Constance La France Poet Rhyme

Best Vacation Ever

 
The best vacation that I ever had,
was when I hitchhiked to Miami, Florida;
now, I know it was dangerous and bad,
but the trip was full of joyful euphoria !

I met wonderful people on the way,
and I stopped for a while in many quaint places;
for the first time I felt blue ocean spray,
soon, I was as brown as all the other faces !

On arrival I rented a cheap room,
so what if all my neighbors were mostly old folk;
I was like a sweet beach flower in bloom,
but something happened to me next that was no joke !

For I had stayed too long for a tourist,
and got arrested and deported by the court;
given a warning and slap on the wrist,
with free air fare home and a drive to the airport !

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January 18, 2022


Poetry/Rhyme/Best Vacation Ever
Copyright Protected, ID 01-1422-649-18
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France

Written for the Premier contest, My Favorite Vacation in Rhyme
sponsor, L MILTON HANKINS, Judged 02/04/2022

Fourth Place

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Len Gasun February 12, 2022 at 6:16 AM Congratulations my dear friend Constance. This is a very delightful poem to read. I enjoyed so much. Hats off to this awesome poem and your bravery my dear friend. Thank you for sharing. Congrats again! God bless you always. Constance La France February 12, 2022 at 7:19 AM Len, thank you so much for the congratulations and the compliment, I was very brave back in those days, doubt I would attempt it now ~ Constance

Paula Goldsmith February 5, 2022 at 7:45 AM Congratulations on your win. A wonderful write about your fun and wild vacation. Sounds like you had a great time. When we are young we do not see the danger. Now older and wiser we would. Have a great/blessed~~day/weekend............ Constance La France February 5, 2022 at 8:16 AM Paula, thank you so much for the congratulations and compliment, so true youth is blind to danger, blessings ~Constance

Karen Croft February 4, 2022 at 7:01 PM congrats on your placement. I would of loved to do what you did!! Constance La France February 5, 2022 at 7:41 AM Karen, thank you so much for the congrats. I was much braver in those days ~ Constance

Connie Marcum Wong February 4, 2022 at 5:10 PM Wow that must have been scary Constance. Glad everything turned out okay. It was memorable for sure! Congratulations on your win. Blessings xxoo Constance La France February 5, 2022 at 7:43 AM Connie, thank you so much for the comment and congratulations, it was a dumb thing to do but at the time it was not like today. I made it back to Canada okay, blessings ~ Constance

JC Brul February 4, 2022 at 3:26 PM A very enjoyable vacation and your last stanza makes me laugh, my first morning laugh haha..Congratulations dear Heart. Constance La France February 5, 2022 at 7:44 AM JCB, thank you so much for the congratulations and comment, well, I was a bit of a rebel in those days, blessings ~ Constance

Andrea Dietrich February 4, 2022 at 9:30 AM oh my, how funny what happened to you, Dear Heart. I loved reading this poem. Were you by chance visiting Carolyn then? I love the part where you say you got brown. it feels so good to be nice and tan from a vacation. Congrats here Constance La France February 4, 2022 at 1:58 PM Andrea, thank you for the compliment and congrats. I did not know Carolyn at that time. It was a fun poem to write for the contest ~ Constance

L Milton Hankins February 4, 2022 at 8:54 AM Congratulations, Constance, on your high placement in my vacation contest. I'm off to Florida next week, but they won't deport me back to Kentucky. LOL I'll bet you were really scared at the time! Constance La France February 4, 2022 at 2:00 PM Milt, thank you for the inspiration and the contest and for my fine placement and the congratulations and comment. I should have been scared but I was glad to not have to hitchhike back to Canada, I was careless brave in those days because I would never even consider it now ~ Constance

James Marshall Goff January 23, 2022 at 1:00 AM Sheesh, I remember hitchhiking back and forth to college across state lines back in the 70's Constance, great story! Constance La France January 23, 2022 at 10:38 AM Jim, thanks for the visit and comment, yes, I was much braver in my youth ~

Paulette Calasibetta January 19, 2022 at 8:23 AM Constance this is a winning piece! An exciting journey that brought out a little bit of rebel in you....Ah Youth! Good luck and I would imagine you have refrained from getting arrested again~LOL. :) Paulette Constance La France January 19, 2022 at 10:03 AM Paulette, thanks for the visit and comment, oh yes in my youth I was a brave rebel, now when I think about what I did, I shudder ! No, never arrested again, lol _Constance