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Posted by TofuEmmy on January 21, 2005, at 14:19:07
A single flower he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet--
One perfect rose.I knew the language of the floweret;
"My fragile leaves," it said, "his heart enclose."
Love long has taken for his amulet
One perfect rose.Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it's always just my luck to get
One perfect rose.
-- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
Posted by Atticus on January 21, 2005, at 15:05:04
In reply to One Perfect Rose by Dorothy Parker, posted by TofuEmmy on January 21, 2005, at 14:19:07
This is a terrific poem -- it's so Dorothy Parker. As a member of the famed Algonquin Round Table of humorists that met for lunch, she easily held her own with writers like S.J. Perelman (wrote Grouch Marx's dialogue in movies) and Robert Benchley (whose son Peter, oddly enough, would gain world fame writing about a really, really big carnivorous fish -- a story that a 25-year-old Steven Spielberg would turn into the first big summer blockbuster movie). When told that the famously reserved President Calvin Coolidge had died, she replied, "How can they tell?" Thanks for sharing this. ;) Atticus
Posted by TofuEmmy on January 21, 2005, at 20:05:57
In reply to Re: One Perfect Rose by Dorothy Parker » TofuEmmy, posted by Atticus on January 21, 2005, at 15:05:04
I do so like a witty wench with a keen sense of humor. She's a delight. em
Posted by Susan47 on January 21, 2005, at 21:14:12
In reply to Re: One Perfect Rose by Dorothy Parker, posted by TofuEmmy on January 21, 2005, at 20:05:57
The ladies men admire, I've heard,
Would shudder at a wicked word.
Their candle gives a single light;
They'd rather stay at home at night.
They do not keep awake till three,
Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure,
Nor recognise an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints...
So far, I have had no complaints.--by the fabulous, Dorothy Parker
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