How the Poem "Of Gargoyled Beauty" about Kat Dennings is a Compliment to Her Unconventional Looks

How do you compliment a woman? You can paint a portrait of her, create a statue of her, write a song about how much you like her, or…you can pen a poem about her. Usually, a female adores being the purpose and attention of a man’s poetry. But would a woman like it if a man scribed a small poem about her beauty and entitled it “Of Gargoyled Beauty”?

Well, the poet Peter Reynosa of San Francisco has written such a poem about Kat Dennings. And yes, it is called “Of Gargoyled Beauty,” and it is also subtitled “An Ode to Kat Dennings.”

And who is Kat Dennings? Kat Dennings is a twenty-seven-year-old American actress who currently stars in the CBS comedy sitcom “2 Broke Girls” and has been in several major motion pictures, including “Thor” and “Thor: The Dark World.” From her television series, she has become known for her overly voluptuous body. And she and her sitcom costar Beth Behrs are going to be hosting The People’s Choice Awards this upcoming January 8th on Wednesday.

And although many people consider Kat Dennings sexy and beautiful, she definitely does not fit the classical definition of beauty. The powers that control what definte pretty would probably not even accept looking at her resume. Her body is too large and her face is not perfect. Yet, to many not only is she beautiful, but she also represents what is even more than beauituful: unconventional beauty.

“The poem is a praising of her unorthodox and unconventional beauty,” Reynosa said. “This poem attempts to defend the idea that even if you do not have classical beauty, you can still be very beautiful.” He said the poem is not an insult but a compliment to her. Reynosa: “I hope she sees it as the greatest of compliments.”

      Of Gargoyled Beauty

              An Ode to Kat Dennings

What unholy pagan Beauty most grotesque;

   What sin to smite Cleopatra’s lore:

O what madness to overthrow the statuesque,

   And what villainy to spy grace in Child-

      Untouchable dying whore.

So let us exalt a strange face born awry;

   And the macaberesque cadaver-

      Skin of a Maiden’s soul:

Yes, let all worship the Banshee-

   Bleating voice of sigh:

And the buxom-bosomed Lady of

   Civilisation’s dainty foe.

Poetry can be simplistic, or it can be refined and complex and even a little difficult to understand. And while this two-stanza poem is easy to read, it obviously assumes that the reader will be able to make a leap of sophistication to see this poem as a compliment to how Kat Dennings is truly beautiful, and even more so when she is unconventionally beautiful.