Written for: Poetic Asides 2018 November PAD Chapbook Challenge – Day 30!
For today’s prompt, take the phrase “One More (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles include: “One More Time,” “One More Night,” or “One More Piece of Chocolate.”
We thought the god of electronics
plotted tirelessly to halt work
whenever she snow-birded. It was demonic.
Hushed in closets, they eagerly lurked.
Is it bowling, Mah Jong or aerobics day?
Her calendar is filled with bookings.
Where are her tickets to the ballet?
In her overstuffed bag, she’ll be looking.
Once told a waitress he was her boy-toy.
Her nephew, embarrassed, began to blush.
She told a lost couple, with enjoyment,
how she fights with her GPS gal, a lush.
Shining light in our lives has diminished.
We are benumbed to truth that she has gone,
this smart, vivid woman. We relinquish
her reluctantly. In peace, look in on us.
purplepeninportland 
A lovely tribute to a “character”.
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I could have gone on and on with the outrageous things she did, but I thank you.
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I had an aunt like this – such a unique individual. She has been gone for years, but her spirit remains ever present, and the memory of her always brings smiles.
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Good memories are wonderful to have.
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so sad but beautiful Sarah.
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Thanks so much, Trish.
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I think you have captured and thereby kept alive some essence of this ‘smart, vivid woman.
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Thanks so much, Rosemary. She will always be with me.
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Very moving, Sara. Fondly remembered.
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Thanks, Tom.
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