Tag Archives: roadtrip

Write What You Know

Posted on 2024-04-09 by Bartholomew Barker

I love looking at mountains but not driving between them. I love the sound of rain but not driving under it. I love the flow of fog but not driving through it. I love road trips but not driving all … Continue reading →

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Thoughts while Traffic is Slow

Posted on 2024-04-06 by Bartholomew Barker

Approaching the side of a mountain, at a few miles per hour, I watch cumulus clouds cast shadows on the land which move like the spots on a Harlequin Great Dane don’t. The shadow of a hawk or eagle swifts … Continue reading →

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On the Road

Posted on 2023-11-23 by Bartholomew Barker

Wrong turn too many miles ago now we’re on back roads crackling on the windshield the sleet blankets the trees drooping low over the black ice as we search for the right way that leads us back home We follow … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Summer Roadtrip

Posted on 2023-08-11 by Bartholomew Barker

My aging auto still has a CD player Singing loud and young

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Fraiku: On the Interstate

Posted on 2021-09-03 by Bartholomew Barker

Teenagers play in trafficI almost sacrifice one lambon the altar of social media I’m heading to a week-long writing retreat and something odd happened on the way. I was on I-95 in the middle of South Carolina, nice clear highway … Continue reading →

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World’s Largest Ball of Twine

Posted on 2021-06-29 by Bartholomew Barker

Sure, wandering through cemeteries, sitting in libraries and writing haiku is a great way to spend a vacation but what about the World’s Largest Ball of Twine? Not far from Eisenhower’s grave is Cawker City, Kansas (population 469) home of … Continue reading →

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Driving across Kansas

Posted on 2021-06-25 by Bartholomew Barker

Driving across Kansashighways straightas wind shear Rain drapes the roadwipers useless against the stormheadlights losing to darkness Flat applause of large dropsagainst the windshieldchanges to sharp cracksas white peas bounceoff the hood I hear a traintires lose tractionspinning against the … Continue reading →

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Haiku: Left Arm

Posted on 2021-06-23 by Bartholomew Barker

Left arm sunburnInterstate median irisesSummer roadtrip

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Summer Haiku

Posted on 2021-06-21 by Bartholomew Barker

These verdant mountainsfeasting on solstice sunshineand a thunderstorm For today’s Solstice Poetry Prompt from Living Poetry.

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Outside the leaves were falling and they cried Too soon! too soon!

Posted on 2021-02-25 by Bartholomew Barker

Outside the leaves were falling and they cried Too soon! too soon! On a concrete continentspaced with bland billboardsthe poet’s eye obscenely seeingits surrealist landscape ofmindless prairiessupermarket suburbssteamheated cemeteriescinerama holy daysand protesting cathedralsfrom Lost Angeles to Heavenpromising Free Elections They … Continue reading →

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