my dancing days
were delightful
I’d shimmy and shake
boogie down
and dance the night away
there was hip hop
salsa, samba and rumba
what a wonderful time it was
my dancing days are over
but I reminisce often
you see I was
that dancing queen
back then
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Image credit: Marcel StrauB @Unsplash
This image shows a dance floor lit by strobe lights, and many people can be seen on the dance floor.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #308 photo prompt.
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Awesome 👍
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Thank you!
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Ah yes, dancing Queen, Chris, … beautifully done,..just letting go and going with the 🎶musical flow, 🎶… …💙
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Best when I’m sitting down by my laptop for me though!! 😉
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You are still young enough to lit the dance floor on fire my friend. A beautiful nostalgic poem❤️. Thanks for joining in.
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Aww, thanks so much, Sadje! Still thinking thoughts back in the day. That was a useful photo for that. 😊🥰
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Thanks Chris 🥰
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I too remember those days fondly!
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Excellent – good for you!
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Chris, Dancing Nostalgia Attitude is in your excellent poem’s DNA!
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Just giggling… very clever to do that one, Dave! 😊
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abbot not abba
cha cha ha ha
tsk monday
eider way
my fall
your spring
like annie our aussie farmer
it s a living thaing~!
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Ha ha, how about a bit British, for a Living Doll… maybe?
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Dancing Queens Unite! Love this trip down memory lane.
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Well, let’s all go together… and sing!!
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Yes! Definitely singing must be included 😎
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You truly are the dancing queen! 😊👏
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You’re very kind to say that, Aladin. 😊💞
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Lover it and the song, dancing queen Chris. 💗
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Perfect now… enjoy, Cindy! 💞
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Yes, indeed! Thanks 🙏
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I know what you mean. I close my eyes and I’m back there.
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That’s the way to do it!
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Chris, delightful memories! 😊
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So nice for us. Enjoy, Cheryl. 🥰
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Great stuff Chris! Good track too.
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Good eh! – Big grin…
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😀
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You’re never to old to chair dance, though!!
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Exactly!!
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we all can find a way
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Very true!
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Love this Chris, and great to hear Abba’s song – it get’s you moving 🙌
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Such good fun, eh!
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Ah yes, I always did like ABBA, especially since they’re Swedish like me!😀
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Haha yes… wonderful ABBA from Sweden, and as you said your ancestors came from there. 😊
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#RaisedBySwedes 😂
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Oh I totally love this! And I can almost see you dancing! (You and Bedelia must have looked so great!)
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Ah yes, a perfect day to dance at that lovely wedding!
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😄
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Chris you took me on a nostalgic trip to the disco!! The late 70s really did belong to the dancing queens!
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Exactly… we are all smiling about that time, especially now!
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It is great to hear that you were the Dancing Queen. It was a fun poem. My daughter loves Abba even though they were popular decades ago.
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Well done daughter then!!
Let’s not think how long it was…
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You are right, time flies, but their music lives on
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It’s great to have these memories, Chris. My years of dancing for hours in very high heels have done little for my current back 😉
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Aww, shame! No high heels anymore then… me neither.😂
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Nope, no high heels
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[…] Chris; Dancing days […]
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I’ve never been a dancing queen… but I enjoy good music 🙂
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In fact I haven’t been a dancing queen either. I just make things up… like poetry!
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