Scarlett O'Hara had everything, including handsome Rhett
yet was selfish and about as mean as one girl could get
Did life get even, we 'll just have to pretend
She rolled down the road on her hoop skirt and is gone with the wind.
From the book, "Gone with the Wind," by Margaret Mitchell
Omelettuce portents
~ Bunny Hunch
Messy twins Brett and Rhett
Having fun playing with mud
Squatting and crawling
Diving and falling
In ooey gooey mud
Brett is sitting facing Rhett
Rhett spatters some muck
On Brett's left cheek
Brett spatters more muck
On Rhett's right cheek
Head to toe dipped in slush
Brett and Rhett laughing with glee
Playing with the sludge
Squelching and squishing
Sloshing and splashing
The sticky slimy mud
Date: 04/19/2021
Submitted for: Nursery Rhyme 5 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Rhett and Link are a roaring success
Why they're popular, no hang-ups I guess
Down to Earth guys
Goofy, peeps idolize
It's their college friendship expressed
Scarlet O'Hara,
Arrogant misunderstood belle and beauty, from the plantation Tara
caught up in war, love for Rhett, and her OWN survival and money,
she made a dress from green velvet drapes, fiddle-dee-dee, honey.
Rhett Butler
a handsome rogue, a charmer, a gambler of many a dollar,
with knowledge of women, EXCEPT Scarlet, is that WHY he was enthralled,
his final words to Scarlet, I don't give a damn, as his name she called.
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January 11, 2019
Poetry/Clerihew/Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1103-978-02
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Written for the contest, Clerihew Couples For Valentine's Day
sponsor, Carolyn Devonshire
Third Place
Gathered with sister, my mother and kleenex,
Oblivious to our red noses, facial poses and tears,
Nudging each other with movie memory reflex -
Each of us embrace characters long held as dear.
We submit joyously to this continuous, intense escape
Inside the lives of scandalous Scarlett and romantic Rhett.
Trials and tribulations of civil war, deceit and love shape
Heaven and hell into a dramatic, unforgettable duet.
Torn, we watch as hunger, fear and surrounding violent war,
Harms character’s hearts and more discouragements pour.
Enemy destruction devastates Southern life and lore.
While wishing true love’s fulfillment for Rhett’s desirous heart,
Inevitably his sexy charm will wham our hearts like a wild lamb.
No one should dare interrupt our favorite, dramatic film art, or
Disturb Rhett’s last line, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
When Rhett said that he didn’t give a damn
to Scarlett in that famed scene we all know,
it was a little scandalous back then
to hear that damn word at the movie show!
Who said the bad word first?. . . It shouldn’t matter
on whom that strange distinction was bestowed.
The world was changing. Right around the corner
Rock and Roll was ready to explode!
And even long before “Gone With the Wind,”
words much more vulgar had through history
been used by folks in nearly every culture
in every level of society!
Good taste and etiquette still do remain
among the educated, yet a gang
of thugs inside a movie would sound lame
with dialog like “I don’t give a dang!”
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