Image: Summed up in one word "Home"

27.04.2015 – 134) Lightnin’ flashin’ a rumbling sound

Strong wind blowin’, rain hittin’ the ground

Coming down in a torrent, to some most abhorrent

To some grand, increased water supply irrigates the land

I’m listenin’ through the window the rains glistenin’

In the glow of a nearby floodlight

An’ I’m hopin’ it won’t last long an affect ...

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Image: I-37 from Live Oak County Rest Area

26.04.2015 – 129) From the hotel I’m about to alight

An’ I see to my delight

Breakfast room open so breakfast I’ll take

Means I’ve one les break to take

Perfect start to the day,

An’ take some fruit to eat on the way

Car stowed now hit the road

It’s northwards again I go an’ once again with a John Wayne “Yo”

130) Radio...

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Image: The hotel car park, the morning after the thunderstorm.

24.04.2015 – 113) Last night on opening night

There was lightenin’ flashin’, thunder crashin’

Rain fallin’ but for us there was no stallin’

Reading as one, we’d all done

So takin’ the road that led

To the hotel and bed

It was still rainin’ but I wasn’t complainin’

I’d had a great time sharing my rhyme

No...

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Image: Receiving my copy of the RVIPF anthology ,

Boundless on opening night from founder Daniel Garcia Ordaz

23.04.2015 – 110) Sun poets last night,

As usual a great delight

Perfect end to the day,

Listenin’ to what other poets had to say

An’ the guy who said it was his first time

In front of the mic doin’ his rhyme

He made a start reciting from the heart

He was go...

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Image: Reciting at Sun Poets, San Antonio

22.04.2015 – 107) Austin Wildlife Rescue my last day

I’m here for the morning then I’m away

Like as such I’ll not take on too much

It’ wouldn’t be fun, leavin’ the job half done

So I’ll to the raccoon room head,

Get the little possums changed and fed

Takin’ pride, workin with care I’m doin it

The last time so I don’t want to ru...

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Image: A good reason for keeping Austin Weird

20.04.2015 – 102)

I thought I’d take a break from my roam

And catch up on the news back home

I log on to facebook to find

A cowardly act of the most despicable kind

By a rich African family it took some beating

They shot an elephant while it was eating

Posing at the site of their sin, on each face a stupid grin

A picture...

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Image: Classic car seen on the way back to Austin

19.04.2015 - 97) Another mornin’ an’ it’s still dark,

I’m leavin’ the motel car park

Eastern horizon hue, said “sunup weren’t due”

I can’t delay, got a long way to go today

Down the road I’m goin’ music on the radio flowin’

Now they day’s breakin’ good progess I’m makin

Runnin’ down the 87 runnin’ in another country music ...

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Image: A classic example of Austin humour

05/04/15 - 24) Disembarkation,

Then to Customs and Immigration

Scan you passport and four fingers

Answer four questions, it's quick, nobody lingers

Bag collected passport stamped an I'm away

To  "Welcome back Sir have a nice day".

25)  They said the car was small, the smallest of the range

Would I like to pay a bit more fo...

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Image: Manchester Airport used this year as last year I was sent out from there due to LBA cancellation, much quicker and I arrived in Austin in daylight, the first poem in this section was written there too..

04/04/2015 - 13) Journey here ok, not too taxin'

Now sittin' relaxin'

Eatery sought, coffee bought

For breakfast waitin' this poem I'm creatin'

Todays' first score hopefu...

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