Comment from Dawn Munro

Excellent

Would that have anything to do with that dark ballerina, you know the one, always dancing around the truth, envious of the other one? She was a little quacked up, if you ask me. That's what you get for sleeping with the instructor...

(I'm loving these!)

 Comment Written 09-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 09-Oct-2017

I am thinking we're talking about Swan Lake or the Black Swan. Both have a swan song. Ducks just get shot or beheaded. They need better representation perhaps.

reply by Dawn Munro on 09-Oct-2017

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

reply by Dawn Munro on 09-Oct-2017

BTW - yep. That film (Black Swan) was so good! Who can resist a quacked-up dame? *grin*

Comment from nomi338

Excellent

Great beauty can sometimes become confused with ugliness if the eye of the beholder is jaundiced by jealous envy. If someone else, anyone else is allowed to decide who is beautiful and who is not, then beauty become a bargaining chip, a chip that becomes powerful in the hands of the wrong person. Just a thought.

 Comment Written 06-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 06-Oct-2017

The ugly duckling story can take on deep meaning for people as some of the reviews for this little piece have shown me.

reply by nomi338 on 06-Oct-2017

See what you started, trouble maker. LOL.

Comment from Teri7

Excellent

Bill, This is a very interesting and good acrostic poem you have penned about the duck. You used very good wording and very good imagery. And you have swan at the end. Good job. Teri

 Comment Written 05-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 05-Oct-2017

Thanks, Teri

Comment from frogbook

Excellent

Clever and unusual twist to this one. Great philosophy also. Love your series on each of the species. Well done and keeps the reader waiting for the next.

 Comment Written 05-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 05-Oct-2017

Thanks, FB

Comment from DR DIP

Excellent

Hmm interesting poem and underlying meaning Bill I assume the interpretation can be taken two ways. My interpretation was not literal. I was thinking of the buck teeth horn rimmed glasses little girl who blossums into a beautiful woman way off the mark?

dip

 Comment Written 05-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 05-Oct-2017

A few people have had strong feelings about their ideas of what 'ugly duckling' means to them. I went with the traditional sense of being marginalized for whatever reason.

Comment from kiwigirl2821

Excellent

hello my friend. You know the "Ugly Duckling" has always been one of my favorite stories. I have always felt a bit of the ugly and not so much of the swan, but damn am I always glad to read the ending where the duck is a swan 'cause I hope like all tomorrow that one day I wake up and look into the mirror and see my own swam smiling back at me. Loved this one. Thank you for the reminder! xoxo deborah

 Comment Written 04-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 04-Oct-2017

Thanks, Deborah. I think we all picture ourselves as a ugly duckling. The trick is to know that we're not.

reply by kiwigirl2821 on 04-Oct-2017

I know friend. I wish sometimes I could slap the sheets off every parent, person or acquaintance that made even one child feel like they weren't the beauty that is held inside each and every one of us. But, sadly that is not possible but, it is why I look for the beauty not the beast. This write touched a chord with me. Thank you for that bill. xx d

Comment from Jannypan (Jan)

Excellent

I understood just by looking at the format of your lines--even before reading the poem, Bill. Great rhymes to carry the little story. All of Nature's babies are beautiful in their own way. We have been so ingrained with the Ugly Duckling story that we see that first--the 'ugliness' rather than one of God's creatures. Good job & thanks for sharing. Jan

 Comment Written 04-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 04-Oct-2017

Thanks, Jan, for reviewing. Being the round peg in a world of square holes is the big reason we achieve.

Comment from lyenochka

Excellent

Fun poem that shows us the transition of "ugly duckling" to "swan." I wonder if you could just skip the rhyme and redo to use words that end in 's w a n' in the last word? Just a thought.

 Comment Written 04-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 04-Oct-2017

I thought about it, but passed on it. The idea of having SWAN spelled out was an afterthought and not something I'd lose sleep over. Thanks for putting the idea out there; I appreciate your critique.

Comment from Mustang Patty

Excellent

Hi Bill;
it is too true that the baby swan easily looks uglier than a baby duck. Their misshapen bill is most of the problem. Your cute little poem was well structured to show us who the ugly ducking is.

Thank you for sharing,

~patty~

 Comment Written 04-Oct-2017

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reply by the author on 04-Oct-2017

Thanks, Patty, for reviewing this. Bill