love from one beauty to another ;) b xx

LOL Keith! :) I'm glad my words set you to thinking , that is compliment enough! I have edited 'society' bit, i think I did want to imply more than one society, as I'm sure this obsession with external beauty and appearance is not a uniquely British thing! but I think you're right society's does work best, I can't tell you how I ummed and arred about that bit before posting, if I leave it as Society's though, is the idea of it being many different societies still implied to the reader?! I'm going to leave the middle line for now, I kind of like expressing that i won't be told by society what beauty is! Do hope you're well Keith? and life on the fens is good? As always, I'm very grateful for your opinions and comments! much love b xx

Nina, oh I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be recieving comments from you again! Hooray! :) I've actually been writing loads of Haikus recently (Chicken Feed, Two Midges, Dappled Dreams, The Ordinary) I've been reading an anthology of 'Zen' poetry my yoga teacher leant me, and it has undoubtedly inspired me to experiment with this form, and I'm really loving it! So happy you think I've done a good job Nina, your opinion is very much respected here dear poetess! :)do hope you're well hon. much love b xx

Awww thanks Anni, so happy you enjoyed hon, hoping you'll like my most recent Japanese offering, Omi and I helped some friends extract some honey recently, I must say I thought of you often, I know you love bees, it really was such an enjoyable afternoon :) I'm liking the drama of your new photo, got me thinking Cathy on a moor somewhere lol :) much love to you lovely one xxx

Manena Wafi, so glad you enjoyed and think it was well constructed. Happy you have sorted you computer out and are back with us, hope the exams went well and things are good with you. Always honoured to see you here Wafi and love recieving your comments. I've found it so uplifting here at Neopoet, so many of us who see beauty in more than the shell, it's good for the soul :) much love b xx

Hey Ephy, ndatenda, so pleased you liked it, I do love this form for just the reasons you state hon, few words, long story. As ever I love when you stop here, been meaning to catch up with your posts, but you know how crazy it's been lately, sooo busy! :) visit you soon though, you know I love your work, yakanaka! Wakanaka :) much love b xxx