"V" Is For Vacation - Alphabe Thursday, June 17, 2010
“V” is for vacation,
And I wish that I could say,
I was printing out a boarding pass,
And heading on my way!
I’ve done a lot of travel,
To places far and near,
But I feel a bit woebegone,
I’m staying home this year!
Last year, I went to Rome,
And cruised to Monaco,
And feasted on great seafood,
Everywhere I'd go!
The Coliseum, Rome, Italy
The harbor of Monte Carlo, Monaco
Grilled squid, Split, Croatia
Sensoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan
I’ve been to far Japan,
A land of sights serene,
Such history and culture,
In settings most pristine.
Hawaii, with its islands,
Has often welcomed me,
I’d love to feel its tradewinds,
While I rest beside the sea.
While I rest beside the sea.
India is always in my heart,
Since my visit long ago,
A country of countless contrasts,
That left me all aglow.
I’m blessed with many memories,
To sustain me when I’m home,
Since retirement and my budget,
No longer let me roam!
Carmen Henesy
Copyright (c) 2010 by Carmen Henesy
All rights reserved.
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a wonderful take on the theme!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful place and amazing sharing dear. I've started feeling hungry.
ReplyDeleteWonderfully poetic post today. Excellent read and with such smooth rhythmic rhyme.
ReplyDeleteThanks for popping by yesterday, I'm trying to catch up with all my visitors this morning. The baby turtle release was a grand success...I'll have photos of this event next week on my blog.
Having been all my life a stay-at-home dummy, fearful of risking moving far away, I only dream of those places you've been and wish to visit.
ReplyDeleteI DO look at cities like Budapest, Amsterdam, Cairo, (only a recent fantasy) Madrid. I have traveled my own U.S., but what a world there is to learn in being out IN the world. And what delights are waiting, to be immersed in different cultures. Oh, if life were only to last a few more decades...I would begin NOW! TODAY!
Love your blog and your travelogue!
fabulous poem! absolutly love it! :)
ReplyDeleteI love your poems! This was a wonderful way for you to share your adventures and observations with us.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, Carmen and you know I love that
ReplyDeleteSensoji temple, it is exquisite.
Carmen, this is a fantastic stop on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's letter "V"!
ReplyDeleteYour poetry is always so wonderful.
Your words combined with the pictures made me feel like I was on a virtual vacation!
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Love your photos and the poem. Good *V* contribution.
ReplyDeleteYou have some wonderful memories of all these places.
I don't really want to leave my rabbit this year. How daft is that?
Maggie X
Nuts in May
travel makes us more interesting....and able to compose poems that are heartfelt and meaningful....love it!
ReplyDeletewhat a blessed lady you are, to have been so many places. Still doesn't help that urge to go tho, does it?
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I love your poem and your photos ... lucky you to have seen the sights that you have seen ... hmmm, that came off awkward sounding ... but lucky you and thanks for sharing photos so we can experience it vicariously!
ReplyDeleteThat was a fantastic poem and what beautiful pictures of the many places you've been. Ugh, I don't know about that squid though lol. Great V post.
ReplyDeleteWell you can just enjoy the feeling you got when in those beautiful places... next trip should be the Canaries!
ReplyDeleteI'll be here waiting for you!
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Oh, the places you have seen! I wish I was planning a vacation too. Maybe next year.
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A good poem. But I feel bad that you can't do the thing you love. The good thing is that until you can travel again you have very good memories of all the other times.
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Kids keep me grounded but I hope to one day travel again. Your poem made me thing back at my own experiences. I believe everyone should travel and experience somewhere different even if only once.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad you cannot travel this year, but wonderful how you use the memories of your previous vacations.
ReplyDeleteGood verses. I have seen some of those places but not Japan, and not this year. I go back to my pictures and relive some of my past travels. Staycations can be fun too:
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Wonderful. With seven days of work, surely felt. And yes, it is indeed many times the best of place, staying home. Please have a wonderful start into the weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis is why its so important to travel when you have the opportunity. I have my list I look back on, too.
ReplyDeleteWe are not traveling this year either, although our destinations have never been this exotic :) What wonderful memories you must have. We will get to sneak in a little water time on the Texas coast, but it will be a "busman's holiday", as we will be working an outdoor art festival. But I say time on the coast working is better than time inland not working! Kathy
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and poetry! What wonders you have seen and even though this year you may not travel far...next year may be another travel adventure to add to your list. :o)
ReplyDeleteBlessings & Aloha!
Hope your family's father's day was an awesome one :o)
Still trying to get to more "V" posts!