My favorite poet, Emily Dickinson, in a letter to a friend, once said that in her poems the subject was: "A supposed person". Likewise with my gloomy little poem! :-)
Re Conway: As Edgar says, he did indeed expire. Below is a bio on Conway Twitty -aka Harold Jenkins- in case you want to know more about him.
Oh I remember Conway well, Jorge.
Impossible to forget a name like that!
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My favorite poet, Emily Dickinson, in a letter to a friend, once said that in her poems the subject was: "A supposed person". Likewise with my gloomy little poem! :-)
Care to post one of your favourite Emily poems about a supposed person?
I'm glad this one of yours wasn't about someone you actually knew.
Thanks for asking, my friend. I have actually been mulling one over in my mind.
When I sit down to write it, it should be considerably more upbeat than 'Denouement'..
I may post it tomorrow or in a few days. :-)
I saw Conway twice. Once at a concert in Miami Beach, Florida. I think he sneered right at me.
Many years later, I saw him in a Conway Twitty mobile home at the end of what must have been a very tiring promotion in conjunction with a Tulsa radio station. I did not ask him about the sneer. He just looked too pooped to heckle.
My first ever concert was Conway Twitty, in Corpus Christi, Texas. I was seventeen. Despite having some hit records, he attracted just 400 people. The rest of concert goers that night went to Alice and saw Jerry Lee Lewis, who already had gotten in trouble for his marriage to Myra.
This one was called The Shine of Stars. The product was some stuff you were supposed to spray on shoes to make them look like they had been polished, so we all grabbed some labels and got in at a major discount.
I forget the other performers, but I had heard of every one.
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msolga
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Sun 6 May, 2012 08:23 pm
@jjorge,
Oh good, Jorge.
I'll look forward to that.
I always enjoy reading your poems.
Really, Roger?
How exciting!
You don't think that was part of his performance & not meant to be taken too personally? (in case you were offended)
You know, the sexy, rebellious, Elvis-like sneer.
Conway got annoyed with us, because we just wanted to listen to him sing and no one was dancing.
So you got the lethal sneer, edgar?
Don't you just hate it when entertainers do that to a genuinely appreciative audience?
I do.
I mean, it not like you've gotta dance to appreciate!
Right?
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edgarblythe
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Sun 6 May, 2012 09:34 pm
He acted more like a local club act than a star. I think he was still unused to being that popular.
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