rode the mother road

Joining dVerse poets with quadrille #44 for “kicks” tonight 🙂  A “quadrille” is a poem of exactly 44 words, not including title…I counted hyphenated words as 2.

 

since nineteen

twenty-six, midway

thru roarin’ twenties,

classic car aficionados

cooly cruised or raced

rip-roarin’ midway

across america’s past,

passed, and passing

drive-ins, diners,

and wigwam motels

motoring along

singing a song

wheeling to

get their kicks

on route sixty-six!

 

 

 

 

 

23 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. Sabio Lantz's avatar Sabio Lantz
    Nov 07, 2017 @ 12:42:21

    Cool historical poem — fun

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  2. Björn Rudberg (brudberg)'s avatar Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
    Nov 07, 2017 @ 09:57:05

    I think that romance is great,… though I think more of Grapes of Wrath perhaps.

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  3. lillian's avatar lillian
    Nov 07, 2017 @ 07:24:04

    Hah! I am old enough to recognize and have lived through the phrase, Get your kicks on Route 66″ and….have seen that wigwam hotel! 🙂

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  4. X (@Xpoet73)'s avatar X (@Xpoet73)
    Nov 07, 2017 @ 07:08:10

    I have driven parts of Route 66. I will say, wigwam hotels intrigue me. There are some in Cherokee. It is on my to do list.

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  5. Grace's avatar Grace
    Nov 06, 2017 @ 18:15:53

    Road trips are fun ~ Love the word play of past, passed and passing ~

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  6. Arcadia (@MissArcadia)'s avatar Arcadia (@MissArcadia)
    Nov 06, 2017 @ 18:05:14

    Lovely quadrille.

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  7. blogoratti (@iamblogoratti)'s avatar blogoratti (@iamblogoratti)
    Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:49:31

    Wonderful and vivid, a delight to read. Greetings to you.

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  8. whimsygizmo's avatar whimsygizmo
    Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:33:10

    Love it! 🙂

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  9. Frank Hubeny's avatar Frank Hubeny
    Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:11:51

    That is a famous road. I wonder how much is still there to travel.

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  10. maggie's avatar maggie
    Nov 06, 2017 @ 17:03:35

    I love the last five lines.

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