Saturday, September 05, 2015

TWO TRAVELERS MEET-- IN THE WILD

EACH CURIOUS 'BOUT THE STRANGER'S STYLE;
AND WISHING TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER KNEW,
 DID A DOUBLE INTERVIEW.
BOTH BLOGGERS AND POETS, IN THEIR PRIME,
 ASKED AND ANSWERED ALL IN RHYME.
Meet Kim of Kimbo Polo
Travels the land alone and solo
Surprise! She wants to question me.
So we settle beneath my awning tree.
Turn by turn we answer and  ask
'bout things beneath the other's mask:
How nice to chat with a PHD
Hobnob with someone smarter than me


Kim:    well Randy--what did you do today?
Randy:  I blogged and blogged the day away.
            Writing my posts gives me reasons why
            I don't park my rig, lay down and die.
          
           What's your motive for writing your thing?
Kim:    Just the sheer joy that a blog can bring  
           I have this urge to write and write
           forever waiting for the muse to bite.



Randy: Well now you are a thing that's new;
           So today I think I'll blog about you.



Kim:   That might please your readers no end.
          but in those photos--make me look thin?

          And I think I'll also blog about you.
          Tell me your goals and what you do?



Randy: I write poems and travel to the new.
           Now tell me your goals and what you do.



Kim:   My needs are small, my goals are few:
          go round the bend---admire the view.

          You've been free for so long now,
          share with me the why, the how.



Randy:I had a good mind--never found where it fit;
          I'm a nobody---making-- the best of it.

          But you've climbed the heights of academe;
          can you find contentment in a drifter's dream?



Kim:  Contentment's  mine on the open roads;
          "afoot lighthearted"---you know how that goes.

          Would you ever settle down;  cease to roam?
          maybe build a fence 'round an earthbound home?



Randy:I've made my gypsy bed---now I
          will mosey 'round until I die.

          Does moving moving--on the whole
          polish your manner, your mind, your soul?



Kim:  All of the above, I guess
          since I pulled away from a life of stress.

          You think as we keep wandering this way
          we become more polished day by day?



Randy: Yes, -- like rocks tumbling downstream;
            the bump and bumble makes us glisten and gleam.

            Since those you meet are mostly strangers
            do you give much thought to risk and dangers?



Kim:    Stepping away from the TV news
           for good and forever changed my views.
           I find decent people whever I go.
           Don't you also find this so?



Randy: Yes, I find goodwill---up and down;
            seems every new place is Mayberry town.

            But tell me how you choose where to go
            and what's the sweetest places you know?



Kim:    Trip planning is my favorite art---
            I open my map--then open my heart.

            What guides you in your nomad style?
            what experiences do you find worthwhile?



Randy:  By far the richest thing I do:
            engaging folks the likes of you.
       
Kim:     Well this has been great; I love to talk deep,
             but I have promises to keep.


Randy:  The pleasures' been mine--thanks a heap;
             I have miles to go before I sleep.


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10 comments:

  1. "Stepping away from the TV news
    for good and forever changed my views."

    Amen.

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  2. Wonderful poem, I smiled and chuckled all the way thru, and then PDF'ized it for my desktop so I can smile and chuckle again and again and again during my travels. Thank you for this gem :)

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  3. Really nice, Randy.
    "Stepping away from the TV news".
    She left behind all the "Dirty Laundry" that the Eagles sang of.

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  4. wandering freely
    out-ward and in-
    we discover ourselves
    and encounter our kin

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  5. Around a bend
    you find a new friend
    Never would meet
    on a city street.

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  6. Thank you Jo---you've captured the gist
    of the joy and value this lifestyle consist.
    may your 12 words bring you fame.
    God bless you and your lovely name.

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  7. Thank you Dragonfly
    What you say is true.
    Someday I hope to look up
    and standing there is you!

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  8. Anonymous6:28 AM

    Absolutely wonderful!

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  9. it is very nice post!

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