I'm Melting....I'm Melting",she cried.....(guess who.... thanks Martie)

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Open Poetry #21

I'm Melting....I'm Melting",she cried.....(guess who.... thanks Martie)

ecrivan
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0 posted 2002-07-10 09:48 AM

this black cloaked lady was a famous actress...her name???

Pig tailed girl hadn't a moment to lose
she'd put out a fire on the loose
wicked witch thought straw would burn
did she know death marked her turn?

"I'm melting", cloaked lady cried
the bucket water thrown hadn't dried
with a hiss black-coned form receeded
a little spray was all that was needed.

Young Kansas lady dowsed the flame
strawman friend would remember her name
she knew her galant act was to tame...
order in the wicked kingdom
was n'er the same.

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Sunshine

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1 posted 2002-07-10 09:58 AM

Martin, do you want the stage name, or the actress's real name? I've got both

ecrivan
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2 posted 2002-07-10 10:03 AM

The real one..but thanks for not answering just yet...let's hold off like last time for a few hours..see what some younger members put

Martie

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3 posted 2002-07-10 10:13 AM

ecrivan

I am not a younger poet, by I can't think of her name even though I've seen it many times. Wonderful poem though...glad I inspired!

nakdthoughts
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4 posted 2002-07-10 10:18 AM

I have always been terrible with names matched to actresses...but I enjoy your words Martin
*s
M

Sunshine

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5 posted 2002-07-10 10:33 AM

Such a Wicked Woman...
but I certainly enjoyed her Coffee....

ecrivan
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6 posted 2002-07-10 10:39 AM

Why yes she did advertise for Maxwell house
if I'm not mistaken?..love that coffee too
this is from a story that became a film in 1939

Pilgrimage
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7 posted 2002-07-10 11:26 AM

Martin, I can't think anyone, no matter how young they are, don't know this one. I remember the movie used to come on every Christmas season, and it was one of the things I looked forward to.

Nan

ecrivan
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8 posted 2002-07-10 11:43 AM

can't think anybody would be?..but we'd be surprised and its a shame..take my nephew who loves baseball and just that, don't think he'd catch on so quickly

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Madame Chipmunk
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9 posted 2002-07-10 11:49 AM

I know the answer also, Martin...but I'm one of the old people here...
lets keep waiting to see if any of the younger ones can figure it out.

~ movie star hugs

Lyra

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"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

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