NATIONAL POETRY MONTH....Day Twenty-four

There's a country song about it being five o'clock somewhere. Many use that excuse if they have an alcoholic drink early in the day. 

I think it was last year or so I saw something about wine o'clock. Not sure where or what the exact words were but last year I composed another poem about it which was on day nine of National Poetry Month. As in both I mentioned it was 'wine o'clock'.  

I enjoy a glass of wine now and then.  It has come as a continuous joke about me and wine.  Facebook friends tag things about wine to me and yes I tag them back. One friend gave me a wine glass years ago which had the words that they should more wine in bottle for more than one glass. My husband and I have wine glasses with wording about coffee being fine till it's time for wine.  We joke with one another when we get wine that it must be wine o'clock. 

Oh yeah I even wrote a piece in the style of Doctor Seuss. I've seen many take offs on him for different sayings but I wanted to do one one about wine. I saw one by to long ago about beer. The piece I wrote I titled it "A Glass of Wine With The Cat in the Hat".   

Until tomorrow....enjoy the day. It's now time for me to get a glass of wine; after all it's 'wine o'clock' somewhere.  

   

   POEM DAY TWENTY-FOUR

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              WINE O'CLOCK 

        © Scottie-ann Murphy

When things go wrong....

    which often they do

Don't stress out....

   get uptight or even feel 

         blue

Stop your complaining to 

      everyone....

          and quit your whining 

Look inside a dark cloud....

    for that old silver lining

Take a deep breath....

  count three times to ten 

Do it once....do it twice....

      then....do it again

If after trying this endeavor 

   and you're still not feeling fine

Take a time out....relax

   with a few glasses of wine 🍷 The time of day does not 

      matter....

 there's no reason to balk

Somewhere......someplace in the 

        world 

      it's  always Wine O'Clock🍷🕰

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Written in 2017

            WORDS to LIVE BY            

         © Scottie-ann Murphy 

      When life gets you down

          And troubles come you way

        Throw in the towel

            If just for the day

       Don't let despair and bad luck

         Come through your door 

            when it knocks

         Pour a glass of the grape 

         It is now Wine O'Clock

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