Author: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
Image: A Fallen Conker, signifying a break-outfrom a sheltered life to a successful future amidst
a thorny environment
Note:
Los Angeles. The city is sometimes called Tinsel town.
This nickname comes from the shiny, bright and often
Note:
Los Angeles. The city is sometimes called Tinsel town.
This nickname comes from the shiny, bright and often
unreal nature of Hollywood and the movie industry - Wiki
The Quadrille:
shiny and bright atop the Christmas tree
so also the life and attraction of Tinsel town
giving attention-seekers living an artificiality of
short marriages and excesses frowned upon
Sadly, the good life often rubbed on as success
stories leading to bigger things in life
(44 words)
Mish at d'Verse - Quadrille#142 - tinsel
Well that is an artificial kind of life in Tinsel Town.
ReplyDeleteHank, I like your description of the image as much as the poem itself.
ReplyDeleteI like how you compare the fake christmas tree to the myth of Hollywood living. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteYes, a shiny place on the surface...
ReplyDeleteYes, it sparkles but it doesn't necessarily mean its worth anything.
ReplyDeleteSo well penned!
ReplyDeleteTop of the tree success in Tinsel Town seems rather shallow when marriages fail, and the "good life" is just constant excess.
ReplyDeletePax,
Dora
Only surface glitter in tinsel town. Well said!
ReplyDeleteYou just threw a sloshing mud pie in Tinsel Town's face, Hank. Well done!
ReplyDelete-David
Both shinny and shortlived. The given name of Tinsel Town very apt
ReplyDeleteHappy you dropped by to read mine
Much💟love
Been there. Glad I'm not anymore. Well done!
ReplyDeleteYes... a place where marble is plastic, and silicone rules.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, the ar/initial life. Love this!
ReplyDeleteHappy you chose to write about the ultimate in tinsel .. Hollywood! Well penned, Hank!
ReplyDeleteWell done, Hank!
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