Andrea Dietrich Poet Acrostic

Road Trip

R olling down the freeway, for hours and hours on end
O n our much anticipated family vacation,
A ll us kids were joking, yakking, singing songs and snacking,
D azzled by scenic routes and filled with youthful elation.

T old by Dad to quiet down, we simply couldn’t do it.
R eally, what did he expect eight rowdy kids to do?
I nside that station wagon we were squeezed in like sardines.
P aradise at last arrived: to the restrooms we all flew!

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Phyllis Babcock September 23, 2013 at 9:18 PM Know I read this one before but i think i did not have time to leave a comment. love phyl

Skat A September 5, 2013 at 7:48 AM Andrea, congrats with your tribute to the open road , Congratulations on your win ~SKAT~

Poet Destroyer A September 4, 2013 at 8:13 AM believe it or not, no one followed the rules... LOL,,, maybe just a few.. I will place all entries in my contest... and only give 1 #1... I don't think this contest is going to fill up. The dead line on the 6th of this month... :-) :-)... Linda

Richard D Seal August 31, 2013 at 7:03 PM You seem to have a thing about 'going' lol. Congrats again. Where I am at mo, four hours in any direction and you run out of road to drive on. Take care, Richard

Cecilia Macfarlane August 31, 2013 at 2:27 PM Big congrats Andrea XO

Joseph May August 31, 2013 at 9:44 AM congrats on your win Andrea

Sandra Adams August 31, 2013 at 8:32 AM lol very cute...made me remember my childhood road trips...congrats on your win!

Poet Destroyer A August 31, 2013 at 7:37 AM Hi Andrea, i'm having such a great morning... loving your win like always.. Like you i hardly have time to read any new poems... however, i know I'll always find your great ones on the winners list... hope you have a kick a$$ day.. lovely Andrea... congrats..Linda

Danesh Morgan August 31, 2013 at 2:03 AM yes rest rooms i know Congrats on your win.Morgan

Barbara Gorelick August 30, 2013 at 9:27 PM Brave man to take off with 8 kids..congrats to him , and to you. BG

Kim Merryman August 30, 2013 at 8:32 PM Eight kids in a station wagon on a road trip -- Wow! Thanks for supporting my contest Andrea and congrats on your 2nd place win! Love, Kim

Bukang Liwayway August 23, 2013 at 12:24 PM hahahaha you make me smile before I go to sleep friend Andrea..Excellent write...childhood memories. Good luck in the contest, Hugs, Maria

Jack Horne August 22, 2013 at 4:37 PM LOL, had a good chuckle here - yes, the last line brought back memories

Shadow Hamilton August 20, 2013 at 2:55 PM well done Andrea nice acrostic Shadow x smile

Kash Poet August 19, 2013 at 12:38 AM A trip to your childhood days!Good one Andrea.

Honestly J.T. August 18, 2013 at 7:21 PM Awesome poem. I love this mental image

Robert Johnson August 18, 2013 at 2:26 PM Your one of eight? I'm the youngest of 7. What a wonderful memory Andrea. Dad just would never stop, would he. That's the way it seemed anyway. :)

Richard Ferry August 18, 2013 at 1:49 PM I remember those....Great memories

Bl Devnath August 18, 2013 at 9:52 AM Beautiful road trip enjoying the vacation. At last to the restrooms all flew. Safety trip too. Good luck for the contest. Loved always, bl

Heather Ober August 17, 2013 at 8:54 PM Awesome :) Sounds like your road trips were similar to mine! (Eight kids! Wow! We were only three crammed into the backseat and that seemed like a tight squeeze!) Thanks for your comment on my limerick. I've been MIA around here lately because my brother and his wife are in town and I've been spending a lot of time with them. I also started a new job, so I've been working some overtime. I hope to catch up on everyone's poems very soon!

Jack Ellison August 17, 2013 at 7:42 PM The beauty of a Winnebago, our own rest stop on wheels In 1983, took a trip with wife and three kids from Toronto... across the northern states... to San Francisco to San Diego and back along the Southern most states... back up through Tennessee, Kentucky and up the Ohio corridor back home crossing at Buffalo. Was ready to STRANGLE each and every kid but my sweet wife Linda at the time intervened! LOL

Linda Xiao August 17, 2013 at 7:39 PM Oh yes. Yesss! That last part: very true. :P I love it! :) ~Linda

Mustapha Mohammed August 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM Dear Andrea,thanks for sharing your beautiful mind.I missed reading your stuff.

Donna Jones August 17, 2013 at 3:19 PM Oh no station wagons...you too? We had a purple one when I learned to drive! Yuk! But this is an awesome funny poem....

Cecilia Macfarlane August 17, 2013 at 1:14 PM Sardines is right! Expecting that many to stay quiet, nearly impossible. My parents took only 5 of us kids and left 2 older ones at home....lucky them, LOL Rockman Pritts August 17, 2013 at 1:18 PM Oh yeah. BTW. My step-father bought a small mobile home, a half-pint Winnebago if you will. I remember the trips that we took in it. One was cross country. Not an easy task back in the 70's. There wasn't a gas station every 5-10 miles but at least there was a bathroom on board. Also let me recommend "Urgent Need" if you haven't already read it.

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