Shawn L. Bird

Original poetry, commentary, and fiction. All copyrights reserved.

poem- the TransCanada Highway in Vancouver September 24, 2013

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 7:08 am

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(6 km=90 mins.   I hate travelling to Vancouver.)

 

 

36 Responses to “poem- the TransCanada Highway in Vancouver”

  1. syl65's avatar syl65 Says:

    I will stay off the TransCanada highway. Too many trucks:)

    • I’ve decided it will be Lougheed Hwy for me from now on! I don’t mind trucks, I LIVE beside the TCH and have to commute on it for work in the Interior, but no longer to Vancouver. I’ve had too many bad experiences. If it’s 5 laned both sides, I’ll consider it. Until then- alternative routes for me! :-S

  2. keelymyles's avatar keelymyles Says:

    Love your idea here… ❤

  3. Cee's avatar musingsofcee Says:

    This reminds me of my trips to and from Disneyland. There is always traffic.

  4. Maureen Sudlow's avatar kiwiskan Says:

    Looks like the freeway through Auckland in the rush-hour. Very clever

  5. Quest Quilts's avatar deweydecimalsbutler Says:

    Oh my Lawdy! May I please use this for my class?

  6. michael's avatar purple Says:

    I could not see poem as intended BUT my screen reader was absolutely hilarious trying to reaad it !!!

  7. hahaha! Vancouver’s traffic looks a lot like Dallas. You have quite the bootleneck there.

  8. hermitsdoor's avatar hermitsdoor Says:

    Great visual image, stating the obvious indirectly. Guess you had plenty of time to contemplate the idea.
    Oscar

  9. Joel's avatar Joel Says:

    This made me smile. Great idea!

  10. words4jp's avatar words4jp Says:

    thanks for the chuckle!

  11. I’m over on Vancouver Island and prefer the cars over the trucks hehe 🙂

  12. Kavalkade's avatar Kaufman's Kavalkade Says:

    Does your area allow triple lenght trucks hauling trailers? Those things are crazy to pass, hehe.

  13. I thought the use of structure very interesting. New to Word Press, still figuring out how to do things…

    • It doesn’t work properly in all formats unfortunately, but it was fun to do. Concrete poetry is not really ‘in style’ these days, but it is still interesting and reflective.


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