Route 66 University

2006-10-05T17:31:00.000-07:00

Chrome rails, tangled rope,
A mass of worldly burdens:
Rooftop carrier.

2006-09-26T20:40:00.000-07:00

Luggage packed & stowed,
Full tank, and Sun at our backs—
Modern pioneers.

2006-05-25T20:55:00.000-07:00

A race against time
Falling night in hot pursuit
Needle on Empty.

2006-05-07T13:59:00.000-07:00

Panhandle challenge:
Sixty-minute, on-the-house,
Four-pound bovine feast.

2006-04-20T18:48:00.000-07:00

Four miles from Shamrock
Swift change to gun-metal sky—
Early spring hailstorm.

2006-04-13T20:22:00.000-07:00

T.V. . . . swimming pool . . .
and phones in every room:
Luxurious stay.

2006-04-02T08:45:00.000-07:00

Wigwam or Teepee
Is merely academic—
Have you slept lately?

2006-03-25T07:18:00.000-08:00

T-shirts and gee-gaws
that fit ev'ry description:
Kitschy paradise.

2006-03-16T21:17:00.000-08:00

Imposing chieftain
In full war regalia—
El Vado Motel.

2006-03-12T15:55:00.000-08:00

Asleep in a field,
Regiment of warriors:
Slow-rusting Edsels.

2006-03-09T05:26:00.000-08:00

Dogs barking at the
Llano estacado moon—
Last Motel in Texas.

2006-02-26T18:25:00.000-08:00

Under western skies . . .
Tumbleweeds outpacing us,
Driven by the wind.

2006-02-22T07:28:00.000-08:00

Steel and Fiberglass
Aluminum and Bondo
Kustomized Kar Show

2006-02-17T19:12:00.000-08:00

Moving experience:
Canvas top, winding two-lane,
American Dream.

2006-02-15T21:08:00.000-08:00

Flagman gesturing
Tarmac steaming, men working
All traffic keep right.

2006-02-12T20:14:00.000-08:00

Soaring bird of blue
Lights the path to safe haven:
Tucumcari night.

2006-02-09T17:51:00.000-08:00

Sad-eyed, forgotten,
yet spirits still linger . . .
Wigwam Curios.

2006-02-06T15:44:00.000-08:00

Lengthening shadows—
Sun slipping westward to find
A room for the night.

2006-01-30T19:00:00.000-08:00

Performing bison
a spectacle for tourists—
Roadside attraction.

2006-01-26T20:09:00.000-08:00

Polished toothsome smile
Painted lady of the street
Cherry Thunderbird

2006-01-22T20:37:00.000-08:00

Tailfins in a field,
tended daily by Pilgrims—
A strange farm indeed!

2006-01-19T15:50:00.000-08:00

a sign gives warning:
no shoes no shirt no service
surprise—no wallet!

2006-01-17T20:09:00.000-08:00

Forsaking big shoulders,
our destiny takes us West
to El Dorado.

2006-01-16T17:36:00.000-08:00

Ahead desert looms,
the iron steed comes to drink—
Last Chance For Gas.

2006-01-14T07:58:00.000-08:00

Awake I listen
to nearby thundering—
A room by the tracks.

2006-01-12T19:06:00.000-08:00

Traveler's message
Hastily penned far from home:
"Wish You Were Here. . . ."

2006-01-10T04:42:00.000-08:00

bright windows at dawn
server flashes her best smile.
pork belly sizzles.

2006-01-08T07:25:00.000-08:00

I forgot to mention that I'd never attempted any haiku until just the last several days, so you're looking at my very first few forays.

Anticipating
the amber light I slow—
passed by a Woody.

2006-01-07T05:47:00.000-08:00

I decided to start this blog off with a haiku (original post below). If you're unfamiliar with this terse poetic style, a Google search on the term yields some informative results. Traditionally, a haiku's subject matter tends to be simple observations of the natural world, so to devote this blog to haiku about the Mother Road (a decidedly man-made entity) is deliberately perverse or something. Here's another:

Venturesome spirits
follow the serpent west;
Joyous summer spent.

2006-01-05T17:27:00.000-08:00

Words of light beckon.
A hum, a flash, now glowing:
Stop here—VACANCY!