Fame

She longed for significance To stand out from the three billion Her name Her name On the lips of the multitudes Her beauty celebrated Hushed whispers when she walked through a room A big deal From a small town Beauty queen Young guys dream Adored A fantasy Breathy beauty Bombshell Blonde perfection Her need for love Paramount Essential Paralyzingly Never enough Insatiable Lost Sweet yet fierce Detrimentally driven She wanted love Hearts A nation The world The moon Strong men Could not hold her Mr. president Couldn't stop her decent A risen star In death did fall Alone Mourned Along with jimmy Dean Elvis Michael jackson She stood out From the Billions A household name What a shame We adored Idolized Perhaps Yes perhaps We Us Are to blame Her life Her fame That name Left behind Flickering on screens Unreachable Not her The real woman we'll never know Breathy beauty Bombshell Blonde perfection Loved

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Jack Nganga

Date: 11/17/2022 12:35:00 PM

You wrote this years ago but i recently watched the new 2022 movie "blonde" its crazy i am just stumbling upon this now, and i must say every line is true, the flowing theme is superb, ...more than the movie captured, .. Enjoying your poems Richard...you are one of the authentic ones i must state for the record if there was none at all before..

Robin Davis

Date: 10/12/2013 12:47:00 AM

Richard This is a write that pulls the reader in. Lot of emotion and heart from beginning to end. Wonderful ode to this lost soul star.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/12/2013 8:37:00 AM

Thanks Robin.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 10/4/2013 1:30:00 PM

Like how you added to this. Beautiful

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/12/2013 8:38:00 AM

Thanks for rereading my poem and commenting again.

Voahanitriniaina Rabary-Andriamanday

Date: 10/3/2013 6:04:00 PM

She was really alone and desperate and also scared, perhaps...Very naive too, I guess... Fame needs strong preparation too, to face the public while protecting intimacy, I guess... Thanks for the touching write, gentle man! Hugs, Hanitra

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/3/2013 6:15:00 PM

Hugs back. So nice to see you back at the soup.

Wilma Neels

Date: 10/3/2013 7:37:00 AM

What an awesome write this is Richard.. You went to the core with it.. Needless to say its a great read :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/3/2013 6:16:00 PM

Thanks Wilma! ;0)

Poet Tacito

Date: 10/3/2013 7:29:00 AM

Write what you feel in the moment, nothing else. You did. You did it so damn well sir. "Paralyzingly"..."Perhaps we, us, are to blame"...yup! A great read!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/3/2013 6:17:00 PM

A Drake Damn, a great way to end a sunny day.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/2/2013 5:33:00 PM

I wonder if in today's world she would have achieved the same level of fame. Things are so different today and there are so many like like her. I think these famed people were very talented, but I always thought some of them were far too idolized! Even Elvis, though I adored him!! I enjoyed this one, Richard.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/3/2013 6:19:00 PM

Probably she would be famous, she did have that certain something.

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 10/2/2013 1:01:00 PM

Thought provoking write..so well done. BG

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/3/2013 6:20:00 PM

Thanks Barbara.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 10/2/2013 10:21:00 AM

Norma Jean.....Sad end....still an unsolved mystery....No one could see past her outer beauty to her lonely heart. You captured that essence of Marilyn Monroe perfectly....Candle in the Wind....Turbulent life....Fantastic write, Richard

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/3/2013 6:21:00 PM

Thanks Eileen.