Month: November 2019

A love story

~ thereluctantpoet

johncoyote

Love story

You were going to be a dancer, a poet, going to save our world. I was content to be in the reflection of your eyes. I told you often dear lover. You are my art, my wonder, my mystery and my midnight dancer.

We had the seasons to taste love, we had the Germany Spring where we roamed the free paths of Europe. Saw the old castles and the waterfalls and we wandered the hidden cities and we drank the sweet red wine.

You were my beautiful Beatrice and I told you often. I will write a million words for your beautiful face, I will sing to the morning sky, how you made love, alive and well in my world.

We had the warm days of Summer. We danced in Paris at 3 am and I read poetry to you at Hyde Park in England. We drank wine…

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Cherish the Moments

~ thereluctantpoet

Confab With Me

Every moment spent with a loved one is a moment to treasure for a lifetime and when we waste time in regret it takes away the moment one could have rejoiced in yonder

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Give Thanks

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Featured Image - Penultimate

It’s the penultimate month of 2019…the end of the year near as well as the decade.

two-thousand nineteen almost complete
penultimate month’s finale
cold air nipping at fingers
daylight fading sooner
winter imminent
behold post haste
leaves falling
give thanks
time

© 2018-2019 – Donna Matthews

The above poem is written in the form of Nonet. The nonet poetic form is nine lines with a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 syllable count. You can learn more about poetry styles here.

Hey y’all, thanks for visiting the Go Dog Go Cafe and I hope you enjoyed reading today’s selection. I am Donna Matthews, a born and bred Texan who can usually be found writing, painting, taking pictures, or traveling the world on foot. I’m all about love, people, sharing, and doing life together and would love to get to know you. I host two blogs…the first, The DJ Ranch, documents my personal adventures…

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Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating!

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forgottenmeadows

And when the feet writes letters to the heart…

of the places it would rather be,

the heart always smiles,

for all the paths in the world…

would lead it home,

where it belonged,

always.

poetry and image copyright neha 2019

Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating! May your home be surrounded by love for now and always!

I am thankful for all of you!

Neha

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Tuesday Writing Prompt- Thanksgiving

~ thereluctantpoet

Keep it alive

TUES PROMPT

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Giving thanks is essential for each one of us

We all are so blessed with countless blessings

Where does one start to enumerate all the gifts

If we look at our own self we can never be thankful enough

For what we have been given to experience this world with

Then we have our family, our friends and community too

The health and wealth, the joy and the laughter all treasures

The words we read, those that we write and the songs we sing

The seasons we experience the seas that we sail on and

The beauty that we are able to see and perceive all aroundus

A happy🍁🍂🍀🌷 thanksgiving to you all!🍂🍁🌺

~*~

Today’s prompt :

Write something around the theme ofThanksgiving–being grateful, family, food, traditions, etc. It can have a serious tone or create something that will make us laugh.

In response to;

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3 2 1 Quote Me – Life is not to be wasted.

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Keep it alive

Roryis the creator of 3 2 1 Quote Me

Season 5

321 Quote Me Directory

321 Quote Me Created by A Guy Called Bloke

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PLEASE NOTE …

321 Quote Me is NO LONGER a tagging game – it is now a Community Prompt Game only, as in if any of my readership wish to take part – they can do so freely on their own steam and not through either a ‘tagging’ or an obligation to play.

Guidelines: 3.2.1 Quote Me!

Post 3 quotes on topic

Post 2 pieces of music on topic.

Display one image which represents the topic in your eyes.

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Dedicated Topic For Today:

“Life’s Too Short To Waste

My Quote selection:

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Songs:

 

https://youtu.be/CJ9L4PewTuY

Old Dominion- Make it sweet

https://youtu.be/lrXIQQ8PeRs

Nickleback- If today was your last day

Image;

#Keepitalive

#321Quoteme

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Covering

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I Write Her

UntitledJoy feels like exposure to the harshest elements.
In showing it you become a pawn
in the game of advantage
like taken of that is.

Allowing happiness to make an appearance,
well, that’s just a sin.
“Be humble, accept things with grace,” they said.
As they shushed my feelings out of jealousy.

Feeling like a kernel doubling in size,
well, that’s just ruinous.
“Let’s not have a grandiose, public display,” they said.
As they swatted my butt out of anger.

Having intensity acknowledged on the surface,
well, that’s just suicide.
“Behave yourself!” they said.
As they locked me away with a pious vengeance.

Where did it ever get me to give a voice
to what bubbles up happy tears and excitement?
Hide your feelings, stomp them down reactions was all I ever got.
Because no one really wanted to meet the real me.

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