Autumn Poems, Part B

Doll

by Udo Hintze

You were a lucky flower
plucked
from the countryside,
and into a strange new
farmland.

There your natural beauty,
was cleaned up and refined
for Hollywood eyes;
bleached hair and teeth,
so you could fit in
their suitcase.

They carried you
around the globe,
showing you off
like a coin operated toy;
They pull the string
and make you sing
and dance,
at the appropriate times.

Your old friends back home
walk by,
see you among your sorority,
speaking a new
American sign language;
the sudden jerk movements-
on the big screen television
behind the store front glass-
saying nothing.

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Udo won second place in the general public category.

What Udo says about his poem: "About female pop singers who come from humble beginnings and get 'the Hollywood treatment.' I wrote this about a specific singer who produced albums before she became famous and did not sing or look the way she does now."

Why I like this poem: It rightly bemoans the loss of innocence...the using of those we should be protecting. Weren't they (the talented) better without the gloss of some ill-concieved, under-thought, tacky and potentially harmful reworking by those whom will sacrifice anyone but themselves in the quest for money and power (um...Sorry for the rant.).

Thank you, Udo, for sharing your poem.

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Untitled

by Jeremy G. Smith

Why is it I repeat?
I started with nothing and began to collect.
Then I gave it all to a person I met.
When that was done I had nothing again.
Then, slowly, the moss began to grow
But I met someone else
And gave her all my things.
Now I have nothing again...
Next time I hope she's a brunette!
Stuff is overrated.

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Jeremy earned an honorable mention with his poem.

Why I like this poem: It's funny, honest and hopeful. What could be better! Thanks, Jeremy.

Author's note: Photos courtesy of photobucket.

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