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Ticket To Heaven

Ticket booth requests destination
manually I type your name,
a mathematical equation
couldn't convince me to abstain,

Catching despair in my reflection
streetlights flounce, dreary windowpanes
tracking raindrops with affection,
pining for your embrace, once again

Traveling express train to heaven
station platforms, fleeting by
mimicking photographs in my mind,
camera rolls, flicker the sky

Copyright © Jo Chamberlain | Year Posted 2021

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Alfonso II Warally Ngengethe Mussabwa Chris Date: 2/19/2023 8:53:00 PM Nice poem , Travelling express train to heaven station platforms. Login to Reply Jo Chamberlain Date: 2/20/2023 8:59:00 AM Thank you.

Constance La France Date: 2/10/2021 4:37:00 PM Joanna, congratulations on your win in the contest with your wonderful poem, well done _Constance Login to Reply Jo Chamberlain Date: 2/10/2021 11:30:00 PM Thank you

John Lawless Date: 2/9/2021 2:59:00 PM wonderful imagery herein Joanna captures that longing to reunite with another regardless of the distance. Login to Reply Jo Chamberlain Date: 2/9/2021 3:02:00 PM Definitely something we can all relate to. If only it were that easy. :-( thank you for your comment

Gary Radice Date: 2/9/2021 7:47:00 AM Excellent Joanna. You mentioned in a comment to Caren that you've added a couple more stanzas to the original. I'm trying to figure out the original stanza as they would all stand alone as separate pieces. Was the original then the last 4 lines? Cheers - Gary Login to Reply Jo Chamberlain Date: 2/9/2021 8:11:00 AM Yes I wrote this poem with just the last stanza, I then added two more infront. Thank you for taking the time to read my poem, and for your comment. :-)

Caren Krutsinger Date: 2/7/2021 5:29:00 PM Ethereal, succinct and wonderfully created Joanna. Login to Reply Jo Chamberlain Date: 2/8/2021 1:04:00 AM Thank you. I've decided to add a couple more stanza's since you last read my poem. Thank you for your comment. :-)

Robert Pettit Date: 2/7/2021 3:57:00 PM Very imaginative write. Rather short, but very sweet. Login to Reply Jo Chamberlain Date: 2/7/2021 4:04:00 PM Thank you. :-) I may extend it, I'm not sure yet. I like it short and sweet, I didn't feel like it need further explanation. But who knows what tomorrow brings. Take care.