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Freeways Poems - Poems about Freeways

Premium MemberGNRT 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: freeways, car, travel,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberGNRT DAY 34 THE RAIN

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I woke up to a gentle tapping on our window pane….
I thought it was a bird…turns out it was the rain.

Deborah ,unaffected by the soft tap, tap, tapping on our window pane
and still in the mids...
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Categories: freeways, rain, travel,
Form: Rhyme



I MISS

...I miss my mother and father
I miss walking fast
And driving a car on freeways
And city streets
I miss housecleaning
Well no, not really
And I miss going on trips
And shopping in stores
I miss...
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Categories: freeways, age, change, fate, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Premium Member These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here Acts 17:6

...When the apostles of Jesus Christ, after his ascension into heaven, spread the doctrine
of Christianity throughout the ancient Roman empire.  Those who made their profits in
making pagan idols for ...
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Categories: freeways, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

Sprawling in America

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Trucks hauling away defunct Malls.
One city has been transported to another,
until superimposed, only the name are different.

Freeways chase endless miles,
looking for more things to shift,
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Categories: freeways, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberThe Home We Made

...Pike Place Market and Space Needle
race tracks out at Indy
stands Jefferson's Memorial
Nashville's Grand Ole Opry

Biking somewhere downtown Beijing (Bay-jing)
Great Wall nearby Xia...
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Categories: freeways, allusion, analogy, appreciation, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberVenture Out

...Intersection of
  Overwhelmed & Exhausted
    A decision to make 

  Venture out onto that
  Autobahn of Freeways
    Shake & Bake 
    Wide Awake & Overtake... 

  Turn the other way
  Cra...
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Categories: freeways, adventure, courage, fate, fear,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRiver Stream Elixir

... "The streams are my veins." 

Rivers, rather than flowing around us, deliver vitality to every cell and fiber in the body. They are the life-giving ...
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Categories: freeways, analogy, appreciation, beauty, river,
Form: Rubaiyat

Premium MemberYou Are Dead

...You were once strong
Never wrong
Now you are dead
I have so much pain
To swallow this verbena
You are indeed dead
I have so much pain
Deep in my heart, no stamina
And of course no legs
It's ...
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Categories: freeways, death, farewell, funeral, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme

The Land

...We were pleased to claim this land
for Jesus.
We raised cities that were bear free.
Our faith in 'better and bigger' soared;
meth fueled crime leapt still greater.

Cracks appeared where a gari...
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Categories: freeways, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Two Drivers In My Life

...Image of Grandparents Country Home from my family collection

The Two Drivers In My Life

In my younger years ...
I got to know the souls of my parent's worlds,
were a...
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Categories: freeways, birthday, childhood, parents,
Form: Free verse

The Land

...A sinewy faith built rough cabins.
We were pleased to claim this land
for Jesus.

We raised cities that were bear free.
Everything soared;
later crime and meth rose even 
higher.

Cracks app...
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Categories: freeways, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSpring Says, Yes You Can

...As we spoke to our son last month, it felt like 'A Twilight Zone'.                                                                              I was painfully reminded of the beginning of 2020 COVID...
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Categories: freeways, life, spring,
Form: Sonnet

Premium MemberMiddle of the Usa Cold Spell

...Wintery mix
Asthma inducing air
Windchill is fourteen below

Ice under snow
Cars doing donuts
Skidding across freeways

Seeing your breath
Wheezing kicks in
Cheeks pink and frozen

Middle...
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Categories: freeways, winter,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberReveling In My Power As a Blizzard

...I transformed Iowa’s meadows and forests overnight
Changing her children’s delight at first snow to fear of the cold
Gloating and laughing, I introduced some to frost bite.
What did I care if thei...
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Categories: freeways, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Personification

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