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For this, first we do some definitions:
Good old Merriam-Webster, my favorite shade-throwing dictionary of the times, says:
Definition of sprezzatura
: studied nonchalance : graceful conduct or performance without apparent effort
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Okay, I can work with this... suurrrrre..... was my first line of thought. Then, I came across the fact that it is also used, specifically, in fashion. This article says, "There’s a rarified group of people who always look put together without looking like they’ve spent the whole day in front of a mirror. Italians call this blessed quality sprezzatura, a kind of “studied carelessness,” “careful negligence,” “effortless ease,”—or in Beyonce-ism, #IWokeUpLikeThis." (https://qz.com/937090/sprezzatura-the-italian-word-for-looking-effortless/)
And, there I had my topic, my poem:
Good old Merriam-Webster, my favorite shade-throwing dictionary of the times, says:
Definition of sprezzatura
: studied nonchalance : graceful conduct or performance without apparent effort
--
Okay, I can work with this... suurrrrre..... was my first line of thought. Then, I came across the fact that it is also used, specifically, in fashion. This article says, "There’s a rarified group of people who always look put together without looking like they’ve spent the whole day in front of a mirror. Italians call this blessed quality sprezzatura, a kind of “studied carelessness,” “careful negligence,” “effortless ease,”—or in Beyonce-ism, #IWokeUpLikeThis." (https://qz.com/937090/sprezzatura-the-italian-word-for-looking-effortless/)
And, there I had my topic, my poem:
sprezzatura so many times i’ve thought about how i dress living through the fashion faux pas of the 80’s i embraced the grunge of the 90’s because tee shirts, jeans, flannels, and docs make life so much easier and morning so much quicker the look is effortless almost all of it interchangeable it almost always fits the way i bought it to almost always helps me blend into the background i’ve never really understand fashion the fits of clothes that make it so i can’t breathe the shoes that try to make me taller than my 5 foot 2 that really only land me on my ass because balance isn’t my strength the prices that grace the runways that could feed a small nation the obnoxious and ridiculous lack of pockets I’ve held onto this style for almost thirty years now effortless grab a shirt grab some jeans i plan to go gently into my good days and nights wearing comfortable clothes and sneakers a flannel tied around my waist with a million earrings glinting in the streetlights telling of my survival effortless i have arrived
