Musings of an Aspiring Author and Poet

Moulin Rouge

September 16, 2014

Poetry

Ladies and Gent at the finest affair,

Linked arm-in-arm with noses in the air.

Paying no mind to the commoner on the street,

Entering the great hall they prepare for a treat.

A show for the ages with music and dance,

They surely wouldn’t miss it given the chance.

Seductive young ladies kicking legs in the air,

Dancing the can-can with nary a care.

The Gents take to whistling, they hoot and they holler,

While the ladies most appalled grab their men by the collars.

Such a circus is this with no animals or tent,

They must on this Sunday go to church and repent.

For now though they’re free to do as they please,

Revelling in the lust of the show as they tease.

Enjoying their sins amongst cigar smoke and booze,

Welcome Ladies and Gents to the Moulin Rouge.

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Prompt: Jeremy’s Daily Challenge – Picture This Monday 15 September

At the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Comments

23 responses to “Moulin Rouge”

Tracesofthesoul

September 16, 2014

Ah this is lovely and so lively…like being there!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 17, 2014
  
  Thank you so much, I loved writing this piece. The fact that Jeremy offered up such a wonderful prompt made it possible, I never would have written the poem without it. :)
  
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Jonathan Caswell

September 16, 2014

Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
AYE-YUP….describes it pretty well….and most won’t go through even the motions of repenting!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 17, 2014
  
  You are right, most probably didn’t/don’t repent, thank you very much for the re-blog my friend. :)
  
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  1. Jonathan Caswell
    
    September 17, 2014
    
    BUT WE CAN STILL BE PRAYERFULLY HOPEFUL, RIGHT? :)
  2. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    September 18, 2014
    
    We absolutely can be prayerful and hopeful. :)
mmkstarr

September 16, 2014

I think your profile pic has a computer virus.

It’s poetry.

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 17, 2014
  
  That is a virus that I don’t mind having, thank you very much for that. :)
  
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words4jp

September 16, 2014

I love this!!! I do love Toulouse-Lautrec. His dancers….. Beautiful:)

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 17, 2014
  
  Thank you Kimberly, I’m really glad you liked it. I wasn’t terribly familiar with Toulouse-Lautrec, but the prompt and the image seemed quite interesting. I have to say that I do like his work. :)
  
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  1. words4jp
    
    September 17, 2014
    
    I have a painting of his – reproduction, of course. Degas is my fave – but Lautrec and him were part of the same Paris art scene and were acquaintances.
  2. Dom DiFrancesco
    
    September 18, 2014
    
    Interesting…Dugas is a name I am much more familiar. I learn something new everyday.
J

September 16, 2014

A great write — I especially liked this part: “the Gents take to whistling, they hoot and they holler,// While the ladies most appalled grab their men by the collars.” Brilliant!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 17, 2014
  
  Thanks Jen, I really liked writing this one, those happen to be my favorite lines in the poem as well. I’m really glad you liked it.
  
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Lucid Gypsy

September 16, 2014

Thanks Dom, this is such fun!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 17, 2014
  
  Thank you Gilly, this was a great deal of fun to write as well, I’m glad you liked it.
  
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Tiny

September 17, 2014

Made me smile. So well done!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 17, 2014
  
  Thank you Tiny, I had fun writing this one and though it turned out pretty well. :)
  
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  1. Tiny
    
    September 17, 2014
    
    It surely did :-D
Jez Farmer

September 26, 2014

Beautifully done Dom

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 30, 2014
  
  Thank you so much Jez, I really enjoyed this prompt very much. :)
  
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Nicodemas

October 15, 2014

Great poem Dom! I love the comparison of the classes!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  October 16, 2014
  
  Thank you very much, I really enjoyed writing this one. :)
  
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