Wednesday, April 23, 2008

exercise

VH1 is running a competition wherein you submit a four-line poem about Madonna, and if yours is one of two selected, you get tickets to her New York performance at the Roseland Ballroom.



For a lark (and creative exercise), I decided to enter. Transportation to NYC is unfortunately not included in the prize, but in the against-all-odds event that I should win, I'll deal with that when I come to it (as I will the matter of who I'd bring).



This was my submission. I make no claims for its great lyricism, but it satisfies me:

Madonna works her figures out, stripped
On Sunset, Academy awards pout
Dressing up in all our love
Amazement fit just like a glove



You can see that poem and/or as many others as you like at the linked page above.

A young woman (I'm assuming) named Kelly Smith has made more than a few attempts; I guess she really wants those tickets.



Do you suppose she could be the same Kelly Smith I blogged about a couple of years ago?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

After a brief bit of browsing, I think this is my favorite entry:

GLORIA ROMANA SUCIU Says:

April 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am
MADONNA?
I THINK ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY JUST SOME ABOUT HER CAUSE ,ITS NOT ENOUGH ALL THE PAPERS AND ALL THE PENCILS IN THIS WORLD TO DESCRIBE HER JUST IN A POEM!!!
BUT I MUST TO SAY SOMETHINK,SO I THINK SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFULL WOMAN IN THE WORLD!!!
SHE WAS AND STEEL IS THE STYLE OF WOMAN WHO FIGHTING IN LIFE FOR HER DREAMS AND THAT CAN SEE IN ALL SHE’S LIFE:SHE WAS DEDICATE TO MUSIC ALL HER LIFE,SHE WAS DDICATE TO HER HUSBANDS,AND SHE WAS DEDIACATE TO SHE’S BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND WHAT IS THE IMPORTANT THINK SHE KNEW TO SHARE ALL SHE’S TIME TO CAN REALIZE ALL SHE’S DREAMS IN THE SAME TIME:THE TIME SPENDING WITH SHE’S MUSIC LIFE DONT LET HER TO ABANDON SHE’S FAMILIY AND VICEVERSA ,THE TIME SPEND WITH THE FAMILY NOT LET HER TO RENOUNCE TO MUSIC,SO SHE KNEW TO DO BOTH OF THEM.
SHE IS A LION!!!!
MEANING EXCELENT MIND,BIG SOUL AND SEXY BODY.
BELIEVE ME I KNOW WHAT I SAY
I AM A LION TOO.
I WOULD LIKE TO WIN A TICKET TO HER CONCERT CAUSE THAT WILL BE FOR THE FIRST TIME OF MY LIFE WHEN I WILL SEE A BIG CONCERT CAUSE HERE IN MY SMALL CITY ARAD FROM ROMANIA COUNTRY ARE NOT SOME KIND OF CONCERTS BUT EVEN IF I WINN I WILL CANNOT TO ATTEND CAUSE WILL BE TO MUCH EXPENISVE TO ME TO ATTEND TO HER SHOW.
BUT ANYWAY EVEN IF SHE IS SO FAR AND I AM JUST IN ROMANIA
I LOVE THIS SPIRITUAL ENIGMA
MADONNA!!!

Ben Varkentine said...

I weep for my Romanian friend.