FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: REMEMBER WHEN Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words remember and/or when, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on April 19th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Remember When will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Carl Stilwell AKA CaLoki

HITTIN’ ANOTHER ROAD WITH JACK


I remember when me 

and Johnny Cash 

were traveling on this 

long, winding, narrow 

Winnemac road 

in a Winnebago borrowed 

from Hank Snow 

and driven by 

Jack Kerouac who asked me 

if I seen a road so winding, 

narrow and long

And I said, 

“Are you kiddin’ me, 

Buddy-ro? 

I’ve traveled every road 

in this here land.”


I’ve been everywhere, 

man

Crossed the desert bare, 

man

I’ve breathed the mountain air, 

man

Of travel I’ve had my share, 

man

I’ve been everywhere 


I’ve been to

Bree, Zenith, Easy Street,

East of Eden,

Ur, Assur, Brigadoon

Xanadu

Wynken, Blynken and Nod,

Casterly Rock

Omigod!


I’ve been everywhere, 

man

Crossed the desert bare, 

man

I’ve breathed the mountain air, 

man

Of travel I’ve had my share, 

man

I’ve been everywhere 


I’ve been to

Cheers, Whoville, Pleasantville, 

Margaritaville,

Qarth, South Park, Payton Place

Blackwater Bay,

Bree, Zenith, Nephtali,

Gotham City,

what a pity

 

I’ve been everywhere, 

man

Crossed the desert bare, 

man

I’ve breathed the mountain air, 

man

Of travel I’ve had my share, 

man

I’ve been everywhere


I’ve been to

Zoar, Sodom, Gomorrah, 

The Iron Islands,

Gog, Magog, Megiddo,

Armageddon,

Vale, Westview, Bates Motel, 

Rivendell

What the hell!


I’ve been everywhere, 

man

Crossed the desert bare, 

man

I’ve breathed the mountain air, 

man

Of travel I’ve had my share, 

man

I’ve been everywhere


I’ve been to

Oz, Asgard, Mount Olympus,

Kingdom of the North, 

Pyke, Old Wyk, Iron Islands,

Gilligan’s Island,

Tyre, The Shire, Issachar,

Galactic Empire 

Great balls of Fire!


I’ve been everywhere, 

man

Crossed the desert bare, 

man

I’ve breathed the mountain air, 

man

Of travel I’ve had my share, 

man

I’ve been everywhere  


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