Photo Poem: Travel 2013

Back home.  Back to writing.  I found a poem called "Travel" in the book The List Poem: A Guide to Teaching and Writing Catalog Verse by Larry Fagin.  Here is my version of "Travel," along with photographs.  Enjoy.

Travel 2013

In Birmingham I photographed a statue of Martin Luther King, sporting a bird on his head.

Kelly Ingram Park marked the Road to Freedom

A memorial to four girls killed silently bore witness on a quiet street corner

Tennessee’s Davy Crockett raised his hat in victory

 

Country stars heartfully sang the classics on a glorious Opry night
Henry toured us through backstage dressing rooms at the Ryman Auditorium

Stained glass, the stage, the memories and echoes of the musical decades encompassed there

Ate lunch at the Rock Bottom Brewery, contemplating Nashville in all its contrasts

Studio B reverberated with the sounds of thousands of hits and history

Bill Monroe’s mandolin, Johnny Hartford’s banjo, Trisha Yearwood’s custom boots

Children played in Centennial Park by the impressive Parthenon

Musicians rushed past the Musica sculpture, getting to work on Music Row

The Ohio River barge lit up at sunset, the river high and mighty

We dined in a historic building, the dessert a lesson in perfection

We viewed the Great Smoky Mountains from a 13^th floor hotel room on a mountain top

Ate silver dollar pancakes and blackberry crepes in a log cabin

Strolled the streets of Gatlinburg looking for treasures, then a ski lift up to the sky, a throwback touristy thing to do

In Asheville a full rainbow greeted us, along with my cousin and her husband

We feasted on steaming Korean stone bowl meals, Chardonnay, and conversation

Late into the night we chattered, gossiped, reminisced

The next day I walked Doreen and David’s gardens, swung on the porch swing, talked with their daughter, visited Buddha, shared guacamole and chips

Heading homeward we laughed at a biker feeding his cockatiel 

Ate Sunday dinner at a Houlihan’s south of Savannah

The final day, a smooth ride down the Woodpecker Trail and I-75

Home. 

Home. 

To go is pleasure. 

To return is joy.

Travel Companions in Clifty Falls State Park, Indiana