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Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
Jan 10, 2023 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Motorhome

My high school friend,
the only one I’m still in touch with,
has been drifting from town to town
in states with very few people,
but overfilled with stark beauty

He’s been doing this for many years
in his shelter with wheels
He was just outside of Belle Fourche,
or maybe it was Medicine Bow,
when I last heard from him

I’ve never asked him
what he could possibly be looking for
out there on the backroads of the West

It doesn’t seem like the kind of question
you should ask in a text or a phone call,
but I like to think it’s the wandering
that he has found.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How does this theme appeal to you?
How was the beginning/ending of the poem?

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - draft

About the Author

Region, Country: San Francisco Bay Area - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Bukowski, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Haiku & Harvey Kurtzman (a visual poet, of sorts)

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Lavender

Lavender

2 years 6 months ago

Motorhome

Hello, Michael,
Love the small details that add character and charm to this. Looked up the sites you mention - stunning. This is such a nice picture of the lifestyle of your friend. Seems wherever he goes, he is homeward-bound.
Thank you!
L

Rosewood Apothecary

Rosewood Apothecary

2 years 6 months ago

Stark beauty

The ambiguities here are just the right stuff. I don’t even wanna ruin this moment by typing. We are all wanderers I think.

Tim

Candlewitch

Candlewitch

2 years 6 months ago

dear Michael,

I love your mind, which is always questing and hungry. may you always find beauty in your details!
I was a wanderer much of my life, then I met Steven. now we wander together...

*hugs, Cat

Geezer

Geezer

2 years 6 months ago

Excellent observations...

I'm not sure of how to classify this one, and not sure that I should try. It is just the simple thoughts of an old high school friend and what is he doing out there? What is he looking for, and hoping that he has found it. Nice stuff!
~ Geezer.
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