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Holiday (or – stop moaning ya daft bugger and get on wi' it)

Every day is not

everyday

Real, unreal,

more real, less real.

Mountain heights, wonderful sights

Making love with Mother Nature.

Enjoying her feast for eye and mind,

just today by a sparkling stream,

a chance to dream.

The sea is seen

 

and

 

The scene is seen,

the obscene is seen,

gaping in galleries,

musing in museums,

boggling at buildings,

sitting in cities,

increasing creasing,

getting rumpled, crumpled,

jaundiced, the jaunt's not jaunty.

Chewed

not refreshed or renewed.

The meal hamster wheel,

menus and venues,

stomach and head overload,

road overload,

introvert overload

load upon load.

 

Wining and dining, drinking and thinking

Gawking and talking, too much walking,

tiring and retiring

early, to strange bed

in strange town

in strange country

 

Strange planet.

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Isobel

Thu 16th Sep 2010 22:33

Holidays can be exhausting - can't they? You should try it with a young pack in tow - it takes it all to a new level. Nice one. x

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Thu 16th Sep 2010 20:38

Really good, Dave. When are you finding time to string all these thoughts together? As Deborah says, a great poetry diary. Like Byron's? :)

Deborah Jordan Bailey

Thu 16th Sep 2010 19:52

I really like this Dave, i can relate to all the new experiences feeling like an overload and it's good to read about them knowing you're still there,experiencing it all rather than back and recollecting the details.Like a live poetry travel journal,kind of thing : ) Debz xx

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Andy N

Wed 15th Sep 2010 13:26

clever stuff, Dave.. Enjoyed this... you work the ending really well! Top one! A

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Cate Greenlees

Wed 15th Sep 2010 12:55

Love this one Dave. I take it you`re having a hectic time on your tour!
Reminds me of my India trip, I was on the go all the time and wonderful though it was, it was also one of the most exhausting hols Id ever undertaken.
Hope your having a good time and come back enthused to write more!
Cate xx

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Marianne Louise Daniels

Wed 15th Sep 2010 12:18

Ha ha! Excellent! puts me to shame.

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