Night Driving

just impressions of the highway at night

A melody forms from the voice using a calliope of words

Sounds plucked from fresh strings providing

a screaming couch to the voice's song

Ahead, orange and black scream 

warning to my eyes, slow, 45...

cars whiz around me;

 dolphins playing with the whale.

I move in heavy speed

screaming along with the tires

and the song.

Author's Note

photo by Scott Bradford "Off on a Tangent" http://www.scottbradford.us/files/2008/06/night-highway.jpg

Reviews

[Vikrantsingh]

Amazing narration... Mark, Speed limit - 45 and those last stanza Wow!
I move in heavy speed
screaming along with the tires
and the song.

Simply amazing share Mark :)
- Singh :)

[Mark]

Thank you my friend :)

[Vikrantsingh]

Welcome Mark :)

[Kristin Lee]

Interesting how a variation of "scream" appears in each stanza. Almost as if to say you are screaming through the night. Well done.

[Oceana]

You painted a picture of how I've always seen the road as a passenger with, "dolphins playing with the whale." This was great, thank you!

[Rosalind Gale]

This is a lovely lyrical, cool evening loneliness to it, like a song in my head, too.
-x-

[Mark]

Could it be? You hear the same song as me?! Lol thanks for reading hon

[Archangel Gabriel]

Expressive write from one who knows!

[Mark]

Thanks for reading and your praise Gab :)

[eglantine]

This seems like only a small chunk of a larger poem. It'd be cool to actually write a tangent, to go along with the title of the photograph (nice pic btw). A stream of consciousness, thought.

[Mark]

Thanks e. If it comes to me I'll write it.

[Mark]

or... if you got some inspiration... ? :)

[Zahra]

Really creative, I liked the imagery, very nice, well written piece.

[Leslie Philibert]

Like this, and the soul of poetry, turning epiphanies through talent into poetry..well done