Five Lines Or Less

Nicely done on five lives . love phyl

how strange! Kind of spooky write here, my friend

i am not surprised at this being a winner, your poetry just goes on and on inspirational and gives one the reader, an wonderful insight to how a mind can be so creative.

BIG congrats! Perfectly done...You see what I mean now? - Tim

Very nicely done, Andrea. Congratulations on your big win! Best wishes, Carolyn

Congrats on a great win Andrea

Congrats Andie!!! ..this is one superb win.. :O))

Very well composed,much said in few words, thats the beauty of ur poetry!! congrats on top win Andrea !!

Congratulations on the win... Verlena

Hi Andrea, just popping in again to congratulate you on yet another worthy win. You're on a high girl!!:):) // paul

Loved the explanation for writing the poem - so tragic but incredible that story is told in 5 short lines. Awesome win, Jan x

awesome win. SKAT

Wasn`t it wonderful to catch them in all their glory unfortunately fame mostly brings sad demise,,,,This made me think of many old friends and their demise..well done Andrea....Rick

Best wishes ,Andrea... this is one inspirational piece.. :'))

This is a glorious write my friend! I wonder which Spaniard it was you were writing about? I can't think tonight, I'm brain dead it seems, ha ha! I surely loved reading this enlightening poem here this evening! Too bad about the Spaniard and his wife, in their fame they shouldn't die early in their life (being gored and overdosing)! Great Work!!

So sad how some people's live's just seem to fall apart. It is a small world huh?

highlights of a life in five lines.. nicely done.

I wish you could have posted the picture, that would have increased the impact and the reality. Nice work as usual Andrea.

Sad...and yet lovely tanka Andrea. I had worked out some of the references in the poem, but thanks to your footnote it became so very clear , and even sadder. // paul

I took a picture of this beautiful couple riding horseback at the feria in Seville. It was 1974. Years later, teaching ESL after 2004, a Spanish student saw my pictures of spain and exclaimed that she knew who that bullfighter was with his new wife. they had just gotten married when I took their picture. About ten years later they were divorced and he was gored from behind by a bull and killed. She later remarried and killed herself with pills much later in life.