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Byways in Wisconsin

I
The friend in the deli
of the Piggly Wiggly
in Lodi show me her nails
strikes up conversations
when I come back to town
for a second week of work.

I tell her about the work
on utility lines on county roads
where I control traffic
and the beauty of the countryside.
She tells me about her daughter
two years old who brings joy
and says she’s

Categories: byways, friendship love, travel,
Form: Haibun

The Florida of My Youth - Highways and Byways

The Florida of My Youth – Highways and Byways
By Franklin Price
10/17/2019

The highways and the byways of Brevard when I was young
Were void of any four lanes, no interstates among
Highway 50, was the only road that went out to the west
Orlando just a little town, where Christmas shopping was the best

In Cocoa was the river road,

Categories: byways, age, childhood, high school,
Form: Couplet

Byways

Byways

We traveled byways of laughter,
fain and giddy at the start,
but harder roads came after
that wore sorely on her heart.

There are paved paths of glory
that lead to elation's glen;
the taking of love's quarry,
ledgered by the poet's pen.

There are roads one misses
and roads fate will deny;
saying farewell with kisses,
taking love, then one's bye.

We shunned byways of sadness,
now

Categories: byways, emotions, hurt, relationship, sad,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Highways and the Byways

The Highways and the Byways
By Franklin Price
10/27/2107
(Inspired by Nancy McIntyre Stepp)

 The highways and the byways
Of this life in which we've grown
Bring back many memories
Of  places we have known

The Interstates most boring
They bypass most the towns
The back roads way of  living
And the country sights and sounds

We travel now from tank to tank
As fast

Categories: byways, adventure, happiness, travel,
Form: Rhyme

Rambling the Byways of Landour

I’ve come a long way
With the help of a sheen ray
I see no vehicle to take me there
Seems I’ll have to walk 20 miles more
Sauntering through the soggy jungle
My shoes get wet & my bag rather heavy that I crumble
I lay down seeing the floating clouds hanging low
Haze enfolding the valley with its shadow
The huge

Categories: byways, cool, life, longing, lost,
Form: Free verse

Highways and Byways

Highways And Byways
(Rhyming Sands)

I traveled many highways
wandered many byways
with many long miles
different styles
lovely scenes
and greens

blue skies
many miles
traveled in style
all joyful worthwhile
long distance day or night
through beautiful country sight.

Erich J.Goller
Copyright 11.5.2011

Rhyming Sands" by Ann Marie Mazz
First stanza- 6 lines 7/6/5/4/3/2 syllables
Second stanza- 6 lines 2/3/4/5/6/7 syllables
Rhyming aa/bb/cc/--dd/ee/ff/ any subject

Categories: byways, life,
Form: Rhyme