Best Bette Poems

So , was it real cold there , in my shadow .
When M/S Midler sang , with you in mind .
When all we shared
Was the...

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Brilliance and Madness

Howard Robard Hughes
Famously rich recluse
Dreams led him to the lap of luxury
Followed by nightmarish mysophobic OCD

Rich playboy aviator Howard Hughes
With movie starlets kept...

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   Storms seductive desiring of dreams   
   Forms favoring moonlight of beams
    Craving hearts upon starlit...

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Star strung
like Bette Davis Sundays
marathon watching 
and sitting in tears
Wrestling emotions
which calm and confuse us
Confound us and move us
beyond golden years
Broken
like black and white vision
fuzzy...

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Through the eyes of one born in 1952:

1950’s TV craze
Muscle cars, blue jeans
Poodle skirts, class ring exchanges
Simple time, grandparents involved.
Girls want to be pretty, men...

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Watched Bette Midler singing “Wind Beneath My Wings”
Brought a tear to my eye, such an emotional tugging on my heartstrings
Like only Bette can do
A love...

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I am stuck in an elevator with Cher, Tina Turner, Bette Midler,
Pink, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga when
Liza Minnelli drops in from a...

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Lyrics for The Rose By Bette Midler 

"Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed 
Some say love, it is a...

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Picture this.
Exploding pipe bombs.
Land fields that can take your arms off.
Driving off road, and frenzied, with excitement 
Adrenaline RAGING.
Oh, yes, Syrian Teenagers,
It is “Let’s See...

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I have a peaceful easy feeling
As I sit and write this poem
Comprising 5 old songs
Which remind me of my home

They show me the importance
They teach...

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Everybody got a Hollywood life story
to tell
More meat on the bone
give juicier bites 
to sell
Nobody ever turns in a tarnished silver screenplay
Those warts and mistakes
get...

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S -ometimes life does not go as people planne ----------- D.
T - rouble follows if you use sweets to sooth--------------- E.
R - epressed feelings cause...

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Lookinh back on us and what we became many things come to me when i hear your 
name.
It's kind of strange and scary all at...

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Actress Bette Davis
Alias Baby Jane
A woman insane
Who wants to entertain!


*For John Hecks Contest...

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Dark Victory

A free spirit
Who never took orders
Young and strong
Nothing could touch you

Reckless
Volatile
Defiant
Dangerous

Until you found love
And a courage
You didn’t dream
You possessed

This was the role you said
Was...

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