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Gordon Schenck's avatar

Nanci Griffith

Listen to the Radio

It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go

There's a Light Beyond These Woods

Trouble in the Fields

Gulf Coast Highway

Ford Econoline

It's Just Another Morning Here

Lone Star State of Mind

The Sun, Moon, and Stars

Late Night Grande Hotel

Friend Out In the Madness

One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge

If I Were the Woman You Wanted

Lookin for the Time

Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool

Love at the Five and Dime

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Treasa's avatar

'friend out in the madness, one blade shy of a sharp edge,' this is powerful.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

These lines stand out and point out the meaningless of it all if we don't stand by our values and ourselves: "If I Were the Woman You Wanted

Lookin for the Time

Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool" and what a fool indeed but fool me if the fool is actually the fool. Great stuff.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Lovely!

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

NIRVANA

I was SIFTING through the vinyl in the record store when I saw her, over by the Pop section, trying to wipe a lipstick STAIN from the collar of her suede jacket. She said her name was POLLY, and we quickly bonded over our appreciation for the little-known Swedish band DIVE.

She asked me if I wanted to grab something to eat with her, and next thing I knew we were heading off to enjoy some MEXICAN SEAFOOD.

She ordered a Long Island Iced Tea, with a SLIVER of lemon, so I ordered a coffee, because I thought we were being sensible and not having alcohol.

It turns out a Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail, and it's just called that because it's the colour of tea.

I felt so DUMB... 😎

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Also, if you enjoy fun little bite-sized stories like this, Volume One and Volume Two of my new Flash Fiction series are available on my page now. I would really appreciate your support, and an extra view or two! Haha... 😎

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Nice :-) We chose the same band! Love that that happened!

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Nice! I was wondering if anyone else would do them. They really only did three albums, but the impact they made was incredible, and the influence they've had on music is phenomenal... 😎

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

i believe Jillian Hess on Substack has some amazing notes on her newsletter about Kurt Cobain. Check the post out. Notes from his notebook, in of her regular posts.

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Treasa's avatar

Hehe, dumb ass coffee drinker! Cool scene, wonder if it's being played out somewhere in the world right now. I wonder how many people are listening to Nirvana right now.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Many, one hopes...

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Haha! They're definitely one of those bands that are probably even more popular now than when they came out. People are discovering them all the time. They apparently still get 22 million listens a month on Spotify. Which by my rough calculations means that at any given minute about 500 people in the world are listening to them. That's mad! 😎

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Must be more than 500 people. Many listen on other mediums. I don't use spotify and am guessing I'm not the only one.

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

That's just on Spotify, yes, because they publish those figures. But it is a good indication of how popular they still are. The true figure could well be much higher... 😎

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Nirvana were my no. 1 fav from about 13-17, so I had to do them. It was hard! I wasn't sure I'd get anything from it, and they have so few albums there wasn't heaps to choose from, but I got something in the end. :-)

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--For Kurt--

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On a plain,

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Marigolds

In bloom—

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Endless, nameless.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

And here it is paginated proper-like :-) https://substack.com/@publicdomainpoets/note/c-56324856

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

It's a skill to convey such a powerful message with so few words.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Thanks Pilgrim - your comment means a lot. I guess as someone who wrote tanka and haiku almost exclusively for 15 or so years, that was always the hope! Few words - big feels. :-)

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

You got this and more!

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Dick Whyte's avatar

🙏🏻🌸🧡

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

That's beautiful to get all that meaning into just four lines. Very powerful... 😎

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Thanks so much Chris - really appreciate it! 💜

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Treasa's avatar

People remember the violence of his death, this is so peaceful and respectful.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Heartbreaking.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Aw thanks. Yeah, it was a sad time for me and my friends, way back when (I was probably 14 at the time I think) - we were all big fans. But it was also something that brought us together in a profound way. Lots of complicated feelings at the time!

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Whether a fan or not, has to be done... respect to all the fans.

Nirvana

Lithium

Smells like teen spirit

Oh Me

About a girl

Where did you sleep last night

All apologies, In bloom

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Fotini Masika's avatar

Nightmares on Wax

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Date with Destiny

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Coming Down

Humble

Calling

Soul-Ho

Eye (Can’t See)

Pretty Dark

Bleu My Mind

Time (To Listen)

Hear in Colour

Hey Ego!

Me! - Still? Yes!

