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Premium Member The Rules of the Road
The highway of life is full of speed bumps and unseen peril
Heed the rules of the road; ease off the gas pedal when traveling
On a serpentine route, or risk careening off a high cliff



Date written and posted: 11/25/2018...

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Categories: gas pedal, analogy, encouraging, life, metaphor,
Form: Sijo



Lickety Split
L eeping from his stupor
I van dashed out the door to his 
c ar.
K eys in hand he
e yed his brand new
T oyota Supra Turbo.
Y anking the door open he jumped in the drivers

s eat started the engine, slammed it into gear and 
p ushed the gas pedal.
L istening to the roar of the engine
i gnited his senses. Filled with adrenaline he
t ore down the highway lickety split....

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Categories: gas pedal, car,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Grinding Start
I turned the key,
pressed the gas pedal.
The motor belched
the starter grated.

“No. Not today!
I can’t be late.
I’m teaching the class.
I have to be there!”

Our three-year-old
piped up from the back seat,

“Try it again, Mom.”

The motor coughed, caught,
settled to a steady purr.
My little two-cylinder Fiat,
slow, but steady as she goes,
took me everywhere.

Again, from the back seat,

“I knew it would start, Mom.
I prayed.”...

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© Cona Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: gas pedal, child, faith,
Form: Narrative
Conflict; Resolution
Mass destruction 
in a three second span 

Shorter than the thought that passed, 
I rolled my eyes and it was gone 

We weren’t even falling short
We missed the mark entirely 

Stalling at the gas pedal
Shattering your expectations in a glorious fashion 

Drive before we think twice
The thought will fade anyway

Mass destruction 
in a three second span

Shorter than the thought that passed me 
as I rolled my eyes,
and everything was gone...

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Categories: gas pedal, conflict, emotions, hyperbole, mystery, remember,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things