Line Gauthier Poet Free verse

The Kept Woman

She was a kept woman
alone most of the time
up in her tower

the mistress on
the other side of town
out of the way

she was the other woman
and didn’t mind
it had its perks

she lived a life
of fantasy
love and vacation

unreal untrue
living a lie in shadows
on a bed of roses



AP: Honorable Mention 2026, Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on May 2, 2020 for contest BRIAN'S CHOICE 1 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION

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Geoffrey Brewer January 15, 2019 at 11:02 AM In just a few words you have painted a stark poignant image that may arouse disapproval yet sad sympathy. Effective poem, Line

M. L. Kiser January 12, 2019 at 7:03 AM Such a waste, to see someone who is not really living. There are probably many who don't even realize they're not living real lives. Line Gauthier January 12, 2019 at 7:20 AM Sad indeed to settle.

Caren Krutsinger January 11, 2019 at 11:12 PM Line, I cannot imagine as I have never met one in real life who admitted it, but I can imagine and I think you have done a great job of putting empathy into her. Line Gauthier January 12, 2019 at 7:22 AM I know one. It is such a fake life. Nothing you would want to be associated with.