Get Away Poems | Examples

The Heat of the Moment

(Cabin Sunset, summer 2025)

The Heat of the Moment

Settling into our new mountain cabin,
Dogs and humans equally overheated
In the shadeless August afternoon,
The only way to be is naked.

Stuff strewn around 
Bed to one side, kitchen the other,
Camp chairs with panting dogs 
On an old Persian rug in-between.

Cabin with unfinished interior
Waits for insulation, paneling and flooring,
But in this moment nothing is missing
Except maybe a fan.

No water we haven’t brought,
Nor power not in some kind of rechargeable battery,
Yet we find a strong signal FM station 
Playing one classic rock song after another.

And it takes me back to another time
Living as a 70’s teen in the suburbs when FM was king,
Then in the 80’s as a young man off grid in the hills 
When a stack of cassettes was all we had or wanted.

Those youthful times, family and friends are long gone
And yet here I am in old age,
Living the good life again with new family and friends
Still rocking on, out of time, out mind.

(8/10/25)

rabbit attempts to get away

white bunnies are funny
tails puffy and fluffy
I see bear with thick honey
now he is getting huffy
will he see the bunny?

He sets down the honey
I watch the rabbit try to hop away
will he live another day?
Rodents are incredibly funny

Get Away from the Bow

she has an ethereal ambiance
not of this earth, the pirates say
this does not keep them from staring
she is a gorgeous wench,
worth the trouble she might bring

get away from the bow, the captain warns
she is a siren, dangerous, not of this earth
she can do damage you will not quickly see
with that golden hair and that luscious body
the men ignore him, thinking he is crazy.


She is a beauty! Smitty argues.
We have not seen a woman for a long time
Not a pretty one! Some of the other men agree
The captain pushes Smitty into the water
a shark gobbles him up right away
What did I tell you? He says to the others
They finally get away from the bow.

She Wanted to Get Away and Think

when she left her house she was running
not as fast as a cougar, but swift for a two-legged
she wanted to get away and think
in order to do that, she had to leave the electronics behind
her husband’s television sets were on twenty-four, seven.
There were eight of them.

prairie had an amazing wind today; you knew you were in Kansas.
she knew she needed to change her life
where would she go? when would she leave?
no time like today, right now, her heart said.
she felt refreshed, cleansed, appreciated by the wind.
she sat; her hair whipping around her like a weak spider’s legs.

she began to plot
to plan
to scheme
to imagine
to visualize
but then she heard her baby’s cry
so she wandered back, into the land of the non-thinking.

Don't let them get away

A soulmate is hard to find but easy to love don't let them get away

Can Not Get Away

no matter what race
 you must face
 what you did wrong
you do not belong 
on top or bottom of the lot
this is a new day
you
CANT NOT GET AWAY

Can Not Get Away

no matter what race
 you must face
 what you did wrong
you do not belong 
on top or bottom of the lot
this is a new day
you
CANT NOT GET AWAY

Get Away

Let's just go away someplace 
And get away from here
Just you and I get on a plane
And let the pilots steer
We'll find out when we get there
Just where they steered us to 
Enjoy this place called somewhere
Where nothing's what we have to do 

We could simply sit and talk all day
And far into the night
We could share a clove, drink herbal tea
And all would be just right
And when we got too tired
When it was time to shut the light
We'd fall asleep in each other's arms
Your face my eye's last sight

Let's Get Away

let's create our own corner of heaven
where you and i will feel at home
away from noise and chaos
we'll sip wine and tell our stories
one-on-one in a secret cozy abode



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Can'T Get Away

Time collapses into one.
My heart keeps on pumping blood.
When the eyes of treacherous men break sight.
It's time to leave your life behind.

The more times I ponder this dismal existence 
At most I wander around in my own head.
Now that times got my undivided attention.
And although I feel as though I should mention
It's past time to relieve unnecessary tension.

At times it's hard to forget.
Other times it's easier to live by day.
Sometimes I just know I'm in for a surprise.
Most of the time I just can't get away.
When I stand up alone in this world.
I tend to feel more pain.
And although I struggle to excel.
I sometimes want to just live in vain.

'There's a time and place' or so they say.
The time and place of my choosing.
When it's time, make haste and get out of my face.
This time I'm not the only one who's losing.

I Want To Get Away

I want to get away
Unlock the door to my body
And step beyond it

I'm tired of being shackled by mortality

I'm like a fly buzzing near the window
Never knowing death is a breath away

I want to get away
I want to quit my job
And say bye to everyone

I'm tired of being a cog in the machine

I'm like a religious man who met God
But found out God was a fool

I want to get away
I want to get away from my past
And all of the memories inside

I'm tired of happy memories making me cry

I'm like a TV series that went on too long
Because my best seasons are behind me

I want to get away
From all of the things
That make me me

I'm tired of being me and would rather be someone else

I'm like a rotting piece of fruit
Because inside I'm not beautiful either

Please....

Just let me get away

My Get Away Hideaway Treehouse Haven

it is drizzling outside
oak tree looks in window
gasoline lamp is not unlike a faerie light

cozy comforter made by grandma
plush pillows on couch
a philodendron hangs from the limb of the tree trunk

this tree house is my Shangri-La
My haven, a writer’s retreat
flickering candles give it an ethereal glow

My favorite biographies and adventure books
Waiting to be read in the rain
It is silent here, a reader’s alcove

There are flickering candles
I read my books, enjoying the ambiance
of my hideaway nook high in a cottonwood tree.

However You Do It, Get Away

However you do it, just get away
Regularly do it, and for a whole day

Get away from routine
Get off of your screen
Put down that device
Please take my advice

Live in the moment. Ditch the stress
You can't predict the future or change the past

Do it this week, and the next and the next
A full day, 24 hours, without any texts
Shut off that phone, and open your mind
Find space for YOU, to yourself be kind

Take a walk to nowhere
Midst forests and gardens
Free up your senses
Ere they eternally harden

Make a friend, sing a song
Blow a kiss -- nothing wrong...

Live in the moment
Let life come to you
You'll be glad you did
~ Recreate a new you

A Get Away Vacation

Relaxing in the sun
having fun
traveling, sight-seeing
viewing the oceans
riding a bike
in the early daylight
just vacationing
at a spa
dining with great foods
movies, shopping, going to different places
enjoying life
time for myself
enjoying life.

The Unclean Get Away

You stole a piece of my heart
and I can't get it back
Now worry seems to cover me
with mind unrest attachs
You took away the peace I had
with me, myself and I
The love I had within myself
has found itself denied
My soul is constantly reaching
and grasping only air
My eyes are constantly seeking
the you that is'nt  there
My being has lost its reason
and my sanity lost its way
I can't help but think about it
a few times everyday
The sway it has is sickening
and refuses to go away
The rose that I had that was you
has born to me its thorns
The space I held in my heart
barren and forlorn
My presence to your needs
forever scorned
My pain, the worst part of love
dutifully endured as it should be
without death
My dreams desolved in memory
becoming harder to remember
But i still doubt your emptiness
for we had so much
But it's a sin to love that way
and somehow never touch.

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