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Sunday, June 04, 2017

A Poem for Flash PLUS! -- Ghost Town

Berlin, Nevada, is a ghost town
Public Domain (from Wikipedia)(Link)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_town#/media/File:Berlin_Ghost_Town.jpg  
 
 
I closed my eyes and willed to dream
To dream about an old ghost town
Old West town that fell on bad times
 
Abandoned.  Middle of the night
Loaded the old Ford trucks, some food,
Kids and dogs, pots and pans, they left 
 
Light of Moon, middle of the night
Kissed their fortunes teary goodbyes
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 - Photo and Poem Copyright © 2017 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved

 - I'm linked with, at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Flash 55 PLUS!, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/06/flash-55-plus.html

 - Kerry's instructions were to write using exactly 55 words.  The PLUS part is optional, if we meet that challenge it will be "to consider the theme of the GHOST TOWN." 
 - I did both.
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6 comments:

  1. Rosemary Nissen-WadeSunday, June 04, 2017 11:16:00 PM

    I guess there were quite a few places like that.

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  2. Kerry O'ConnorMonday, June 05, 2017 1:06:00 AM

    Your poem reminds the reader why people abandoned their towns, driven away by poverty in the great Depression.

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  3. brudbergMonday, June 05, 2017 5:58:00 AM

    I always imagine that moment of parting, and it always feel that they intended to come back.

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  4. SreejaMonday, June 05, 2017 10:48:00 PM

    it's a really sad situation...!

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  5. Sanaa RizviTuesday, June 06, 2017 12:23:00 AM

    Such a sad situation.

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  6. MargaretThursday, June 22, 2017 11:14:00 PM

    kissed their fortunes teary goodbyes Nice!

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