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7/21/2026 for The Good Old Days Poetry Contest sponsored by Suzette Richards

Pondering

end credits rolling
a film from seventy-six 
pondering a tale
TV screen fading to black
green youths on a movie date

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Kim Rodrigues

August 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM

Back with congrats!

David Crandall

August 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM

Thanks, Kim!

Suzette Richards

August 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM

Congratulations, David. You took us on a trip down memory lane with this current tanka. Enjoyed 😂

David Crandall

August 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM

Thanks, Suzette! I'm looking forward to your next challenge!

Andrea Dietrich

August 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM

Those were the days all right. Congrats, David 👏

David Crandall

August 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM

Yup - thanks, Andrea!

Paula Goldsmith

July 21, 2026 at 1:16 PM

This was a fun read. I was just saying, I wish we could go back 30 years when things were easier. "Good Luck" Have a fun day writing away..........

David Crandall

July 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM

Thanks Paula - this me it seems like some things are easier, but also, some things are a lot harder!

Kim Rodrigues

July 21, 2026 at 9:21 AM

You definitely have me pondering, wondering what movie…Murder by Death ;) Love the colors…tv screen black…though you make me also think about those end credits on the big movie screen . And what would those youths be up to?

David Crandall

July 21, 2026 at 6:26 PM

The poem is probably better with some mystery, and so I should maintain it, but I'll spoil it by saying it's a true story, except that the movie was made in the early 70s, but I saw them on a date (when I was 18, and the woman was 21) in '77. I had to change it to 76 to get the right number of syllables. So, I just watched a DVD from the library on my TV (the Godfather). I'd only seen it once before (in a revival house theater in 1977 with Jane). So, they tale I'm pondering while the credits are rolling ins not the Godfather, but the brief episode of "Jane and I", and whatever happened to Jane (hey, that sounds like a movie). The last time I saw, or spoke to her was the Spring or, more likely, early summer of 1977. Anyway, more than you ever wanted to know I bet - lol :-))

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