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Rest Area Poems - Poems about Rest Area

The Jon Bon Jovi Rest Area
...On the Garden State Parkway In New Jersey state, There are places to stop To put food on your plate Or put gas in your tank Or prevent further grief With a stop to the restrooms To get some ......

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Categories: rest area, irony,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member HIGHWAY EYES
...Journey to adventure Laughter and smiles venture Scenery awaits A vacation to appreciate Signs with various directions Nature calls Rest Stop preparations Off Ramp turns Highway routes North,......

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Categories: rest area, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Patio Stones
...In a checker board pattern of red and grey make a small patio near a tree for shade Enough for two chairs and a short walkway feeling some pride for the stones you laid Simple but solid you sit a......

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Categories: rest area, poems,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Menu-Ettes
...The waiter asked: “Do you want that here or to go. I replied: “if I eat it here don’t I get to take it with me?” ((oldies but goodies}} “Waiter! Waiter! There’s a fly in my soup!” “Well ......

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Categories: rest area, humor,
Form: Free verse
Hesitation In Vain
...on the way home, i change the new map to the longest scenic route though my Sweets is waiting for me, i cannot find myself to punctually return i stop at a newly built rest area because my hyper......

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Categories: rest area, recovery from, vacation,
Form: Free verse



First Encounter
...First Encounter I first heard its name in passing, somewhere between Boston and New York, someone at the rest area mistook it for another Mexican invasion "That's why we need the wall." If on......

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Categories: rest area, angst,
Form: Free verse
Journey
...I am going on a journey in my mind, and I didn’t save a seat for negativity I choose to take along a dear friend I like to hang out with called positivity I will pack my bags full of self-worth and......

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Categories: rest area, emotions, freedom, imagery, imagination,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member A Lovely Little Daydream
...Microsleeps vs Powernaps The boredom of freeway driving is like a hypnotist's sleep talk The constant drone of the car's engine The flash of lane markers to and fro, to and fro You're bored and......

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Categories: rest area, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Lost In the Grand Canyon
...I left home in early July, headed to arid Arizona to explore the Gran Canyon in all its splendor; the ride went smoothly, stopping at a rest area to refresh, eating breakfast and hurrying back... ......

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Categories: rest area, adventure, confusion, dark, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
Adventures With James My Grandson
...Adventures With James My Grandson by Joan Donnelly 1995 He doesn't walk but runs to his subject on interest, and upon arrival, leaps into the air. With bended knees and flattened feet he ......

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Categories: rest area, grandson, love,
Form: Verse
The Ballad of the Dry Rest Stops
...Their dad had had a heart attack since they had seen him last. In May they said, "Let's visit him, cuz time's a passing fast." He doesn't drive, he sold his car so he'll not come to us. and ......

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Categories: rest area, nature, places,
Form: Ballad
Incident On I-59 Part Iii
...“What’s going on, what’s next?” (Medi-Vac on the way, keep pumping!) A faint roar and whop-whop-whop-whop (No not there! The south-bound lane! Over...) The median grass was newly cut but still ......

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Categories: rest area, life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Rest Area On Interstate
...Roadside stop... Activity... Humans go... Ellip... Unfinished thoughts or coping from another but not finishing Ellipical is periods or decimal points placed to show that......

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Categories: rest area, travel,
Form: Verse
Premium Member They Know Where I Am
...How do they do it? I don’t understand; Where ever I go, They know where I am. I was on a college campus Just the other day; Looking for the library, I lost my way. There in the Quad I foun......

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Categories: rest area, funny
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Out of Order!
...Lord! Why me? I try to live a life free of disorder, Yet I'm forever greeted by signs reading "Out Of Order!" Invariably, when I'm confronted with some dire emergency, I'm faced with that leering ......

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Categories: rest area, angst
Form: Rhyme

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