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Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

one phone to rule them …

Tina Stewart Brakebill

The cord stretching tight

“Shut up David it’s my turn”

Giggles and whispers

Beep! Call waiting (no don’t go)

Crying, as he said goodbye  

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Today at NaPoWriMo our prompt asks us to move backwards in time away from such modern contrivances as podcasts and write a poem that features forgotten technology. This immediately brought me back to the days of one phone for the whole family. I have vivid memories of stretching the cord as far as it could possibly go so that I could (just barely) slip behind a door for some quasi privacy. Oh the days …  So thanks for reading my goofy lil’ tanka.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

when dreams were purple

Tina Stewart Brakebill

smoke on the water

riffing on a new guitar

teenage fantasy

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This prompt immediately brought me back to middle school when every aspiring teenage rock band played this song. Aaah the memories of being at dances in my seventh grade gym listening to a group of eight-grade boys rock this tune.

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Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple

Thanks for the memories Ronovan Writes!

Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

Easy Rider

Tina Stewart Brakebill

wistful dreams recalled

of daring easy riders

conjuring desire

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I actually was a too young to have any thoughts about Easy Rider when it first came out but as a teenage I became obsessed with guys on motorcycles. And Peter Fonda on a bike-woo hoo! Probably a good thing I didn’t see the movie until years later (many years–I think I was in my 40s). Not sure if seeing the movie as a teen would have wrecked my obsession or not 😉 but I would have hated to miss out on that Fonda crush.

So thanks for the memories Ronovan Writes