Hours spent filling a need
erasing distance
with face time
caught in a net
Embracing at the station
prelude to jazz in the park
and a rendezvous on the lake
Chicago, our special place
Nine hundred miles
driven to you, then back
a December weekend
far too short
A winter retreat
with bed and breakfast
served with a flair amongst
Finger Lakes and wine
Mile after mile
counting the miles
erasing the miles
the final nine hundred miles
Finding a home
making a home
no longer alone
our home together
Each but a moment
in the time of our lives
This is my response to Jane Dougherty’s Last Poetry Challenge of 2015: Sayings
~ a theme poem using a familiar saying. The phrase I chose is “the time of our lives”
Image: Jay Pritzker Music Pavilion at Millennium Park, Chicago
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Tremendous way to end 2015 🙂 Happy New Year and wishing lots of finger lakes and wine.
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Happy New Year!
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A very happy 2016 to you too 🙂
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A welcome chore I’ve set for myself, this New Year day – catching up with fellow poets after a week away, flying off to visit family with only occasional check-ins here.
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Checking in is more like relaxation that coping with festivities 🙂
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Beautiful and a deep and nuanced take on the saying that would push one to dwell on a time and place when everything was rainbows and gumdrops (at least through the lens of nostalgia). The richness of a relationship is in part a result of the struggles and less-than-pleasant moments (if only to remind how special the relationship is. Happy 2016.
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I do have an appreciation for the journey, including hardships, but I appreciate where it has brought me.
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This is so beautifsul, thanks for sharing it.:)….that’s a pretty cool challenge.
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Thank you.
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Lovely poem! Wishing you a happy home in 2016!
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Thank you, and the same to you!
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A delightful journey of love.
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome!
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