Mae West - Reincarnated At Market Place Poem by Dorothy (Alves) Holmes

Mae West - Reincarnated At Market Place

Rating: 5.0


A dazzling large red rose danced
on the brim of her yellow straw hat,
flip flopping over her dark brow and
deep set eyes.

Her full pursed lips matched the rose
blowing perfect smoke rings,
in miniture halos, over her head.
She tiptoed with grace on stilted heels,
Hips swaying to music only she could hear.

An old man spied from the corner of his
unpatched eye with much admiration...
Oh how he did grin, shaking his head,
hankering, in the silence of a never to be,
fullfilled wish.

Heads turned from every direction as Miss Lady
Strolled, nonchalant in the haze of smoke
and admiring eyes...
Woman surely envied her beauty, and the
motion of her hips, tugging at the imagination and
heart strings of men.
Mae West, reincarnated in ebony, strolling
on a saturday morning at market place.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Francesca Johnson 18 March 2007

So well-described that the reader can easily see this extrovert lady, tottering in high heels and with a red gash of a mouth, cigarette placed expertly between her fingers, and turning all the mens' heads. A visual poem. Love, Fran xx

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Delilah Miller 18 March 2007

Describe so perfectly and comically, it must be you walking down the street, catching all the men's eyes. Scintillating poem! Xs and Os

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