Frances you were a star in lesser sky those years gone by
Hollywood you found fame acting with famous names
married but unhappy the system had you
Hollywood that tinsel town a nightmare to you
system mother and marriage too all drove you crazy it would anyone too
alone fighting the odds they hated you you felt the same
so when you blew and scandals came they got tired of your name
and incidents with the law cost you dear no so fair though
how could they put you in an asylum leave you there amongst the crazy ones
evil men tarnished you took a angel soiled her wings frances so alone
left there unprotected forgotten by all who knew you frances how could they
hells years fell on you til they thought to operate, kill her spirit
cut open your head tried to fix the wildness left you damaged killed your personality
but like a angel you rose again angel in the rain you got through
came out of there badly scarred one day you saw the sun shining down
set an angel free your story touches me so deep i felt for you and what they did
hurt and angel and they will pay hurt woman like you frances
never knew you but read your story last laugh was yours hosting a tv show
but you were never the same they damaged your brain
your joy they stole your image marred frances how could they scar and angel like you its what evil men do but i would have fought for you as any one through injustice do Hollywood and family and evil men will pay for hurting you frances..
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Posted: Oct 2010
About this poem:
This about the film actress frances farmer.
Abandoned by hollywood, family, and put in a asylum..because she would not conform. eventually survived the nightmare.
Hi Serpico, I own that movie, the mother was cruel!!!!!! What a sad life.... Thanks for posting this.
Truly,
Ginger
ginger1959Kingston, Ontario CanadaOct 20, 2010
Serpico, I was just going to write again and say Jessica Lange played Frances Farmer, but you beat me to the punch!!!!!
Truly, Ginger
serpico12OPcardiff, Mid Glamorgan, Wales UKOct 20, 2010
lol well great minds think alike..
GashlyAmish Hell, Ohio USAOct 20, 2010
do you know kurt cobain named his daughter after her? well, now you do. i am chock full of useless trivia! another tragic hollywood tale...for such a beautiful lady. captured, so well, serpico. perhaps you should write an entire volume of pin-up tributes? or maybe you have already...
gotitallDungarvan, Waterford IrelandOct 20, 2010
verse synopsis of a tragic life, yet reborn, in the twilight of her life, very well written serpico.
serpico12OPcardiff, Mid Glamorgan, Wales UKOct 20, 2010
thanks gashly..your trivia is my learning..not done tributes other than dusty springfield and frances farmer..but there are people i have empathy for.and i may well do this..thanks for your comments..as always so valued..
Comments (6)
I own that movie, the mother was cruel!!!!!!
What a sad life....
Thanks for posting this.
Truly,
Ginger
I was just going to write again and say Jessica Lange played Frances Farmer, but you beat me to the punch!!!!!
Truly,
Ginger
thanks gotitall..appreciate your comments.. :