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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

POW Prompt 9 Who am I?

This is another revised poem and not so easy to guess I hope.

Her beauty turned your head around
You became desperate and wan with love
She was married, the problem made compound
by you buying a neighbour's villa right above
Stalking pious Contessa at church in town
you sent her a flock of snow white doves
disgusted she reacted with froideur and frown
inevitably all things come to push and shove
You could not know of God's gift of good fortune
Your hundreds of ardent poems so amorous
were wasted on Laura La Belle Dame sans pitie
her blue bloodline toxic tainted importune
produced a loony francais notoriously unvirtuous
a maestro of perversion, concupiscence son metier
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27 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 29, 2010 at 11:31 AM

    I think it is cheating if you recycle something and we can't guess, Rall! But I know who this is. However, I shan't spoil it for the others!! Great rhyming.

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  2. AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 1:10 PM

    Rall, I'm thoroughly stumped. Beautifully written, and your rhyme is nicely done too -- not at all forced.

    I have two for your prompt this week:

    i still dream of shadows: a fictional character

    Water: a response to a famous person (not telling who!)

    -Nicole

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  3. J. D. MackenzieJune 29, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    Rall, nicely done and I'm trying to guess without Google. Could this be my favorite Welsh poet?

    Had some fun with this prompt:
    You There, In the Plaid
    http://jdmackenzie.blogspot.com/2010/06/you-there-in-plaid.html

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  4. brenda wJune 29, 2010 at 4:36 PM

    I know who this one is, but confess I did an Internet search to fill in the vacuous blanks in my mind. So I won't post my answer here.

    The title of my piece provides a hint.
    http://bozone-bw.blogspot.com/2010/06/current-american-author.html

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  5. barbaraJune 29, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    I like your poem. No idea who your people are.
    my poem stinks.

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  6. Stan SkiJune 29, 2010 at 5:00 PM

    I'm going with Keats, not 100%, but I think definitely a poet.

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  7. Stan SkiJune 29, 2010 at 5:03 PM

    Here's my contribution: SPLIT PERSONALITY

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  8. MarianneJune 29, 2010 at 6:35 PM

    You always find the perfect picture illustrations for your poetry, Rall!!! A most comely wife, is she ...

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  9. rallentandaJune 29, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    You are on the right track Stanski. He is a very famous Italian poet.

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  10. rallentandaJune 29, 2010 at 8:54 PM

    You know Derrick because you cheated!

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  11. UnknownJune 29, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    Oooo, I'm cut to the quick, Rall! But here's my contribution; two this week would you believe?!

    http://melrosemusings.blogspot.com/2010/06/guess-who-pow-prompt-9.html

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  12. AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 1:02 AM

    I have no idea at all.

    I posted my link in the wrong place. Here it is again:

    http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/today-is-my-one-year-b/

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  13. rallentandaJune 30, 2010 at 2:43 AM

    OK...clue! The Marquis de Sade is a descendant
    of Laura.

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  14. Stan SkiJune 30, 2010 at 2:51 AM

    I've got the name - you made reference in a previous post.

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  15. rallentandaJune 30, 2010 at 3:09 AM

    YEP!

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  16. UnknownJune 30, 2010 at 6:03 AM

    How come Narcissus has crept on the scene?

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  17. rallentandaJune 30, 2010 at 6:12 AM

    Narcissus is like that ..always creeping about.
    Besides, good to look at. He has very nice feet!

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  18. angieJune 30, 2010 at 7:45 AM

    I know it's a poet, but not who without google.
    it's a well-told tale, whoever it is. love the doves.

    here's mine and a note -- I will catch up on the visiting this week, I promise. my mother had a bad fall; she's home now (yay!) and I'll have more time to read now.

    http://another2doors.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/starbucks-legend/

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  19. AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    Still clueless.

    Here's a nice easy one:

    http://thelaughinghousewife.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/another-one/

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  20. Francis ScudellariJune 30, 2010 at 7:59 AM

    I was able to narrow it down to one of three based on the photo (and had to cheat with a Wikipedia search to confirm which one it was). Cherchez la femme.

    Mine is much more obvious, I think:
    Weightlessness

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  21. rallentandaJune 30, 2010 at 8:10 AM

    Last clue. An Italian Poet akin to Shakespeare.

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  22. flaubertJune 30, 2010 at 8:34 AM

    Rall I have no idea.
    But I was going with the Marquis De Sade?
    Enjoyed the prompt!

    http://flaubert-poetrywithme.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-designer-clothes-who-am-i-pow-9.html

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  23. UmaJune 30, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    Rall, love the two poems. Great prompt, gets challenging and interesting every week. Here is my attempt - http://umaathreya.blogsome.com/2010/06/30/the-daughter-of-fire/

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  24. rallentandaJune 30, 2010 at 9:17 PM

    Uma your Indian epic poem makes Lady Macbeth look like Mary Poppins. Could not leave comment.gruesome but well crafted.

    The answer to mine is Francesco Petrarch.
    My poem is in the Petrarchan sonnet form
    ABAB/ABAB/CDE/CDE/

    Thank you to all for joining in. I could not guess a few.

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  25. Stan SkiJune 30, 2010 at 9:43 PM

    I guess this is the time and place to reveal our mystery guests...
    Well done JD Mackenzie - you were correct with David Byrne (Talking Heads).
    And congrats to Rall, Pamela and Francis - Salvador Dali was correct.

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  26. barbaraJuly 1, 2010 at 7:44 AM

    Well, i did get it finally. after the dead ends. interesting that the family de Sade gave up the title

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  27. rallentandaJuly 1, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    Well Babs, suppose it's not a great name to be associated with. We are going to do a Petro sonnet at some stage. Not as difficult as working out how to put a video on a blog site.

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