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Free Verse · Love

What I Mean by Beautiful

by The QuillOak Editors

1You think it's the dress.

2It isn't the dress.

3It's you on a Tuesday,

4hair tied with the pencil you lost,

5laughing at your own joke

6before the punchline —

7that. I mean that.

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Poem
What I Mean by Beautiful
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
7 lines
Form
Free Verse
Themes
Love, For Her, Short

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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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