Angst Vacation Poems

Away on the mountain
no fun, easy drive-
in great Colorado-
July, 'ninety-five.

Way up was so scary
with long, winding miles
that circled the mountain
and cut short our smiles.

The road...

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Life is a series of demands. Hurry up, perform.
Do your homework, write a paper, oh and read 300 pages,
get in those volunteer hours, grab those...

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Fog rolls in ominous and steers the boat
   marine mammals are swarming -
      Triangle’s welcoming…

   ...

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I have another piece that's too long for the poetry section - so it's in "Short Stories."

It's called "arguments" - about my summer vacation between...

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It’s midnight on June 24th. We’re returning from a “Hot Wax” concert - they were wretched. We’re heading back to Paris tomorrow, so we decided...

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It falls softly as it tumbles...
Down from the sky darkly...
Deep in the heart of midnight.

Not a deity stirs at this moment out of time.
As young...

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Casting stones into rivers, 
broken deep in the core.

The tide of something coming.
Rusted in hue lost in the soul.

The tv burns in its silent snow
as...

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I approach my writing tasks
With far too much hesitation,
Why is that so…you might ask,
‘Cause I’m focused on my vacation.

My mind can’t find the words
To relay...

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I
You will not be flying very far for the rest of 2020
Say goodbye to globe-trotting entitlements
The airlines are flummoxed: they need you; you need plenty
Of...

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SUMMER WITCH HAIKU
Husband bite your tongue.
Mother'n law comes visiting
threatens not to leave.
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     BUCKS COUNTY PICNIC AT DELAWARE CANAL HAIKU
Picnickers are...

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6:23 PM
Clock ticks ticks ticking 
Hunched back and sprawled all over
I get this feeling
Fingers taps taps clicking
Pen taps in repetition 
I hate this feeling
I stared...

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this place, such a reprieve
I am held without speech--
heaven's clouds Float aloft
like white Foam Froth atop
Fresh morning cappuccino

my chamber, allows comfort
obstructions lifted like air--
open Windows...

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I was a torpedo, skimming the surface 
of the green summer sea; I was a mountain, 
touching the clouds at the summit, where 

Frozen ice-pools...

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"Baby, this view is fantastic, 
Who knew what you could buy with plastic! 
With these credit cards, unlimited funds, 
Any regrets, heck no, baby I...

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Our sponsor papers much earlier had reached,
To my dear sister we had promised,
This vacation we were to spend in Brisbane,
Surgeon declared emergency, plans in vain,
Oh...

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