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compelled to take

a photo of a Spaniard

and his lovely bride. . . 

    decades later learning of

           their fame and sad demise

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Phyllis Babcock

Date: 8/13/2014 11:45:00 AM

Nicely done on five lives . love phyl

Jack Horne

Date: 4/12/2014 3:27:00 PM

how strange! Kind of spooky write here, my friend

Harry Horsman

Date: 4/9/2014 10:15:00 AM

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.

Tim Ryerson

Date: 4/8/2014 7:20:00 PM

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

Tim Ryerson
Date: 4/8/2014 7:25:00 PM

Sorry, I'm whining...

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 4/8/2014 2:45:00 PM

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

Joseph May

Date: 4/8/2014 10:39:00 AM

Congrats on a great win Andrea

Aiyah Torres

Date: 4/8/2014 8:36:00 AM

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

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 4/8/2014 7:57:00 AM

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

Verlena S. Walker

Date: 4/7/2014 7:50:00 PM

Congratulations on the win... Verlena

Paul Callus

Date: 4/7/2014 4:14:00 PM

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

Jan Allison

Date: 4/7/2014 3:40:00 PM

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

Skat A

Date: 4/7/2014 3:15:00 PM

awesome win. SKAT

Richard Ferry

Date: 4/4/2014 11:33:00 PM

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

Aiyah Torres

Date: 4/4/2014 10:07:00 AM

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

Russell Sivey

Date: 4/3/2014 10:09:00 PM

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!!

Robert Johnson

Date: 4/3/2014 9:14:00 PM

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

John Lawless

Date: 4/3/2014 4:45:00 PM

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

Jerry T Curtis

Date: 4/3/2014 4:44:00 PM

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

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/3/2014 9:29:00 PM

you are so right, Jerry. but Soup does not allow the post of pictures at a poem. thanks for your comment.

Paul Callus

Date: 4/3/2014 4:15:00 PM

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

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/3/2014 3:49:00 PM

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.

Rob Carter
Date: 4/3/2014 4:09:00 PM

Freaky and tragic. What are the chances of finding that out! A sad tale in 5 short lines. Rob

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