Best Stopover Poems

...Call of the wild

We talkspeak and nothing much is 
said until a bright spore spot spawns
and gets a seed for sale—compliant
of brotherly love passions filler like dirty
socks in a hamper  forg......

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...Evolution’s Speed Bump
                                     by Odin Roark

From history did we come
Perpetuating evolvement
Did we not

Yes

We’ve learned our lesson well
Mixing and matchin......

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...I wasted so much time
dragging this body shell around
and living for the expectation
it was due. You see, I realized
the truth too late in my allotmment
of material experience.  It was
exploita......

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...Morning buzz
Grandeur and grace;
Pleasant surprise

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Floral bouquet
Scented extravagance;
Rose garden escapade

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City lights twinkle
Evening charades;
Dinner for......

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...Where will I be?
When your plane bursts the clouds
On its way back home
To your boys’ embrace and Asia 
Dissolves
Like a forgotten stopover
On another ticket to Destination 
Life.

So where ......

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...Haiku journal
Poignant insights;
Experience sculpts

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July moon
Speaks softly;
A lover's sigh

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Voices cease
Sleep intrudes;
Metamorphosis

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Ask ......

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...Flight Of Fancy
                                                                    Frank Halliwell

If I had a magic carpet or a giant set of wings,
I'd leave this world of parking lots and noise an......

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...China Tour Diary Moment #1
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KUNMING THOUGHTS


Sunday morning flight to Kunming city;
East bound to explore vignettes of China;
New vistas to sight, postcard memories......

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...December rains
Hurl aqueous tears;
Salty aftertaste

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Monsoon season
Wet and wet again;
Abrupt mood swings

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Seek knowing
Beyond word count;
Awareness sums

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...Evening cicadas
Cacophony climax;
Night time music

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By this playground
Noisy frolic parades;
Little feet gather

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Haiku moment:
Brief promontory,
Dragonfly buzz......

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...Let’s take a trip to the moon
And built a tent in there 
Let’s visit the sun
And offer him a drink to chill
Let’s stopover in the planets
And find new friends
Let’s provide the medals
For the ......

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...Rainy deluge
Wetness clouds;
Moody day

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Sitting still
Thoughts subside;
Just being

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Stray stopover
Fluffy white snow;
Harsh elements

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Death co......

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...
Was searching, searching for lucky clover,
when a loud bawdy fairy flew over;
and said, she was a Colleen,
said, to stop touching her green;
KEEP GOING-  cause this is no stopover !

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...(Dedication: For Zhou Junchen, Joseph
-- Our Chinese tour guide in Yunnan, who 
took us on an amazing journey, with 
kindness and great patience.)
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Yield to memories in pi......

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...March came in like a lion
And never let up, not really 
The children, Markie and Stu, spent most of their day outside
Except, as usual, for a quick lunch and a quicker hug

In the country, the d......

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