Walkabout
through your looking glass
redefine your prospects
reroute all efforts
stay an undiscovered self
reaffirm life's terms within
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Categories:
walkabout, destiny, education, fate, future,
Form: Tanka
Walkabout With Death
I've been on a walkabout with death
He keeps trying for my last breath
But I will not go gently or quietly anywhere
Anywhere I want, most wouldn't dare
He just took my uncle, and is coming for my friend
I got in the truck and took him to face his end
They say I don't know my place
To fall in
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Categories:
walkabout, dark, death, death of
Form: Rhyme
Walkabout
Whimsically worry free
Always open to new possibilities as they arise
Looking toward the sun, even in the rain
Kangaroos leaping across your path, delighting you.
Always ready, hyper-vigilant of danger
Being true to your own glorious soul self
Outside in the wonderful keen of nature
United with the elements
Turning into yourself
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Categories:
walkabout, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Acrostic
Walkabout
The early morning rising of the sun
comes quiet and stealth like
high up in the tree tops.
Long before the dawn, birds sing out
welcoming, greeting the new day.
Creatures great and small awake
to participate in the thriving life of the garden,
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Categories:
walkabout, beauty, garden, morning, nature,
Form: Free verse
My Walkabout...
The nights were long
and my days seem short
had to do something
so I left my port
A one-way ticket
on a greyhound bus
a compelling journey
inner feeling must trust
first stop,Durango
high in the Rockies
a couple of days hiking
loud thunder was shocking
Next stop,was Gallup
from here,began my walk about
unsure of destination
first step began my route
Halfway to nowhere
dropped my load,to look around
sensational insight
revelation
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Categories:
walkabout, adventure, introspection, nature, peace,
Form: Free verse