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Open Poetry #46

For Those Who Take Their Own Road

Earl Brinkman
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since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

0 posted 2010-05-27 03:06 AM

For Those Who Take Their Own Road

A broad expanse of yellow stretches onward for miles
Endless rows of corn blurred beyond distinction
Life is fast on a 1920 Power Plus Indian
Chollie hunkers down near to me in his sidecar and smiles
Snarling occasionally at the aberrant pothole
His canine eyes yellow and beastly, pits of disapproval

The road purses its lips beckoning us forward with glee
As I wickedly tattoo it with tires from a bygone age
Chollie`s sputnik helmet makes him look like a refugee from the space age
His cheeks pillow in protest against his bone crushing harness of safety
Strapped tightly into his spot, Chollie may look like a yahoo
But when we`re hitting a hundred twenty-two, he`s one hell of a speed guru

whisperingwalt
Member

since 2010-04-29

Posts 240
Coquitlam, BC, Canada

1 posted 2010-05-27 10:31 AM

Cool poem!Loved this last part...I can visual this in my mind.ww

Chollie`s sputnik helmet makes him look like a refugee from the space age
His cheeks pillow in protest against his bone crushing harness of safety
Strapped tightly into his spot, Chollie may look like a yahoo
But when we`re hitting a hundred twenty-two, he`s one hell of a speed guru

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2010-05-27 01:50 PM

This is totally awesome, dear Earl!

Some really exceptional poetic lines!

Love and smiles.
Margherita

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

3 posted 2010-05-27 03:18 PM

eb...1000 CC and the sidecar was on the wrong side...or was it really now that I think about it..cool views guy

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2010-05-27 03:32 PM

Enjoyed this, Earl.

Helen

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2010-05-28 03:17 AM

Very vivid scene here, enjoyed.
Ida

Lamar Cole
Member

since 2009-05-01

Posts 274

6 posted 2010-05-29 12:42 PM

Very adventurous.

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

7 posted 2010-12-08 12:33 PM

Cholly has been nagging me to take him out for another ride. I don`t know what I will do with that dog.

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