Don'T Be a Buzz Kill

The night is not young. Soon bars will close down.
You'll pay up your tab or pay for a round.

Did you get any numbers to put in your phone?
Are you leaving with someone or leaving alone?

I hope you have mingled the time you were here,
or did you just sit crying into your beer?

You have no excuses. You're not the only
person with hardships or thinking you're lonely.

Before they begin making last calls tonight,
don't be a buzz kill. Go do something right.

See folks all around you in this crowded bar.
You think there is no one as sad as you are?

Get up off that bar stool for a night you'll not rue.
Last call for lonely hearts. What will you do?


Nov. 10, 2019 for Line Gauthier's
 'LAST CALL FOR LONELY HEARTS' Poetry Contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 11/20/2019 11:43:00 AM
This delightful poem is so toe-tapping cool, AD! Has such a "Heart of Saturday Night" feel to it. (All my PSoup peeps, that is a classic Diana Krall song.) This sassy, seven Couplets are all paired up nice. Fine mellow write. Love and best holiday wishes.
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Date: 11/17/2019 2:45:00 PM
Very nicely done Andrea..GL in the Contest...
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Date: 11/15/2019 9:00:00 AM
This is beautiful.. What a lovely poem.
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Date: 11/15/2019 2:15:00 AM
Wow, an amphibrach. It's a pretty rare metrical foot. In Russian it's even rarer. I think this is the first amphibrach I see in PS, except for limericks. By the way congrats, Andrea)
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 11/15/2019 8:03:00 PM
gosh, I did not know I was writng one of those things!! I just got the idea to do that type of metrical beat and went with it. Thanks, Kurt.
Date: 11/14/2019 12:03:00 AM
Delightful poem, Andrea. Thanks for participating in my contest. Congrats on your podium finish.
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 11/15/2019 8:03:00 PM
thanks so much, Line.
Date: 11/11/2019 3:35:00 AM
A wonderful write, Andrea. I wouldn't have thought of this. It's great. Love and prayers, Gina
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Date: 11/10/2019 11:48:00 PM
well done Andrea. thats a typical bar every night huh lol. Cant say I`ve ever been to a bar ( I dont drink ) . Good luck in the contest
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 11/11/2019 1:08:00 AM
I haven't been in them either!!! Just watched a bit of Cheers!
Date: 11/10/2019 10:59:00 PM
Nicely penned Last Call ... Somewhere within, a fine touch of philosophy too ... enjoyed your poem ....
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Date: 11/10/2019 8:34:00 PM
If we don't get out there we will never meet anyone
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Date: 11/10/2019 7:20:00 PM
I enjoyed the insight of the poem. Nice work.
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