{"id":1412,"date":"2012-10-15T01:52:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T01:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2017-07-11T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T17:20:13","slug":"i-am-loud-by-natalie-copeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/i-am-loud-by-natalie-copeland\/","title":{"rendered":"I am Loud by Natalie Copeland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I am Loud<\/h1>\n

by Natalie Copeland<\/p>\n

I am loud,
\nDemanding attention.
\nI know when I am being charming
\nBecause I try.
\nI put on my impressing face
\nAnd do my impressing hair
\nAnd speak my impressing words.
\nI tell you my embarrassing drinking stories
\nAnd everything else about me
\nThat you probably shouldn’t know.<\/p>\n

I am not good at being quiet
\nBecause that’s not who I am.
\nI am not the sweet girl
\nWho will leave you with a smile
\nAnd a touch
\nAnd a glance
\nOr a single word.
\nThere is nothing of this fashion of romance
\nAbout me.<\/p>\n

I am the girl who will point out your flaws,
\nAnd take you outside to see the stars,
\nAnd remind you how human you are,
\nAnd what a wonderful thing that is.<\/p>\n

I am the girl who will talk about science,
\nAnd music and theology and history,
\nAnd point out constellations, laughing,
\nWhen you don’t know the big dipper’s name.<\/p>\n

I am the girl who will make witty references,
\nTo classic literature and science fiction,
\nAnd will tell you stories of how I once,
\nMade a gingerbread replica of a lighthouse.<\/p>\n

I am the girl who will stand on a table,
\nAnd sing at the top of my lungs on the highway,
\nAnd act like a chicken or quail or velociraptor,
\nOr nuzzle your face like a lion to make a point.<\/p>\n

I am the girl who takes too many shots<\/p>\n

And then coaxes you to bed on a Russian liver,
\nAnd knows all the right places to bite, and tease,
\nAnd follows with exceptionally coherent pillow-talk.<\/p>\n

I am not a thin silk scarf on the wind.
\nI am not a thing hard to capture.
\nYou would not spend a perilous journey
\nThrough a wild, perfumed jungle,
\nSearching for my slender garments
\nHung beside a pool
\nAs I wail to the breeze.<\/p>\n

Rather, I am the bird who flies overhead
\nMaking too much noise
\nDistracting from the trail ahead.
\nA bird whose plumage proves
\nWhat an interesting life it must be?
\nWhat a colorful life for me?
\nPerpetually strange
\nThe lone comic relief.<\/p>\n

I am many things.
\nBut I am not quiet.
\nOf this I am sure.<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Natalie Copeland writes her poems from the valley of Snoqualmie, Washington. She is currently attending Central Washington University, where she is studying for her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in reading more of her poems, her collection is currently hosted by Hello Poetry where she goes by the pen name Subconscious on Parade at:
\nhttp:\/\/hellopoetry.com\/-subconscious-on-parade\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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