Friends
sharing food can leave us renewed.
Reset in Motion
My girls and I just broke some bread.
My girls and I just broke some bread.
I’ll share no secrets
that were said,
Except to say
Without delay,
We’re mostly glad the
past is dead.
We choose the chance
to chill and chug,
To raise a glass and
lift a mug.
No time for fools,
Such friends are
jewels.
We cry and crow and
simply shrug.
To look at loves and
labors lost,
To try each truth and
count the cost,
We for a song
Do come along
To clear our chests
at any cost.
Still, must we count
the years a bust,
If by the trip we’ve
learned to trust?
Each painful stroll
And shifty soul
Once thus examined,
blows as dust.
In voices raspy,
whispered woes
As errant chords do
decompose.
Sweet music drifts.
Each spirit lifts.
And troubles fly
where Heaven-knows.
c2017 by Linda Ann Nickerson
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| Vintage/public domain photo |
This poem was posted
in response to these prompts:
ABC
Wednesday: “music”
Mad Kane
Humor: “bust,” “bussed,” or “robust” (LIMERICK)
Meme
Express: “for a song”
One Liner
Wednesday: See subtitle.
Simply
Snickers: “chance,” “chill,” and “chug”
Three
Word Wednesday: “painful,” “raspy,” and “shifty”
Thursday
Challenge: “motion”
Image/s:
Where would we be without friends and loved ones.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice ABC-day / -week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
http://melodymusic.nl/20-i/
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteyou certainly write some delightful poetry,
thank you sharing it with us.
As you may, or not know, that you are mean't to pick
a subject matter beginning with chosen letter
of each week, as we progress in ABCW starting from A--Z.
AS I read through your writing I couldn't find a
particular subject beginning with the letter 'I'.
please correct me if I'm wrong,
Best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team.
Now I see what happened. I went for "M" (as in motion and music), linking to ABC Wednesday's "I Love Music" post. I supposed it was M-Day, not I-Day. ;-)
DeleteHi Linda,
DeleteI see what has happened now, easy misunderstanding!
I feel a bit of a meanie and I love your prose, maybe,
if you wish, you could re-post your delightful poem when we get to the letter 'M'.
Another little tip, if you post your contribution after 4pm on the Tuesday of the week your contribution is more than likely to be read by many more ABCW-ers than if you post it later in the week, I notice that, say, after Friday most are preparing their contributions for the following week and tend to overlook the late contributors, which is a shame, particularly because your writing is so good.
Best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team.
PS. I have left a further reply to your comment on my site.
Ah to be able to weave images and ideas as you have in a poem. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAs errant chords do decompose.
ReplyDeleteSweet music drifts.
When things don't work out right good things may not mean much by then! Wonderful lines Linda!
Hank
aw so beautiful old friends getting together
ReplyDeleteI for In voices raspy!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW