[Jerry Glenn Hartwig]

Reginald Kenneth Dwight


Reginald Kenneth Dwight, you see,
(a juvenile musical prodigy)
attended the Royal Academy
- folks said he would go far.

He sentenced his bookish professors to shame
by changing his preference, changing his name,
and changing to outrageous outfits became
a pop / rock super star.

So Kenneth went ‘Poof!’, then by filling the stands full,
got himself knighted, survived major scandal;
but changing the name of his wind-blown candle
went a bit too far.




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[Marion Shore]

Richard Starkey

Such a dull-sounding name,
he just couldn't cling to it.
So he chose another
with more of a ring to it.

[Jerry Glenn Hartwig]

Richard Starkey Redux

He came from the cowboy scene,
stormed to the west;
but some coleopterists
still love Pete best.

Back to you, Marion *grin*


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[Marion Shore]

Jerry,
Very good!
Although perhaps the double entendre is a bit obscure for those who are not coleopterists. But that doesn't bug me (haha)
Marion

[Jerry Glenn Hartwig]

But that doesn't bug me (haha)

Ouch! That's because we're both a little buggy already, no?

Just reminded me of fivefootone's poem, 'Bug Out!'

[Jerry Glenn Hartwig]

Removed because it was too simplistic and obvious

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[Frank Hubeny]

Norma Jeane Mortenson

Her skirt blew high.
Her curves caressed.
I catch my eye
Upon her chest.

[annie nance]

OK, so I got John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Allen, Ginger Rogers, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, Chubby Checker, and Lewis Carrol. Who did I miss?

...................................
A Double Dactyl, Sort of

Bismillah, Bismillah,
Up rose the mercury
T’was hot in the eighties for
Fredrick Bulsara.

Ever Bohemian,
he says to carry on
if he’s not back again
this time tomorrow.



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[Marion Shore]

Annie,

You missed Tony Curtis, Vivian Leigh, Mother Teresa, George Eliot, John Garfield, Kirk Douglas, Elton John, Ringo Starr.

I admit to being stumped on yours. (I could've Googled, but that would be cheating! ) I'm also stumped on Anne's.

[Anne Bryant-Hamon]

Marion,

Googling is not cheating -- it's educational If you can't solve a crossword puzzle, don't you go look at the answers eventually?

I've missed most of them (until I googled them). Are you keeping a tally? Are people sending you their answers?