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Your Assignment Great Expectations

I saw a movie today
it was old and black and white
Looking for a memory that 
never left my sight
An old woman quite insane
but less than fear and fright
A subject in a story called Classic
from another time and life
I wondered of her role being
of what would I requite
I'd seen the same story
told in modern lights
Her name Miss Habersham
and quite the character was she
No sooner than seeing her demise
was the ideal of what she'd be
Money distinguishes many things
even back then you see
Upper class and lower class 
and understanding your degree
The Atlantic is an ocean
they say is a great divide
Customs, accents and boarders
divide in comprimise
But every story has a theme
including yours and mine
We each must find that thing
we love to satisfy
I'd never read the story
it never was assigned
But heard it's authors named
more than thousands of times
his story issues warnings
with artful poetry inside
A satisfied imagination
the ending would surely hide
The love intrest dramatises
with conflict and revelations
always the stumbling block
and unforgiving complications 
Her name would be Estella
a tool of "Sick Fancy"
Miss Habershams clever device 
for making men unhappy
But give away the ending
"Thou Shalt Not" comes to mind
I now know Miss Habersham
what she was and why

Copyright © John Loving Iii | Year Posted 2023

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Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/28/2023 1:14:00 PM I do not remember the name or how she was although I am sure I must have read that classic in my youth or at least seen the movie . Wish I remembered and then I'd understand better your poem. It IS so sad that people can't see past the social classes! Login to Reply

Sara Kendrick Date: 6/28/2023 2:45:00 AM Interesting work. Thanks for sharing. I can't think of a movie that could be about. The classes still exist in America just like in England. The rich don't associate with the poor for the most part.soupmail soon. Sara Login to Reply John Loving Iii Date: 6/28/2023 2:22:00 PM Great Expectations Charles Dickens A Classic movie made a few times. Sure to be made again.

David Fisher Date: 6/27/2023 5:35:00 PM Fun title and great poem that follows the one character. Am a big Dickens fan but can't remember most of the characters. Login to Reply

Sotto Poet Date: 6/26/2023 7:56:00 PM Jon, the poem you wrote is really cool! It tells a story with beautiful words and also teaches us important lessons. It makes us imagine fun things and the ending is a surprise. Login to Reply