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Thank you Maggie

Prince Charles surely no match for her beauty of smile and heart.

posted by PoetRaye on September 9, 2006 at 9:59 AM | link to this | reply

Katray, I loved Princess Diana, never could understand what any woman saw in her Prince.  This was a nice post in her honor.  Thank you for sharing.

posted by MaggieMae on September 8, 2006 at 2:52 PM | link to this | reply

Thank you YPunday

Sounds like a plan.

posted by PoetRaye on September 5, 2006 at 7:30 PM | link to this | reply

Wonderful musings-one can sense changes....I see dry/falling leaves already

When I feel sad, I play sad songs....or sometimes the Songs of the 70s. But then, I need something like Polka --Pennsylvania Polka--every now and then to get moving, if not groooving! Thanks for your kind visits. Shalom

   Neil

posted by ILLUMINATI8 on September 5, 2006 at 7:09 PM | link to this | reply

So true Bel..Legends who will never be forgotten...

As a young teenager, I was just starting to enjoy Elvis's music when he died. I have a cousin, a few years older who was totally obsessed over him. She was making plans to travel to Graceland just to get a glimpse of him when the news broke. She went to his funeral gathering outside of Graceland instead. I so wanted to go with her, but my Mother wouldn't allow it.

posted by PoetRaye on September 4, 2006 at 4:05 PM | link to this | reply

Thank you TAPS

As of April of this year, British investigators were unable to close the case because of several unanswered questions. I didn't list them all, just the ones that leapt out in surprising effect.

posted by PoetRaye on September 4, 2006 at 4:00 PM | link to this | reply

Hello Symphony, you're welcome and Thank you for sharing

your experiences.Diana was admired and respected by many here in the U.S. too. Truly a universal figure. I'm sure you're right, we may never know what really happened.

posted by PoetRaye on September 4, 2006 at 3:55 PM | link to this | reply

Dearest One, Thank You

Norma Jean was a good, giving person too. I knew she entertained the troops on many occasions and if memory serves, she also was involved in charitable work for children. I wasn't trying to downplay her contributions in favor of Diana; I guess because Diana is a more recent example of the famous leading the way in caring, sharing efforts I focused more on her. There are unresolved questions about Norma Jean's death too, after all these years. Some similarities exist. They were both amazing women and both deserve the beautiful tribute of song.

Thank You again!

posted by PoetRaye on September 4, 2006 at 3:53 PM | link to this | reply

She human

an imperfect human which made her real to so many of us.  I remember the night she died, it seemed somehow unreal.  How could this beautiful and so wounded young woman be gone without warning?  I suppose in some ways her death for our generation was like that of Elvis for our parents.  It just did not seem real.  I had similar feelings when JFK Jr and his wife were lost.  Much too much left to do in this world and no longer time to do any of it.

posted by bel_1965 on September 4, 2006 at 12:02 PM | link to this | reply

katray, This is lovely, thought provoking post that immediately takes one back to questions without answers, to feelings of raw nerves that seem not to heal.

posted by TAPS. on September 4, 2006 at 8:42 AM | link to this | reply

I normally don't get too emotional about celebrity deaths since I don't know them, but hers really hit me.  She seemed like such a caring, good person, and she just wanted a normal life for herself and her sons.  Such a tragic and preventable death... 

posted by Holy_Grail on September 4, 2006 at 6:51 AM | link to this | reply

Thank you very much for writing this post.....

I didn't realise it concerns everybody around the world.......so much talk about what happened....but sadly we will never know the truth....

all I do know....is she was a wonderful woman and her spirit lives on in her wonderful children... (I don't like anybody else of the royal family) and I do believe that Prince Charles and something to do with it.

I always remember when I first heard, we all went into shock.....my friends and I left flowers outside Buckingham Palace.....millions were there....

The Queen Hesitated to make a speech, but in the end she knew she had to, I don't think she realised how Much Princess Diana, was loved and adored...

posted by _Symphony_ on September 4, 2006 at 2:09 AM | link to this | reply

Dearest Raye, a wonderful post indeed...

I was only speaking of a personal preference...nothing to do with wealth, notoriety or whether to use a salad fork to stab the lamb, roast beef or wheel and deal over who gets the last of the deviled eggs...Yes, the good Diana did much for some of the starving sections of the world and many other areas of genuine need...I applaud her trials and triumphs.
But Marilyn (or Norma Jean, if one prefers) did a little for the troops of the time, men and women gathered to serve their country and suffer for the aid given to unfortunates of a country other than their own...no paparazzi squads stumbling over each other before threat of possible gunfire...now , before we get into  who drank or smoked what and skinny-dipped with whom in whoever's backyard jaccuzzi or farm pond, let me reiterate: I was merely speaking of a personal musical preference.

posted by _teddypoet_ on September 4, 2006 at 12:46 AM | link to this | reply

Er, musically of course...:)

That's what I meant...I think...

posted by PoetRaye on September 4, 2006 at 12:02 AM | link to this | reply

I can almost see you playing and singing...

One of these days, you must perform for me!

posted by PoetRaye on September 4, 2006 at 12:00 AM | link to this | reply

True Dear Ted

but I always considered Princess Diana to be a universal example of good deed and caring, sharing soul; a role light years apart from her establishment, glamor, title trappings.

posted by PoetRaye on September 3, 2006 at 11:58 PM | link to this | reply

Yes, I have done the song...prefer the original; strikes closer to home...

posted by _teddypoet_ on September 3, 2006 at 11:46 PM | link to this | reply

Wow, have you played the song Dear One?

I like both versions - wonderful musical tributes to women who left deep imprints worldwide and then left earth far too soon.

Thank You!

posted by PoetRaye on September 3, 2006 at 11:41 PM | link to this | reply

posted by _teddypoet_ on September 3, 2006 at 11:30 PM | link to this | reply

Candle in the Wind lyrics

Now you belong to heaven, and the stars spell out your name

Goodbye England's rose;
may you ever grow in our hearts.
You were the grace that placed itself
where lives were torn apart.
You called out to our country,
and you whispered to those in pain.
Now you belong to heaven,
and the stars spell out your name.

And it seems to me you lived your life
like a candle in the wind:
never fading with the sunset
when the rain set in.
And your footsteps will always fall here,
among England's greenest hills;
your candle's burned out long before
your legend ever will.

Loveliness we've lost;
these empty days without your smile.
This torch we'll always carry
for our nation's golden child.
And even though we try,
the truth brings us to tears;
all our words cannot express
the joy you brought us through the years.

Goodbye England's rose,
from a country lost without your soul,
who'll miss the wings of your compassion
more than you'll ever know.

posted by PoetRaye on September 3, 2006 at 6:07 PM | link to this | reply