Betty Gail Wood Poet Free verse

Shift Change

Steam from fresh ground coffee
Mixes with smoke from cigarettes.
Syrup mixes with butter.
Eggs mix with toast.
Clinks of forks on plates
Mix with clanks of spatulas on the grill.
Last minute bar stragglers
Mix with early morning risers.
Morning crew coming in
Mixes with night crew getting off.
It's shift change at the diner.
Time for me to mix with my bed.

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Caro Macgregor April 20, 2010 at 12:11 AM Cute twist at the end. A bit too happy for my taste, though.

John Heck December 4, 2008 at 7:55 AM Congratulations on your poem making Round One of the PSoup poetry contest! Wishing you all the best in the finals and have a Happy Holiday season. Peace always, John

Michael Jordan November 29, 2008 at 9:15 PM Betty - Congrats on your poetry making it through to the next round – Great Job & God Bless

Carol Sunshine Brown November 19, 2008 at 5:11 AM Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round. Good luck in the finals. Love, Carol

Sharon Winter November 11, 2008 at 7:40 AM Congrats on making it through to the first round! Good luck in the finals! Love, Shar

Phyllis Babcock August 1, 2008 at 1:37 PM I have a friend who works the night shift and you describe it so well. Off to bed now Betty. Great write. God Bless Phyl

Carrie Richards August 1, 2008 at 12:28 PM This poem reflects such "reality", what really goes on in the real world! Perfectly easy to see in one's mind's eye! Great job! Fondly, Carrie

Carol Sunshine Brown July 30, 2008 at 4:49 AM Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Betty. Love, Carol

July 29, 2008 at 4:24 PM I worked nights for years so can relate to getting off to bed in the morning. And that coffee was pure salvation at 4 am. Thanks for allowing be to smile with this one. Congratulations on having it featured. Karen

Vince Suzadail Jr. July 28, 2008 at 6:50 AM Featured again! Congratulations Betty on "Shift Change" getting double featured. Vince

Sharon Winter July 28, 2008 at 6:34 AM Sounds like a hard night's work. Awesome imagery - felt like I was there. Congrats again on having this poem featured this week. Love, Shar

Michael Romero July 28, 2008 at 6:29 AM boy did your write take me back I use to work the grave yard shift, back then is when I found my write you hit it right on the nose,keep on writing on

Michael Jordan July 27, 2008 at 6:47 PM This poem reminds me of the few memories I have of my mother (I watched her drown at a very young age) she worked at a coffee shop - I wish you all the blessings life has to offer - congrats on the feature