I was watching the Guns of Navarone,
(the movie’s still here but its actors are gone)
.
Don Adams, Dean Martin and Shirley Booth
Gone are the actors of my youth
.
I’ve even lost Anthony Quinn
(I loved him in whatever that thing was he was in)
.
So, I sit here bereft
because there are hardly any actors left.
.
We wouldn’t have such scarcities
if we didn’t make them die in threes…
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
Vin’s still with us 😊
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He’s just waiting for two other actors to get really sick…
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😛 did u see the photo I sent u??? PS – I WON 😊😊😊😊😊
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So, the photo implies that I “suck”? I’m insulted…
Yes, but I knew you were going to win it, remember?
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It thought it might be good for a post???? Yes but I did win and that’s the third time so I must be a terrible poet 😯
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And, no one can (or would want to) take that away from you!
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There’s something quite depressing about watching a movie where everyone is dead. Though the makeup artists do a wonderful job making them appear life like…
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That got an lol out of me this morning. Thanks!
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Lovely poem. I also watched the movie on a flight out of Dubai a few weeks ago, its in their classic’s section. Part of the movie was filmed in Rhodes following which Anthony Quinn bought some land; there’s still a place there called “Anthony Quinn Bay.”
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Anthony+Quinn+Bay/@36.3214221,28.2071329,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x1495660b17c72697:0x3c5a25ec6368e6fc!8m2!3d36.3214221!4d28.2093216
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I didn’t know that. Thank you!
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Very good poem! I liked it a lot
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Oh… we both know I’m not a poet, Robyn. But, I appreciate the compliment. It was either write that poem of finish that epic novel about the minor lords who rose up against Charles Martel during the creation of the Holy Roman Empire. It is meant to be a sweeping tale so there will be plenty of brooms. Push brooms or angled? How about both!?
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🙂
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‘scarcities and threes’ is the weakest but the ending justifies the rhymes
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It’s sad when the weakest line is the most important… or maybe that was the plan all along…
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yeah no one ever knew what plans hatch in the minds of great poets
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