A place to come
Only to move on
To make plans
Buy provisions
Only to move on
To make plans
Buy provisions
A beach head
A landing
A portal
A gateway
Tag: Route 66
Highway Explorations
There is little more delightful to roadtrippers
Than a lightly used highway
Which does the exploring for us
Than a lightly used highway
Which does the exploring for us
Abandoned
Abandoned
Grey and withering
Under a hot blue sky
Grey and withering
Under a hot blue sky
First glass
Now wood
And the grass grows high
Yellow Sky at Night
The sun goes down while
The colour goes up
And it’s a beauty
A flood of neon yellow
The colour goes up
And it’s a beauty
A flood of neon yellow
How does the physics do that?
The Road of Flight
66 is the mother road, the road of flight.
~ John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 12
~ John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 12
Steinbeck dedicated chapter twelve of Grapes to Route 66, the road of flight for dust bowl refugees seeking the promise of something better in California. The chapter traces Route 66, its terrain, its places, its challenges, the experiences of its desperate travellers, from the Joad family home in Oklahoma all the way to Los Angeles.
Window and Wall
You throw yourself at life
With abandon
Maybe you hit the wall
Again and again
Leaving a bit of yourself behind
Every time
With abandon
Maybe you hit the wall
Again and again
Leaving a bit of yourself behind
Every time
But every time
You notice the window
The open space beyond it
The hopeful road
Leading somewhere promising
Vanishing point
I try to look too far
Ahead and behind
Seeking insight
Which is strongest
Farthest reaching
At the point on which
I stand
In the moment
I stand there
Ahead and behind
Seeking insight
Which is strongest
Farthest reaching
At the point on which
I stand
In the moment
I stand there
Sharp Left
There are times in life
When a sudden change in direction
Is strongly indicated
When a sudden change in direction
Is strongly indicated
Haiku Hot Rod
Flames trailing flaring
fender. Accelerator
down, slicing the wind.
fender. Accelerator
down, slicing the wind.
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