Friday afternoon on Labor Day weekend and many folks lines are on getting away. Becca passed the torch to me last week. So here we are a holiday weekend with nothing to do, but to concentrate on haiku. Yeah right. If you can squeeze in some time, please deliver your impression of the getaway. Whether it be a weekend, a vacation, a sabbatical, a pilgrimage. Whatever gives you release when you get away.
GETAWAY. 1: an act or instance of getting away: as . a: escape. b: start. 2: a place suitable for a vacation . 3: a vacation especially of brief duration
Please use 5-7-5 format and as many as you wish. It may break the rules, but I'm not afraid of rhyme. If you care to do so, go ahead. Please do, just be on time. Midnight Pacific is the deadline on Monday Labor Day. And have a safe and happy weekend.
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Holiday weekends
Close to home is where to be
Let others travel
Congrats and have a good weekend.
Good theme, Karl. Have fun with the family at home!
working on this one i like the theme
Bipedal at last!
With crutches and walking boot
I venture outside...
LX: Thanks, you enjoy yours as well.
Foam: It's good to know you're on both feet again. Just don't do too much too fast.
Becca: I'm looking forward to what you come up with.
my entries visuals will be up tomorrow if you would like to see them
red and blue flashes
smell of freedom in the air
fast getaway car
treasures found within
pages crisp as an autumn leaf
escape within book
Narrow rocky trails
crisscross babbling mountain brooks..
....this future must wait...
Breathe it in Slowly
Enjoy the Sweet Salty Air
Daydream Only Now
Freshly Baked Cookies
Little Fingers Creep Up High
Take it Run and Laugh
Hi Karl, great theme. m Been off on a getaway myself, so late joining in. Visual is at http://serendipitouswildmoments.wordpress.com/
Cutthroat
Slick cobble pavement;
treacherous footing -- bear-bait!
But wait; a rise. Strike!
Beautiful trout stream, wall to wall cobbles hemmed in by thick grizzly country on the stream margins, nowhere to walk except the stream. Wild, hard-fighting cutthroat trout. A wonderful place for a quick getaway!
Hey Karl. Just enough time for another submittal. Another visual at Serendipity.
Cool, calm, dark water
reflects a shimmering moon.
A loon’s wild wailing.
Back to the grind tomorrow.
Becca: I knew you wouldn't disappoint me.
Foam: You'll be back to hiking soon. However, I would caution. You should look up: physical therapy for Achilles' tears. The work you put in now, may make hiking easier, later.
Amanda: Welcome to the Korner! Ah yes, cookies and a day the beach. Both are good for generating laughs from gleeful children.
Serendipity: I enjoyed them both. Back to the grind indeed.
All: Thank you for contributing on a busy holiday weekend. I will have a post up soon announcing the winner.
Believe me, Karl. I have been looking up everything I can find on therapy for Achilles' tendon injuries.
For a holiday weekend this is not a bad turnout. Reading these haiku, I now want to drive a fast car while reading and eating cookies on my way to the various sources of wet wilderness to fish and kayak.
I just have the Atlantic.
Karl, despite only a few players, a good variety and difficult choice for you.
Foam, glad to hear the recovery is progressing. My first spot would be no place for a lady in a splint boot, but surely you could kayak by moonlight! Hang in there, tendon do heal, is too slowly for the active.
Andie - *only* the Atlantic...
Becca, I had to be careful what my first car was because of a tendency to listen to a good song on the radio with my foot in the carburetor. Ha.
Amanda, welcome! Those cookies smell wonderful. Not just for little fingers...
The best getaway always takes me out of the house and away from domestic duties that are always calling for attention. This weekend we had the added "entertainment" of watching a small forest fire become a big one - only 13 miles away. Enthralling, scary, breath-taking. The crown fire racing through the trees was raising flames at least 400 feet!! above the 100 foot tall treetops! Astounding any time I have watched this. For anything near that, there is no escape. It is too huge and too fast.
Serendipity
Good evening folks,
The winner has been posted. Thanks to all for coming and playing.
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