From Wikmedia Commons
“Rosebud” uttered finally
on deathbed with a breaking voice
snow globe in his hand released
his legacy a mystery
“Rosebud” was not about
investments, trading or publicity
and searching high and low
remained in hidden secrecy
“Rosebud” wanderings
would lead to smoky bars
her bourbon tears and broken voice
the faded flower from his vase
“Rosebud” still remained
the turning point ‘tween love and gold
and hidden in the snow it burns
his final word was “Rosebud”
Shanyn is guest-hosting Poetics today at dVerse, and has us to write about phrases that get hooked on our mind and just make us into that special mood, or a meme of sorts. On the radio they talked about final words, and all of the sudden I thought “rosebud” come join us at 3pm EST when she opens the pub doors.. This is also my 700th post so I guess it’s a little celebration.
Björn Rudbergs writings 
oh heck…first i thought he was a secret service agent and rosebud was a codeword…in a way it was… heck… he carried her around all these years…the bourbon tears are great…dangit..great capture of emotions here björn
the film was really amazing… and took me years to decode… 🙂
hey, congrats on 700 man….Rosebud was a great closing word for sure…the snowglobe released mystery, cool…great closing stanza as well…
One of my favorite films and you did it proud.>KB
This is quite a touching poem, really. And congratulations on reaching 700!
Oh… I liked it. Very well-written indeed. 🙂
Very cool – and congrats – 700 – wow! smiles – K
700, wow, congrats; love this poem, as you know I am a movie buff, & movie references really float my boat; for film is the amalgam of all the arts simultaneously; and I love where you went with this.
Great homage to that film moment. Enjoyed your poem– the form you chose.
Loved that film .. and I still recall almost every scene.
Congratulations on 700! Great post, love how you wrote it, very cool.
Great prompt… but had no idea … until that came along
That is the best way for our muse to inspire us! 🙂
Powerful, Bjorn. Interesting last word to have.
700 posts is amazing. Congratulations! Rosebud. I know I watched it and remember a sled at the end. Beautiful writing…always.
The sled figured very early in the movie too. He had it in his poor but loving home, and before he was hauled of to richness… hence my last stanza.
That’s really cool … love these lines: ‘her bourbon tears and broken voice/the faded flower from his vase’
🙂
Thank you.. yes that scene from the film is very vivid in my memory..
What an ‘oeuvre’, 700 no less.
Liked this filmclip you gave us.
since I write 2-3 a day it goes pretty quickly… ..
An excellent homage – I too enjoyed the bourbon tears and faded flower.
Congrats on this milestone ~
Like the refrain, rosebud in each stanza, what lovely imagery you have painted of her memory – bourbon tears/broken voice
Lovely lovely words Björn – slip so eloquently from the tongue.
Congrats on the 700 – you obviously so more productive than me!
Anna :o]
Wonderful flow and writing. An inspirational write.
I have to go back and watch that again…I have heard many interesting ideas as to what ‘rosebud’ might mean…
Neither flower nor sled, “Rosebud.” I think of it more as a code for return to simplicity, an idealized past. You’ve done an interesting thing here, kind of exploding its meaning, and dissecting it a bit, but still leaving once-movie-viewer-now-reader with a vague fog of mystery and regret. Very well composed.
Congrats on the 700th post, Bjorn–you are wonderfully prolific.
I’m not such a fan of Welles, but you bring up here the idea that what one clutches at the end is quite particular–not financial – but something sweetly layered. Thanks. k.
Congratulations:)
I have a rosebud that I saved for 30 years. I got it from the man I lived with now all these decades later we found eachother again. And we are happy at last after 4 failed marriages between us. Congrats on your 700th post. I always love to read your work
Oh, that was such a great movie, a classic. I’ve seen it. At the end what mattered most was a childhood memory. Lovely poem, captures the mood and meaning of the movie well. 🙂
“bourbon tears” “the turning point ‘tween love and gold and hidden in the snow it burns”. Really nice phrases and terrific poem.
I love the phraseology you have used to capture the emotions. Sometimes, the final words are the deepest and most simple of all.
Congratulations on your 700th 🙂
Thank you.. the film had a lot of emotions…
Kudos on 700! Now tell me the reference. I like the poem but I don’t know the source.
Ah it’s about the movie Citizen Kane.. One of the greatest movies ever made. Every stanza refer to a scene in that film..
First congrats 700 impressive indeed..creative post for number 700 the faded flower from his vase..a sad image…
Wonderful interpretation of the prompt and movie, Bjorn. If I saw it, I don’t remember it…so I’m thinking I missed it. It sounds like it would be unforgettable. Thanks for the enticement.
It is a marvelous movie.. And I could easily see it again. And again
Have not seen that movie for years. I remember the ending with the snow globe. Congrats on 700 …