Marlene Dietrich: Poet

As any self-respecting Gay does, I'm fascinated by the female stars of Old Hollywood: Bette, Joan, Katherine, etc. I've always had a particular fascination for Marlene Dietrich, not for her movies, but for her interesting life. Did you know she was a tireless anti-Nazi and seriously damaged her health during WWII performing for the Allied troops?

Now, it's been revealed that, in the last years of her life, she wrote poetry. Now, this isn't notworthy for the poetry itself, which is pretty bad, but they are interesting for who they were written for: old lovers, friends, and admirers, including Hemingway, Yul Brenner, and Ronald Reagan (who, apparently, no one had ever known she was particularly close to).

(Via Bookninja)