Whatever part I’m here to play
I hope I play it well.
Although the vision of the day
With ugliness may get its way
May beauty cast some spell.
Linked to dVerse Poetics. Mish is hosting with the theme “beauty in ugliness”.
Photo: “Ugly Cracks”, above, and “Ugly Fungus”, below.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
I always like your poems, Frank. They make me smile with their hopefulness.
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I am glad they do. Thank you, Jenna!
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I think beauty will come (and I think the fungi look’s nice but not tasty)
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I wouldn’t want to eat it either. Thank you, Bjorn!
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So simple. Beauty comes in many forms, after all.
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It does and it is all around us. Thank you, Sarah!
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There really is beauty in the simple, ordinary things. Well done, Frank!
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Yes, there is. Thank you, Jade!
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Even your cracks and your fungus are attractive, Frank 🙂
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I don’t know why I photographed them, but I’m glad I did. Thank you, Jane!
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🙂
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“May beauty cast some spell.” Amen to that!
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I hope it does. Thank you, Lillian!
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I love this line: May beauty cast some spell. And your photos are charming, not ugly.
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Thank you, Grace. There is beauty in the simple things.
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your poem is lovely Frank, tells me to see the beauty in everything I might just walk pass and also the beauty in a day that may not start or end well. love the photos you include.
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Thank you, Gina! It is sometimes hard. I trust it is there even when I can’t see it.
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This is a little gem, Frank. I think you share my eternal optimism!
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It is good to be optimistic. Thank you!
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That’s beautiful. I love this. I might just post it somewhere where I can see it every day to remind me that there is always beauty.
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There is always beauty somewhere. Thank you, Sophia!
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You always are so hopeful in your poetry. and your photos are exquisite.
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I am glad you found this hopeful. It is. Thank you, Toni!
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This is truly a Frankism! Love your spirit.
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Thank you, V.J.!
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I agree to cast if a beauty spell. Lovely poem Frank
Much💛❤💛love
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It is good to cast a beauty spell. Thank you, Gillena!
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Odd, random photos work so well for future poems, don’t they? I like the pairing of words and image and the wonderful message in positivity that you share.
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I never know what photo will be worth posting. These were from last year. Thank you, Mish!
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I hope beauty casts it spell for all of us, Frank.
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Me, too! Thank you, Robbie!
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New Car Scratches Making
Beautiful
Ugly
in Such a Small
Way Making Scratches
into Beauty As i suggested to
Someone who wanted A
Challenge of Beauty
to Key his
New
Car for the
Development of Beauty
aS Car Scars for it’s true after
Staycation Hell for 66 Months
i was rather Pleased after i bought
my New Car and some Children in the Next
Parking Spot over Banged their Parent’s Car
Door Scratching
My New Car
while
Katrina
Screamed a
Bloody Murder
Curdling Sound of Disgust
at the Care Free Playing Children
Next Car Door Over to what she saw in
Disgust of Spoiled New Car Beauty.. same as i would Have
Done Before i went to Earth Hell 66 Months then getting out
Enjoying Still Just Fine
That
Car Scar
of No Consequence
to me then was Evidence
i had arrived iN Heaven for
A Happiness to Be Never Defeated
by Material Deficit Ugliness after that..
It’s True.. Frank..
Hell iN This Way
iS A Most Beautiful
School i’ve Visited FoR NoW..:)
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Good observation about hell being a most beautiful school. The car scar is of no real consequence. Thank you, Fred!
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Hehe and there
Is always the
Band-aid oF
Touch-up
Paint
Still
Un-opened
In my Garage..;)
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In little lines you weaved such depth. Brilliant.
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I am glad you like them. Thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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You are stunning in your simplicity! Wow, I love this!
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Thank you, Mary!
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kaykuala
With ugliness may get its way
May beauty cast some spell.
When things are downright hopeless hope is the last salvation to take us through!
Hank
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Very good point, Hank! Hope takes us through.
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Like the shapes of clouds, when I was a child I used to imagine things out of the cracks in the sidewalk. Of course being raised in the city there were often many cracks to do this with. Nice poem Frank, I am sure beauty will manifest itself.
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It always does. Thank you, Dorianna!
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Your words are lovely, and I think the photos are wonderful.
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Thank you, Linda!
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Another beautiful rendering, Frank! Love how you combine exsquisite words with evocative photos!
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Thank you, Frank!
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My pleasure 😇!
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We all come in different shapes and sizes and side by side we can look odd but that’s what makes it beautiful like a mosaic. I loved your poem 💕
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Our differences are beautiful like a mosaic. I like that idea. Thank you, Christine!
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Your poems are always so optimistic, a pleasure to read, as this one was.
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Thank you, Sara!
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The randomness of the cracks is perfect next to the geometry of the bricks. Great juxtaposition. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe!
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The opening lines sound like a prayer.
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I am glad it does. Thank you, Imelda!
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