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Saturday, July 30. 2005

Saturday Verse: Dorothy Parker

                                   One Single Rose

               A single flow'r 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.

For a little summary of the life of Dorothy Parker, the founder of the Algonquin Round Table, click here. And does the Algonquin remain a NYC legend? Yes. Even if you don't work at The New Yorker, you can stop by anytime and have a drink on the sofas in the old-timey, England-feeling, not-fancy front room.
Posted by Bird Dog in Saturday Verse at 05:00 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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oh my !!!! I know this one by heart. and I love Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin crowd. time when smoke filled bars were so coll.
on another note, robert says between jim morrison/ eric burden and chrissy hynne( the Pretenders) and Janis of course, can't name better rock vocalists.
#1 maria on 2005-07-30 17:56 (Reply)

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