Missed Americas
Now that they are runway-bound,
those extravagantly gowned
are oft-driven to expound
with words not overly profound
about beliefs they’ve newly found
(overheard and swiftly downed)
just because they love the sound,
hoping in the final round,
their golden tongues will get them crowned.
For the dVerse Poets Quadrille Challenge: Crown.
Image from BBC.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Oh dear, are ‘beauty’ pageants still like this?
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I think they are now calling them scholarship pageants–as though that was the main thing???
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Yep, I’ve noticed that too, but other than looks their promoters seem to want to show that they are more than just beauty, (that within itself would be ok if it were not so false), and now they are talking about doing away with the bathing suit as well~!.. There may be a completely different set of rules in the future, dumb opinions, bad singing or poetry, displayed in granny suits, promoting a lot of nothing, showing the worst possible that some jerk can think up to degrade them~! What a terrible put down to the beauty and brains of our ladies~!
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Love these poetic words..make me smile 😃
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Oh how true!
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Not a fan of these pageants, at all, which makes your title all the more clever to me.
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Lol! Very apt.
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I love the way you point out our flaws! It is pretty easy to see when words are prompted rather than from the heart! Well done, Judy.
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Cleverly expressed, and such a sad, pointless exercise it is.
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hahahaha! So true, Judy!
I love this 😀
-David
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Love this
“about beliefs they’ve newly found” and world peace
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So funny! “with words not overly profound” ha!
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Wonderful play on words with some wisdom thrown in. Great take on the prompt Judy!
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Thanks, Carrie.
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