Driving Song
Stan Galloway's most recent poem to appear here was Sable Dress, published as part of Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags in December 2011.
Driving Song
By Stan Galloway
I hear our song on the radio
and the highway blurs,
a wash of blue and green,
and I'm leaning on a shoulder
that's not yours
and I'm feeling all the rain
that's falling seven states away.
Traveling without you
makes a minor tune a major ache
that urges me to love and hate that song—
the only pleasure knowing
that the road will sing much better
when I drive it backward.
and the highway blurs,
a wash of blue and green,
and I'm leaning on a shoulder
that's not yours
and I'm feeling all the rain
that's falling seven states away.
Traveling without you
makes a minor tune a major ache
that urges me to love and hate that song—
the only pleasure knowing
that the road will sing much better
when I drive it backward.
Posted by Annmarie at 1/6/2012 1:03 AM 
Categories: today's words
Tags: Stan Galloway driving song love distant
Categories: today's words
Tags: Stan Galloway driving song love distant
Wonderful visual with this poem...
Who hasn't listened to a song on the radio and had that experience in some way.
Lovely! A human experience...
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