Know My Name

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ixa3G_tL4&ab_channel=NightmaresOnWax

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Just at the right time, when I thought what should I listen to and then this turns up! Poetry read as the tune plays. Never heard of them either, but these nightmares are welcome so far! Wonderful piece Fotini!

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Fotini Masika's avatar

Thanks fellow Pilgrim!

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Treasa's avatar

To hear in colour, maybe that's what poetry is. New band for me to check out.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

I just posted about favourite sounds and coming back here reading about the hearing in colour and another comment about hearing through physical touch. This poem you've written foreshadows it all Fotini.

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Fotini Masika's avatar

I think we were tuned in the same wave :)

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

I think you got yourself another first line for your next poem...

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Fotini Masika's avatar

I don't understand why Synesthesia is called "a condition". But I don't know how it feels either, so I don't want to sound judgmental. I just think of it like a kind of magic.

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Darienne's avatar

Nina Simone

If You Knew

I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl

Do I Move You

To Be Young

Get By

Return Home

You've Got To Learn

I Sing Just To Know I'm Alive

If I should Lose You

Either Way, I lose

Don't Explain

Please Don't Let me Be Misunderstood

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Aaaah Nina! Nina can sing! Love what you’ve done here Darienne! I have Nina down for Day 19! But I think our poems are very different. Let’s see! Thank you for joining the challenge.

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Darienne's avatar

Looking forward to seeing your Nina on Day 19.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

Yeah! Nina Simone, so good!

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Treasa's avatar

THE NATIONAL

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Sad songs for dirty lovers

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Thirsty sugar wife,

all dolled-up in straps.

Lucky you.

Slipping husband,

grease in your hair,

New Order t-shirt.

The pull of you,

a reasonable man,

anyone's ghost guest room.

I am easy to find,

send for me underwater,

sea of love fake empire.

https://youtu.be/A-Tod1_tZdU?feature=shared

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

The National, been a while. Love your poem Treasa, you have a way with these lines. "I'm easy to find" speaks volumes.

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Treasa's avatar

One band that I haven't seen live, but they have some cool music videos.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

You have not seen them live... yet! hahahahahaha They've got some cool songs too!

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

And I love the track you submitted!

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Treasa's avatar

I was toying with this one too, collab with Bon Iver.

https://youtu.be/zcII2C6yh0A?feature=shared

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Dick Whyte's avatar

This one works really well. Really enjoyed the narrative structure.

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Treasa's avatar

Thanks so much Dick, their song titles weren't the usual lovey dovey stuff, so it was fun to twist them even more.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

What was the National's first song that we got to know them by? Do you remember? I cannot find its title.

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Treasa's avatar

For me it was Fake Empire, they have so many albums I need to catch up on. their stuff, lyrics are really great.

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Dick Whyte's avatar

hehe - nice!

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Fotini Masika's avatar

From the start till the end, every single line comes effortlessly. Great one, Treasa!

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Treasa's avatar

Thanks Fotini. Not sure where today's will go, there's so many O's!

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

I struggled with O and went with Oasis out of necessity... hahahaha sorry Oasis fans.

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Treasa's avatar

Oasis versus Blur back in the day. I was a park life kinda gal.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

I liked neither back in the day but these days more a Blur fan and Gorillaz! Discovered their songs post Blur!

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Randy Newman

(The Girls In My Life, Pt. 1 -- a sonnet in song titles)

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Sail away,

Suzanne.

I love L.A.,

naked man.

I think it’s going to rain today.

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It’s money that matters,

old man,

little criminals

in Germany before the war:

Sigmund Freud’s impersonation of Albert Einstein in America.

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You can leave your hat on,

Linda;

You’ve got a friend in me,

Marie.

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Comma Comma Down

(Niel Sedaka: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do & Laughter In The Rain)

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C’mon baby let’s start anew

do do do

down

doobie do

down

down

comma, comma,

down

doobie do

down

down

comma, comma,

down

doobie do

down

down

breaking up

is hard to do

Now I know—

I know that it’s true

It begins to rain—

It begins to pour--

Ooo, I hear laughter in the rain

Ooo, How I love a rainy day

And the happy way I feel inside

Happy there under the tree

There with the beat of the rain

on the leaves

I hear laughter in the rain

I feel the warmth of your hand in mine

Ooo, how I love a rainy day

I hear laughter in the rain

Comma, comma,

down

doobie do

down

down

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