Mad About Towns
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When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We started from Thatsnot, OK
Which ...
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Categories:
koa, humorous, travel, word play,
Form: Limerick
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Much Ado About Poi
...Welcome to a typical 'Luau' spread. The first thing that is best to learn is the Hawaiian word, 'ono', which means, delicious. It's a word bandied about before and after food goes in your mou...
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Categories:
koa, allusion, analogy, appreciation, culture,
Form: Narrative
Window Pain
...Three states
in five hours.
Maybe we’ll stop somewhere nice
like a KOA campground.
A kid can hope. It’s hot and it would be great to go for a swim. Instead we stop at the liquor store,
dad buys ...
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Categories:
koa, addiction, anger, anxiety, child
Form: Haibun
Autmn In Hawaii
...As the leaves begin to fall on this Autumn season of mine
I sit by my window and sip on a glass of Chardonnay wine
Wrapping a shawl around my frail shoulders I sit and long
for the days when I w...
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Categories:
koa, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Island Days
...I lift the sleeve of time and years
To a little grass hut that brings wistful tears
for fragrant leis and Koa bowls
For rainbows arc-and friendly souls....
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Categories:
koa, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Idyll (Idyl)
Hawaii
...Caren, whose poetry sings with grand plumage,
swims with bouquets of flowers and such. You
inspire me! And aloha to William :)
HAWAII
Bird of paradise, plumeria, jasmine,
orchids, gar...
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Categories:
koa, paradise,
Form: Free verse
I'M On My Way To Butte Montana
...I'm on my way to Butte Montana,
where the mountains reach the sky,
and the eagles soar way up high,
folks are friendly and give you a smile,
it's the Montana way of saying stay awhile.
I'...
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Categories:
koa,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Riding Route 66 With the Wind On Our Faces
...The bike was loaded and packed
The duffle bag strapped to the rack
The air was crisp when we started out at dawn
In the early morning hours we were gone
Down the road with the wind on our faces
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Categories:
koa, memory, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Shoot Out At the Koa Page 2 Zack Waverly
...Page 2
The Shoot Out At The KOA Corral
The continuing saga of Zack Waverly
The mare was to far gone
and I had to put her down
There was nothing I could do
To help her make her back to tow...
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Categories:
koa,
Form: Rhyme
The Shoot Out At the Koa Corral
...The continuing Saga of Zack Waverly
The Shoot Out At The KOA Corral
Six more days of dust and heat
along this lonely trail,
Although I thought
'Til I caught sight
of a horse, quite sick,...
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Categories:
koa,
Form: Rhyme
Page 7 the Continuing Saga of Zack Waverly
...THE LOST SOULS SALOON Page 7
I pushed aside the swinging doors
And stepped out on the street
My poor horse stood, alone all night
without a thing to eat
I led him by the reins
As we turne...
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Categories:
koa,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Koa-Wally
...A sweet little face, almost cherub-like, so round,
Soft and furry, with eyes so very warm and brown.
Bubbly little fella that makes you just want to cuddle,
Yet he just wants to sit in his tree, n...
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Categories:
koa, animals, , cute,
Form: Lyric