Image: Arrival day, dust storm on Forrest Fest Eve

 

16.04.2015 – 75) 6:30 am the air’s warm

But chance of a rain storm

Knowin’ it might be comin’ I’ll be ready,

Then take it steady

So I’m on my way,

Day breakin’ I can see ahead clouds of grey

But not for long they soon passed along

Grey turns to blue sun comes out to shine, my drive starts goin’ fine

To the East rain clouds were seen, pools of water where they’d been

Like the sky had been cryin’ now they’re dryin,

So enjoy the drive, see the roadside flowers come alive

An’ take the time, at journeys end capture it all in rhyme

 

76) Headin’ for Lamesa, on the Panhandle Plain you’d find me

Also on the road were Thom and Bob

Maybe a couple of hours behind me

I woke when the birds were callin’ early start no time for stallin’

Roads quiet I was in luck no gettin’ stuck

Behind slow car or even slower truck

Now in Lamesa a cup of coffee’s just the job

An’ I’ll sit an’ wait for Thon and Bob

 

77) Long journey, inspiration for rhyme, an it’s also music time

Listen to whatever I choose, Gospel, Country or Blues

Of stations a choice, can listen to instrumental or singin’ voice

So whether I’m a poet or a peasant

It makes the journey much more pleasant

An’ as long as other drivers ain’t to rude

I’m sure I’ll arrive in a good an’ happy mood

 

78) Last KPET promo done now

Head to Darla’s for some good ol’ Texas chow

So good you wouldn’t believe, the ideal start for Forrest Fest Eve

Still hot sky still blue, the welcome here warm too

Then something’ surprising, big grey cloud on the horizon

Now thunders rollin’ across the plain, air coolin’ bringin’ threat of rain

Wind’s pitchin’ up as is the norm we’re lookin’ at another dust storm

But the evenin’s still long so let’s get on with the poetry an’ song

 

79) Wind dropped, dust storm stopped

On the porch we sit about,

Cos’ the thunder an’ lightenin’s taken the electricity out

An without light, I can’t write

So I’m outside this evenin’ time An yes I’m composin’ another rhyme