Peter Periwinkle
“Peter Periwinkle had a car accident,”
my brother said,
as if reading it aloud
from the back
of a cereal box.
It took me three full seconds
to realize
he meant our father.
We were on my grandma’s farm
where she had recently died,
leaving chickens scratching
unknowingly in the dust.
Our father was elsewhere—
broken, back bent like a paperclip,
drunk at the wheel
when the other car
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Categories:
car accident, 1st grade, brother, dad,
Form: Free verse
Forever Altered
The sound of metal scraping on asphalt, echoed through the frosty morning air, as the trailer slid and skidded, leaving chaos and destruction there.
The semi-truck came hurtling fast, its trailer swerving, out of control, I felt the impact as it struck my car, a moment that shook my very soul.
My mind was racing,
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Categories:
car accident, anxiety, change, emotions, how
Form: Rhyme
Letter To Our Beloved Car
Traveling birds
Shifting seasons
Are reflected on your front glass
This is a usual scene every morning
That day, too
Before bringing our children to school
That day, though
You didn't come home
Injured severely on the road
A few days later
You were back
Your white butterfly like eyes
Looked sad
Appealing that you wanted to work more
The shattered face does not match to your slinky black
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Categories:
car accident, appreciation, car, morning, pain,
Form: Free verse
If People Have a Car Accident
If People have a car accident
they can spend months in hospital
needing wages they depend on employers
yet companies can only afford so much
Society could do better
I'm don't like unemployment
where healthy people sit doing nothing
that is a waste of assets a waste of people
yet when people are injured in accidents
they should be able to get invalid benefits
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Categories:
car accident, inspiration, international,
Form: Narrative
Car Accident -Senryu
Driving in the rain
Slippery road, we hit car
Person hurt his neck.
© Kathy Mary Gillet
© January 15, 2007 All Rights Reserved
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Categories:
car accident, health, people, places, sorry,
Form: Senryu