With Whitney. Poem by Michael Walker

With Whitney.

Rating: 4.5


I saw 'The Bodyguard' starring
Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston
at Village 8, a cinema complex
in South Auckland, in the mid-1990s
with my then girlfriend, a shares trader.
There was romance onscreen and off.
I met her at a Saturday night singles club:
I thought I was in a real romance like Kevin
until she discarded me
like another one of her deals.
However, I did not discard Houston singing
'I Will Always Love You'.



-1-3 August,2017.

With Whitney.
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I do not normally wear my heart on my sleeve, and they say I don't gush either; I made an exception here, to make it a love poem. I still own and playher music DVDs, and compact discs. The hit song 'I Will Always Love You' never appealed to me. Whitney was a singer not an actress. For connoisseurs of her music, these are my favourite songs, which does not necessarily mean that they were
the biggest hits on 'Billboard': 'Didn't We Almost Have It All', 'The Greatest Love Of All', My Name Is Not Susan', 'You Were Loved', 'The Star-Spangled Banner', One Moment In Time', 'My Love Is Your Love', 'On My Own' (on You-Tube) , 'Exhale' (on You-Tube) , 'Revelation' (a Gospel)song)and 'Higher Love' (a Gospel song,
which Whitney sang live in Japan in a stunning performance.It is on You-Tube) .
Many of Whitney's interviews, with so many different people, are on You-Tube also.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 05 August 2017

This poem expresses the deep love of the poet to a female singer namely Whitney Houston with her many music DVDs. Though she is no more, poet has much love to her till today. It may be quoted.. I saw on TV news of Whitney's untimely death in a Hollywood hotel room, alone in death as in life. Only then did I buy Whitney's DVDs and compact discs: She won me over from the word go when she said: ' Hi! I'm Whitney Houston. Welcome to my DVD. I hope you enjoy watching it. Have fun. Bye.' She talked, with a gorgeous smile, just to me. This is a beautiful poem on love with heart touching depiction. Thanks for sharing.

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Michael Walker 04 August 2018

And thank you for your appreciative comment about a little-read poem of mine.

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