express take-out
all the way home
nothing but red lights
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Lesley Anne Swanson
Lesley Anne Swanson strives to write musically, using words and images that linger, especially when read aloud. In 2016 her work was honored with the top award of the Japan Tanka Poets Society.
She lives in eastern Pennsylvania.
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express take-out
all the way home
nothing but red lights
—LESLEY ANNE SWANSON
Ah, the quick and the slow!
Neat poem, and gosh, that timing, it's either all green lights or mostly, or ALL red ones!
express take-out
all the way home
nothing but red lights
—LESLEY ANNE SWANSON
Ah, the quick and the slow!
Neat poem, and gosh, that timing, it's either all green lights or mostly, or ALL red ones!
Darn it!
warm regards,
Alan
Hi Alan, thanks!
Amen!
Commentary on our current times. We all want to get out of it fast, but are "red-lighted" at our home address. Love it, Lesley!
Excellent poem.
B+D+N+T