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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

No more regrets

.

My freedom

Flying away

.

Streets of surrender

You make me feel loved

.

Voodoo voodoo

Diavolo in me

.

Diamante

You've chosen me

.

by Zucchero

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Treasa's avatar

No more regrets, what a great sentiment to finish on.

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Darienne's avatar

Poignant and beautiful 🫶🏻

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Thank you Darienne!

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Well, we did it! We've made it to the end of another Marathon! Well done everyone...

THE ZOMBIES (Poem)

WOMAN, YOU MAKE ME FEEL GOOD,

YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME,

THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR,

I CAN'T BE WRONG,

LOVE CONQUERS ALL... 😍😎😍

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Well done you Chris! You made it! Love the positive message to end on!

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Thanks! And well done to you, too, for putting these amazing Posts together every day. It is a nice positive message this one. I think last year, it ended with a crashed Corvette and a woman breaking her legs. So this is a much more upbeat note, for sure! Haha... 😎

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Darienne's avatar

Is that a reference to how we will feel once the challenge has left us Chris? 😉

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

Haha! Well, it does always feel good to finish a big project... 😎👍

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Lisa Andradez's avatar

The Zutons

.

Valerie

Why won't you give me your love

.

Give me a reason

Confusion

.

Are we friends or lovers?

Tired of hanging around

.

I know I'll never leave

Always right behind you

.

What's your problem?

You could make the four walls cry

.

Remember me

Don't ever think

Nobody loves me

.

You've got a friend in me

I will be your pockets

.

How does it feel?

Valerie

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Valerie never ceases to amaze as do the Zutons! Thank you Lisa. I love how you've paired each couplet. The titles were made for your song title poem.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

♥️♥️♥️

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Darienne's avatar

Last letter🥹 Zeeee

Z is for Mr Zevon (Warren)

Sentimental hygiene - (You’re a whole different person when you’re scared.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Quite ugly one morning

Numb as a statue

~

Mr bad example

My shit’s fucked up

~

Porcelain monkey

Boom boom Mancini

~

Poisonous lookalike

The French inhaler

~

Worrier king

Searching for a heart

~

Splendid isolation

Trouble waiting to happen

~

Travelling in the lightning

Fistful of rain

~

Poor, poor pitiful me

Leave my monkey alone

~

Stand in the fire

The indifference of heaven

~

I have to leave

I’ll slow you down

~

I’ll go on

Keep me in your heart.

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Treasa's avatar

'Stand in the fire

the indifference of heaven'

Wow, this is a whole poem in itself!

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Darienne's avatar

Thank you Treasa xx

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Keep us in your heart Darienne! I'm so glad you ventured out with this even though I thought you wouldn't at some point. We don't often get titles telling a whole story like Zevon's. Each couplet is a chapter of a book, all contained in these wonderful lines of this poetic flow you've got here. Thank you for being here every day for the last two years of this challenge and bringing us arms filled of songs and poems! Wow!

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Treasa's avatar

Zig & Zag

///// Zigzaggin \\\\\

More blues than you

can shake a stick at.

I bet you don't know

a Tijuana gypsy

stole my personal radio.

I don't believe it!

Them girls, them girls.

So then, so there, so what!

https://youtu.be/7bv_36P_f-w?si=Aqel5Jhyx-J-zmNK

One to equal last year's Badger, Badger, Badger 😆

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Lyriquediscorde's avatar

I fall for the same face

every time

to forget you

Better the devil

all out of tears

sous les Paves,

la Plage

Strange darling,

it won't be long

(all songs by Z Berg)

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Kate's avatar

ZZ Top

Have you heard? Jesus

just left Chicago concrete and steel

Sharp dressed man

Dipping low in the lap of luxury

Sleeping bag

Sure got cold after the rain fell

Have a little mercy, Precious

and grace

Goin’ down to Mexico

Asleep in the desert

Arrested for driving while blind

Delirious stages

Reverberation (doubt)

give it up, doubleback

Have a little mercy, Precious

and grace

Thug, nasty dogs and funky kings

Back door love affair

Tell it I got the message

Give it up

Move me on down the line

Lowdown in the street

Have a little mercy, Precious

and grace

It’s so hard

Neighbour, neighbour

Got me under pressure

Just got paid

I got the six TV Dinners

I need you tonight Jesus

Just left Chicago

I gotsta get paid

Have a little mercy, Precious

And grace

Waitin’ for the bus

If I could only flag her down

Sleeping bag

Sure got cold after the rain fell

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

The drain of every day and simple life troubles told in these lines! I mean my one complain is that with this kind of writing I'd expect you here every day! Hahahahaha! This was wonderful and it's been great to have you here for this challenge.

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Kate's avatar

That’s a sweet thing to say … I wish I’d been here everyday too! This has been a real pleasure - and a real exercise in crafting some meaning from a strictly parametered (not a word) set of boundaries. I know that that wasn’t always achieved in all my pieces, but it was in some, and that’s been an uplifting source of pride.

Nice community of practice, and appreciation you’ve created here, Pilgrim.

Xo

K

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

It takes some getting used to but what I’ve seen is that those who get into it and come back day after day and even a year later, become experts at it and create some mind blowing pieces. What I love is how every single participant has their own favourites in music and the way we interpret and understand song titles just give a total new meaning to the song, the artist and what you create in each poem. We’ve got two more days and you can always go back to previous days to join in later. It’s up to you. Finally, thank you for your kind words. It’s been lovely having you here!

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Gordon Schenck's avatar

Zucchero

Senza Una Donna

Solo Una Sana Consapevole Libidine Salva Il Giovane Dallo Stress E Dall'Azione Cattolica

Così Celeste

Salva Il Giovane Dallo Stress

E Dall'azione Cattolica

Datemi Una Pompa

Tempo Al Tempo

Senza Rimorso

Without a woman

Only A Healthy Conscious Lust Saves The Young From Stress And Catholic Action

So Celeste

Save The Young Man From Stress

And from Catholic Action

Give me a pump

Time to Time

Without remorse

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