Day: December 23, 2018

The last chance motel

~ thereluctantpoet

Be sure and pick up the seeds of inspiration John left behind – THE LAST CHANCE MOTEL

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The last chance motel


Summer Texas night, cold drink and no-place to go. Michigan dreamer, drinking his Long Island teas and writing into a journal.

“Song of my father,
songs of the long highways,
more goodbye songs than hello.

Pretty memories don’t bring joy no-more,
shallow man broke an angel heart and
he learn.
The Iron Mountain girl was right.
She told him. You will miss me more than today.
My lasting kisses will burn your heart and your soul.
You will wish for me when the night is cold and lonely.”

He watched the pretty Texas girls dance at midnight hours. The midnight hours is when the last people on earth must decide to go home alone or seek a companion to fulfill needs of the skin, needs of the flesh.

Pretty Texas girl requested a dance and he accepted. The lingering dance expand to the slow dances and…

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In Memory: ”If you’re not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.”

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Remembering Penny Marshall – Great advice!

Art of Quotation

“I don’t know how you can you do something over and over and you hate it. If you’re not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.”

Penny Marshall, 1943-2018, director, actor, author

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Winter’s Child

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Don’t Miss Penny’s Beautiful tribute – WINTER’S CHILD

Penny Wilson Writes


The walls are permeated 
with the laughter and tears 
once shared

I fill the room 
as best I can 
with today’s sunlight

I open the window
but the breeze does not 
sweep away the past

A life once lived 
clings tightly

My fingers 
touch a picture frame

Frozen in time 
you cradle a child

I can feel the love 
in the smile on your lips

Your fingers 
gently 
brush the hair from my face

Behind my eyelids 
I’m swept away

I am once again that small child
safe  
warm  
loved

You always 
smelled of lilacs

Today 
the memory of your face
is as vivid as yesterday

Other times 
it is but a faded shape in the mist

You are always with me 
a part of me

Copyright (C) 2018 Penny Wilson

*Today is not only the first day of winter but it also would have been my mother's birthday. This…

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BEDECK

~ thereluctantpoet

Word of the Day Challenge

The Word of the Day is BEDECK

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bedeck
/bɪˈdɛk/
verb
verb: bedeck; 3rd person present: bedecks; past tense: bedecked; past participle: bedecked; gerund or present participle: bedecking
  1. decorate.
    “he led us into a room bedecked with tinsel”
    synonyms:decorate, adorn, ornament, trim, deck, enhance, beautify, prettify, embellish, furnish, garnish, grace, enrich, dress up, trick out; More

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