Appointment at nine,
Trolley moves at sluggish pace
-morning traffic jam.
Copyright 2009
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Was featured at The Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain, February 13-14, 2009
Poetry Philosophy Reflections Essays
Edward S. Gault
About me
- Edward S Gault
- Forest River Creations Fine Arts Photography, Digital Art, Boston Ma.
Burned Out Church Window
Was featured at The Footlight Club in Jamaica Plain, February 13-14, 2009
Recommended Books for Liberals during the 2016 Election and Beyond
- The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman (Just Out!)
- Moral Politics by George Lakoff
- Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
- The Upside Down World: A Primer for the looking Glass World by Eduardo Galeano
- Hegomony and Survival by Noam Chomsky
- What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank
- Listen Liberal by Thomas Frank
- Democracy, Equality, and Justice by John E. Hill
- A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
- The People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- The Trial by Franz Kafka
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand
- Homage to Catalonia By George Orwell
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Up From Liberalism by William F. Buckley
- The Conservative Reader edited by Russell Kirk (out of print, but possibly available at your Library)
- Socrates Cafe by Christopher Phillips
- Six Questions of Socrates by Christopher Phillips
- Autobiography of Ghandi
- The Bible (Yes-the whole thing!)
- U.S. Constitution
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Bill of Rights
- The Federalist Papers by Jay, Madison, and Hamilton
- The Republic by Plato
- The Prince by Machiavelli
Recomended websites and blogs
- Forest River Creations (website)
- Amnesty International U.S.A.
- Amputated Moon
- Artspan
- Chad Parenteau-Poet For Hire (Blog)
- Chad Parenteau-Poet For Hire (Website)
- Cafe Writing
- Cellas Round Trip
- Crowned With Laurels
- Eden Waters Press
- Forest River Creations (Blog)
- Firmly Rooted
- Free Poems
- Great Books Foundation
- Marc D. Goldfinger
- Coleen T. Houlihan
- Gordon Marshall
- Mandy's Meanderings
- Mosaic Commons Cohousing
- Ryk McIntyre
- Moveon.org
- Knocking From The Inside
- One Single Impression
- Out of the Blue Art Gallery
- Poets Who Blog
- Poetry at the Cantab Lounge
- Poem Poem Poem
- Poets and Writers Registry
- ReadWritePoem
- Rachel Hartley Smith
- Shakespeare's Monkeys (Stephan Anstey)
- Society for Philosophical Inquiry (Socrates Cafe)
- Spoonful Journal
- Sqwauk Coffee House
- Lynne Sticklor (The Prize Lady)
- Stone Soup Poetry
- Elaine Tabios
- Ian Thal
- Maureen Thorson
- Afaa Michael Weaver
- Wordless Wednesday
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- O Muse, Hear my Cry!
- Saved By A Child!
- Gossip
- Homecoming
- Happy Valentines Day 2009
- Andy's T ShirtEdward S. Gault's Stone Soup Poetry ...
- Family Commute
- Funny Face, I Love You!
- Winds Of Change
- Murphy's Haiku #52
- Choices!
- Fast Go and Slow Mo
- Faith Tested
- Through The Valley Of Death.
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18 comments:
Perfect verse for slowly Edward. I've been in many in my working life.
Retirement is nice! I move slowly by my own pace now.
Thank you for bringing memories.
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I feel the anxiety, waiting in this traffic Edward. I go to great lengths to avoid peak-traffic!
It is hard to keep an appointment when caught in heavy traffic.
I always like to try and leave early ...just in case of the unseen.
Now that I rely on others to get me to my doctor appointments...I remind them to come a bit early.
I hate to be late.
'Tis always the way. Traffic only seems clear when you're in no hurry.
The "will we ever get there" feeling is always followed immediately by "no, I won't." Beautifully understated, Edward.
I hate traffic jams, and it always seem worst when you got an IRS audit, and don't want to be late.
When you're late, it is difficult to appreciate what is going on around you. You did a great job. I could see the trolley moving and all of the traffic at a stop, tail pipes steaming.
This reminds me of your Murphy's series!!
Can't we all relate to this, one way or another. I want my wait to be like Jim's...I want to be caught in the crux of...what will I watch poke its little head out of the earth today--crocus or dandelion. You know, that kind of traffic jam of consciousness.
Thanks for this nice haiku, Edward.
Some mornings I am my very own, personal traffic jam.... this says more than is written!
The perfect title for this wonderful haiku.
so frustrating! i definitely know this feeling.
The collision of slow versus fast ... definitely will create a jam :)
Excellent, JP/deb
Perfect for this prompt!
It's the 'hurry up and wait' syndrome for sure. Great haiku!
I feel for the despair of those stuck in a slow motion they can do nothing to speed up.
Yup..I try to avoid this! I've never been a morning person- (navigating)that is?
Loved it, edward. It is so relatable..
slowly building it up
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