GNRT THOUGHTS-OUR KIA SOUL
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When we planned our road trip we set up with Budget
that a Toyota Corolla would be waiting for us in Seattle
but after standing in line for 2 hours…I was a little rattled
When Budget ran out ...
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Categories:
bangor, car, travel,
Form: Rhyme
GNRT DAY 45 COREA OUR LAST STOP
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The final leg of this journey…the last 50 miles that remained
took us from the city Bangor to the town of Corea, Maine.
On the way we stopped at Pat’s for pizza and Helen’s for blueberry pie…
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Categories:
bangor, travel,
Form: Rhyme
GNRT DAY 44 STEPHEN, PAUL AND WHOOPIE
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We needed one more day in Bangor for three simple reasons why…
to see Stephen King’s House, take a photo with Paul Bunyan
and to eat the first of many a Whoopie Pie.
At Stephen King’s house o...
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Categories:
bangor, travel,
Form: Rhyme
CREATION, INNOVATION AND FIRST NATION
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It was only 120 miles from our motel in New Hampshire to our Air B & B in Bangor’s front door
which means today we had a lot of time for new adventures to explore.
So we took a little detour in...
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Categories:
bangor, creation, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Guitars and Add Lilacs
...Whence didst craft stopped the Winds of War,
and bring forth peace, forevermore.
Exact it is a slumber hence,
awaken sorts some recompense,
weary minds do not ask for more.
Sub b...
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Categories:
bangor, analogy, appreciation, guitar, hope,
Form: Rondeau
AN ANGEL ON EACH WING
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Deborah has a fear of flying…it surfaces before we even step onto the plane…
The problem:
This summer we’ll be flying to Seattle, Washington…
and back home from Bangor, Maine.
A friend of her...
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Categories:
bangor, angel,
Form: Rhyme
A Blizzard Ending Scammer
...A wanted scam artist from Coeur d’ Alene
now claims to stop blizzards in Bangor, Maine
Just give him your money
and he’ll turn your days sunny
then he’ll kick back on warm beaches in Spain
2/4...
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Categories:
bangor, humorous, people,
Form: Limerick
The Angels Wept Tonight
...Sam dated Sandy, things were fine and dandy
Born into middle class means, they were killing that high school scene
One afternoon in Sandy’s bedroom their play went all the way
And the Angels wept ...
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Categories:
bangor, bereavement, betrayal, hate, mental
Form: Free verse
How I Remember Maine
...a vulgar morning
unveiling the naked fragrance of sun-burnt dog turds.
It came to me,
played tunes on the cords in my nostrils
until my left eye caught them hiding
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Categories:
bangor, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Sometimes I Have a Stephen King Mind
...Sometimes I have a Stephen King mind,
always searching for a good tale to weave,
filled with macabre and mysterious thought,
clearing my cobwebs of all the fraught.
Sometimes I have a Stephen K...
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Categories:
bangor, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Casino Lights Love
...You feel like Bangor, Maine
On a warm summer day
In the month of May
Those Casino Lights
Was our escape,
When the day turned dark
And gray
Got a smile that will hold me together
A guita...
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Categories:
bangor, i love you, love,
Form: Lyric
Mary Jane
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Mary Jane, what an unusual girl you are.
You have fans that live both near and far.
They call your name from Bangor to Sausalito.
How popular you are from Fairbanks to Hilo.
It doesn’t ...
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Categories:
bangor, passion, girl,
Form: Rhyme
Yankee Doodle Went To Maine
...Yankee Doodle went to Maine
Riding on a snail.
By the time he reached Bangor,
He was old and frail!...
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Categories:
bangor, children
Form: Rhyme
The Adventure of My Boy and Mumbo Jumbo
........Mommy walks and Jamie toddles inside the BIGGEST plane.
Jamie thought he was inside its belly. The storm roars outside.
The thunder is loud inside the metal beastie. They sit. Lightening fla...
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Categories:
bangor, adventure, caregiving, childhood, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
World Peace
...From Andover to Anaheim
Bangor to Boise
People speak up
Come on, get noisy
From Carteret in Jersey
To Cameroon far away
Speak up everyone
If just for one day
From Detroit to Dallas
Eaton...
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Categories:
bangor, funny, peace, places, peace,
Form: Free verse
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