Andrea Dietrich Poet Free verse

Utterly Obsessed

Adrenaline pumping, I watched brave Spartacus 
take his last doomed stand against Roman oppressors.

Eyes misting with tears, I reached the climax of
a beautifully choreographed West Side Story,
where a modern Romeo and Juliet tale plays out in gang-filled NYC.

Also in the 60’s  I sat through a Psycho shower scene
that went on to include a Hitchcockian ending that blew my mind!
From the Splendor in the Grass passion I viewed on tv re-runs
to the innocence of Gidget and Tammy in Love and 
to the he-man action of cowboy and war movies seen with my stepdad;
by the end of the 60’s I was helplessly and utterly hooked on movies.

In the later 70’s I vowed to catch a show each weekend from thereon in,
within an actual movie theater where films NEED to be seen and heard!
Multiply 54 weekends a year times 40+;add all the shows from my childhood.
Tack onto that my 80's to 90's video movie marathons.
Onto that add cable movies, series, and Netflix.

How  many movies have I seen in my lifetime?
How many movies have I reviewed on internet sites and on Facebook?
It staggers my mind to imagine. I am one of movies’ biggest fans,
and I am . . . utterly obsessed.

March 29, 2021
For the ''U'' Contest, New Poems Only Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France

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George Yiorgos Stathakis April 12, 2021 at 3:10 PM I love your poem. Beautifully crafted! Congratulations!

Regina Mcintosh April 10, 2021 at 7:30 AM Congrats on the first place! Thank you so much for entering this beauty. God bless you sweet lady and friend. Love, Gina Andrea Dietrich April 10, 2021 at 1:10 PM Thank YOU, sweet lady!

Mahtab Bangalee April 6, 2021 at 2:21 AM Obsessed mood all through; enjoyable writing

Jennifer Proxenos April 3, 2021 at 12:43 PM I like your obsession, also enjoy movies enormously - deeply into series though. Great write. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer. Andrea Dietrich April 3, 2021 at 3:20 PM me too, Jennifer,and series can be included!

Malabika Ray Choudhury April 2, 2021 at 9:24 AM Enjoyed your candid admission of obsession. I am not much, but I can see your point - wonderful poem. Love ~ Mala

Phyllis Babcock March 31, 2021 at 8:25 PM That is one nice obsession to have and at this time a good stress relief. Not much of a screen watcher myself. Enjoyed this write. love phyl

Kim Rodrigues March 31, 2021 at 8:04 AM Yup! Me too! Us ladies get pulled into those Tammy movies...lol! My latest obsession is watching series about the royals: Versaille, The Crown, Reign, etc... FF through the nudity but besides that fully captivating. xxoo

Quoth Theraven March 30, 2021 at 7:55 AM Andrea, What a real movie buff and die hard fan you are. I agree movies should be seen on the silver screen. -Richard

Kenisha Shines March 30, 2021 at 7:14 AM Enjoyed your poem.god bless :)

Edward Ibeh March 30, 2021 at 5:56 AM Nice take on the theme, Andrea:-) Loved your poem. I'm a movie buff as well and have seen all the classic movies you mentioned! GL in the contest!

Victor Buhagiar March 30, 2021 at 5:31 AM I prefer to see series like NCIS. But I've seen some great films like Meet Joe Black Most of your old films I saw too..

Joseph May March 30, 2021 at 5:21 AM You are a movie queen Andrea, Wonderful write..

Eve Roper March 29, 2021 at 9:59 PM Great write, Andrea, and you do the writes so well. <3

L Milton Hankins March 29, 2021 at 7:28 PM You are, indeed. But...just think, you would be great as a trivia partner, or, maybe, Jeopardy!!! Did you know Carol Burnett saw movies as a child and then would go home and act them out. She was still doing so in her Carol Burnett Show. Who knows?

Kim Merryman March 29, 2021 at 7:19 PM Yes, I believe you are obsessed with movies, Andrea! But what a delightful obsession! Blessings, Kim M

Sotto Poet March 29, 2021 at 5:19 PM WOW, Andrea. At the time of its first release in 1960, “Spartacus” was my first ever Movie to watch; I remember He was sentenced to death after biting a Roman guard but spared by Peter Ustinovea; lovely poem, warm hugs. Andrea Dietrich March 31, 2021 at 9:12 AM what an awesome memory you have! Sotto Poet March 29, 2021 at 6:06 PM After he was saved, they used him as a broker of gladiators. Spartacus is trained in the arts of combat at Batiatus’ gladiatorial academy, where one day, two powerful men and their wives arrive from Rome. The spoiled women ask to be entertained by the sight of two fights to the death, and Spartacus is matched with a skilled black gladiator, who spares him and is killed. The notion of being forced to fight for the entertainment of spoiled women enrages Spartacus, who leads a slave revolt that eventually spreads over half of Italy. Leading his men into battle against weak and badly led Roman legions, Spartacus stands on the brink of victory before his troops are finally caught between two armies and outnumbered. Andrea Dietrich March 29, 2021 at 5:28 PM I do not recall the biting incident. I only know they killed him off at the end. MY very first movie I remember was scary for me at around age 3. Sleeping Beauty and the fire-breathing dragon flying outside her castle window!! Andrea Dietrich March 29, 2021 at 5:27 PM I can't believe I was seeing this movie at age 5, but I really seem to recall that I saw it on the big screen and not on the silly small tv. I am wondering if maybe they showed it several years later in my local theater because I never got to see many movies at age 5. What I noticed about the first few movies of my poem: they are from 1960; however, I wonder how I saw them?? I just know I was in a movie theater, so they had to have been shown again when I was past age 8!!!