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# Streep Sweep
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/streep-sweep/
- Published: 2021-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: The price of competition’s steep If you are battling Meryl Streep Oh dear the gowns, the dinner winks Go with that lizard to get “drinks” No actress, even with great voice Wants to compete with Sophie’s Choice And tru...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

The price of competition’s steep  
If you are battling Meryl Streep  
Oh dear the gowns, the dinner winks  
Go with that lizard to get “drinks”  
No actress, even with great voice  
Wants to compete with Sophie’s Choice  
And truly, who can even blame her  
Compete with Kramer versus Kramer??  
Oh, Dianne Wiest had hoped to catch her  
Then Meryl clones old Maggie Thatcher  
So let’s be fair, no one comes close  
Sometimes there is only one rose

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783430-Paying-Respect-to-Academy-Experts---Actress