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Thank you again to the uber-talented Jeannie Minor. Occasionally in life we meet someone and make an instant connection. Although, we've never met face to face we made a connection with poetry and it has worked out very well. She is a very special person. It is always a pleasure to work with her. If you have never read her poems, you have done yourself a great disservice.

The Show Must Go On Collaboration With Jeannie Minor

She's playing the lead
On the stage of her life
The role of a wife and mother
A rehearsed performance
Over the years
With lost feelings in the scenes with her lover

When the play first opened
Still learning her part
The acting, exciting and loud
She saw bright flashing lights
A marquee rising star
Performing for a make believe crowd

All of those years
With the same lines and scenes
She's lost that fire and zest
But night after night
In the final act
That's when her acting is best

It's all in the way
She says her good nights
Wishing the word was goodbye
Honestly meaning 
Each one from the last
Bringing a tear to her eye

Carefully crafting
The use of her words
To tenor the message she's sending
The voids became bigger
And harder to fill
Her desperate attempts of an ending

Used as a lover
She thinks of another
Feeding her hunger for hope
Still longing to feel
All of life's zest and zeal
Through fantasy she learned to cope.

With each passing day 
She's gathering courage
To build a brave new life, upon
But age has a way
To wick courage away
As they say...
"The show must go on!"


   
      written by Jeannie Minor and Daniel Turner

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Jean Murray July 13, 2016 at 3:20 PM Love Freddie's song Daniel and sing it at the top of my voice in the car. How does it work if the person is not beside you? My only collaboration worked so well because she sat next to me.

Richard Lamoureux July 12, 2016 at 12:32 AM What a great collaboration! Daniel Turner July 12, 2016 at 5:20 AM Thank you Richard. I appreciate your kindness. I give her all of the credit.

Tim Smith July 11, 2016 at 9:20 PM Ah...I like it Jeannie and DT. Wonderful. Daniel Turner July 12, 2016 at 5:19 AM Thank you Tim. I appreciate the flowers. Jeannie is an excellent writer and a riot to work with.

Tom Quigley July 11, 2016 at 7:41 PM Great write! Enjoyable. Daniel Turner July 11, 2016 at 7:44 PM Thank you Tom. I appreciate your kindness. I really enjoy working with Jeannie. Like I said, she is very talented.