In a Hotel Room

Romantic dreams were shattered when
They roamed the sheet in search of food
And hunted on the pillowcase;
The bedbugs spoilt the loving mood…*

For Susan’s Hotel Room contest

A true story – have had a phobia ever since!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 2/20/2013 1:55:00 AM
Many Congratulations on your win Jack sorry i am a bit late and you put me off hotels for life lol xx
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Date: 2/20/2013 1:33:00 AM
Good job! - Your hotel is 7 star! - Congratulations! - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 2/19/2013 8:35:00 PM
Yayyy, HERE IS YOUR winning poem right on the list where I expected to see it. congrats, my friend. And I saw you wrote me an email but probably can't answer it till morning!
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Date: 2/19/2013 5:01:00 PM
Yes,I do hear bedbugs are making a comeback. Nice to see you a winner. Love, Joyce
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Date: 2/19/2013 4:54:00 PM
Congratulations on another very fine win, Jack. Always a pleasure to read. Annalise
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Date: 2/19/2013 4:14:00 PM
Jack, CONGRATULATIONS :-) ~ love your awesome winning poem in Susan's contest.. take care.. PD
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Date: 2/19/2013 8:30:00 AM
Eww!!! sorry for ruining your romantic moment with bedbugs friend Jack..find another fine hotel room (^_^). Congratulations on your win..cheers!!! Maria
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Date: 2/9/2013 4:14:00 AM
wow what a bad experience,, wonderful entry....
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Date: 2/7/2013 12:07:00 PM
Oh, wow. Short, yet so very effective! Consider me grossed out - and sympathetic :)
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Date: 2/6/2013 9:02:00 PM
Best wishes for the Winners' List, Jack. A very good entry and you're very good at saying much in a few words... Always, Annalise
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Date: 2/6/2013 3:22:00 PM
geeez, that surely would give one the heebie jeebies!! Great to see you put up poems today. I am going home with that horrid feeling in my shoulder again but It can't stop me from catching up on my comments and I am now caught up for the day!! You really did a hotel poem right away like you told me you would and it is cute.
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Date: 2/6/2013 2:48:00 PM
How awful, Jack! I'd have a phobia too. Great write! Love, Kim
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Date: 2/6/2013 2:31:00 PM
ewwww! great poem, though!
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Date: 2/6/2013 2:29:00 PM
Sounds like a nightmare of a hotel to visit..Enjoyed the humor for the contest..Reads like a winner to me..Sara
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Date: 2/6/2013 2:23:00 PM
Yuck!! I hate bedbugs too, they are disgusting creatures! But I love your write here my friend! You have written a tremendous poem Jack! What a perfect entry into Susan's contest, Great Work!!
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Date: 2/6/2013 1:35:00 PM
wow... Jack, i worked at a motel many years ago.. I had to watch a video on Bed Bugs... not a pretty site,,, I understand why the moment was ruin... good entry... and thank you for the comment on my poem... xox~PD
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