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A Secret Life

A secret life! What would it be
were I to choose this life for me?
Would I drive a great car?
Be the wife of a star?
Could I live extravagantly?

How could anyone live that way
and not give the secret away?
So I guess I’d retire
to some beach I’d acquire,
living easy where palm trees sway.

Jan. 28, 2019 for Caren Krutsinger's If I Had a Secret Life Poetry Contest

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Bette Bavington

Date: 2/1/2019 8:30:00 PM

A good one. I think every one lives a secret life to a certain extent. As for me I like mine being an open book. Nice limerick.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 2/2/2019 2:27:00 PM

me too, Bette. That is why this contest theme was difficult for me and the apparent reason It did not make the winner list.

Arthur Vaso

Date: 1/30/2019 1:07:00 AM

Loved this I think though being famous might cancel the secret part!!! LOL

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 1/30/2019 12:06:00 AM

G'day Andrea … appears to be the ideal solution. You could have stared on Gilligan's Island though - nicely written Andrea - Lindsay

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 1/29/2019 7:18:00 PM

Still wearing those movie star glasses!

Rhona Mcferran

Date: 1/29/2019 6:28:00 PM

Sounds like a lovely life! ;)

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 1/29/2019 4:35:00 PM

It would be fun to enjoy that extravagant lifestyle for a while, but I think it would get old after a while. Great limerick, Andrea! Best wishes in the contest. Hugs, Carolyn

Jack Horne

Date: 1/29/2019 3:15:00 PM

ha ha, yes, just imagine trying to do all that & then teaching your students or visiting your inlaws

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/28/2019 6:35:00 PM

Lovely and totally delightful, Andrea.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 1/28/2019 5:46:00 PM

…and coconuts drop in on you! Life in the sunshine is always best! Well said! Aloha! Rico

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 1/28/2019 1:16:00 PM

A sunny beach, palm trees - that's the place to be in January! Good luck in the contest!

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/28/2019 12:37:00 PM

Having your own bit of paradise would be awesome Andrea. Good luck. Tom.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/28/2019 10:48:00 AM

I am waiting for your visit....our palm trees are certainly swaying Andrea. Very sweet! I want to write on for this contest if I have enough time before it closes. : ) xxoo