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Norma Jean and Marilyn

Norma Jean and Marilyn

Norma Jean Baker, Marilyn Monroe
A beautiful actress, a woman of woe
Just couldn’t handle all her ills
Loved the champagne mixed with pills

Blond bombshell Marilyn Monroe
Married Miller and DiMaggio
Aroused suspicions
with certain politicians
Soon found dead in her bungalow

Born Norma Jean M. to a mother insane.
Never knew her real father, just his name.
Vaulted to stardom selling glamour and sex.
If you had lived Marilyn, what would have been next?

9/23/19

Clerimerick Couplets (Hybrid Form) Poetry Contest/Premier  3rd
Sponsored by: Mark Toney 
STRAND SELECT 3 any form,any theme Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand

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Line Gauthier Date: 1/5/2020 8:37:00 AM Love your tribute, Janis. Congrats on your Hon Mention. Login to Reply

Brenda Chiri Date: 1/4/2020 7:40:00 PM Janis love this!;) congratulations on your placement!;) Login to Reply

Gershon Wolf Date: 9/29/2019 1:21:00 PM Terrific write, Janis, about such a woeful, tragic figure. There's a reason her marriages were short-lived. Another victim of Hollywood's cruel over-hype. Congrats on your trophy win! Best wishes, Gershon Login to Reply Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 9/30/2019 7:07:00 AM Thanks Gershon. Hollywood did ruin one of her marriages, the first one.. DiMaggio could not deal with the over emphasis on sex.

Jeanne Mcgee Date: 9/28/2019 11:17:00 PM Congrats on your win. She was certainty one of a kind. Login to Reply Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 9/30/2019 7:08:00 AM Truly. she is still an icon.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/28/2019 6:33:00 PM I love this, Janis. You captured so much of her inside these three forms!! VERY WELL DONE, and big congrats. Login to Reply Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 9/30/2019 7:08:00 AM Thanks Andrea.

Mark Toney Date: 9/28/2019 5:25:00 PM Janis, this is full of history and interesting facts about Norma Jean - the "M" for her birth name Mortenson, her mother's mental illness, the suspicions surrounding her death. The question posed in the last line is brilliant. Congratulations on your podium finish! ~Mark Login to Reply Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 9/30/2019 7:10:00 AM It was a wonderful idea to come up with the hybrid form. Once to got started with it, you could flow right through. I enjoyed writing for your contest. Thanks for the honor you bestowed.

Caren Krutsinger Date: 9/26/2019 7:25:00 AM We all know of her, and many understand some of her pain, but certainly not all. Well done. Login to Reply Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 9/30/2019 7:10:00 AM Thanks Caren my friend.

Brenda Chiri Date: 9/24/2019 5:43:00 AM She was just a bit before my time but all ages know of her! Beautiful my friend!;) Login to Reply Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 9/30/2019 7:11:00 AM Thanks my friend. I am grateful for your appreciation.

Wendy Watson Date: 9/23/2019 9:21:00 AM One of the best examples I've read relating to Mark's contest, Janis. Well done! Login to Reply Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 9/30/2019 7:11:00 AM Thanks Wendy. I was an enjoyable write.