Thisaway, or: Thataway

Runaway,
wayless, makes his
way up dark
areaway - to
stowaway on a
rockaway.

Highwayman in jet
cutaway strolling past purplish
twayblades, reading stolen
waybill, notes blond
wayward
flyaways.

Hereaway’s no place for young
tearaways, he smiles. Well,
leastways we’re both of
waygoing
lifeways.

57 thoughts on “Thisaway, or: Thataway”

1. Love this. It was the first post that showed up in my reader. I mistakenly thought it was from today Mar 3rd. So I wrote a poem from the challenge….a *few* days late.

   The Way

   You may think I’m a wayward soul
   It’s ok
   At times I think so too
    
   Don’t we really all go astray
   While making our way
    
   In this spinning world
   That’s seemingly gone mad
    
   I’ll keep wandering
   Until that day
   I fly far, far away

   1. Tiffany, this is fantastic – do you like poetry prompts in general?

      If so, I highly recommend following the d’Verse poets’ page – they have 3 prompts a week (M/T/Th).

      All best,
      David

      1. David, that is the first time I’ve written a poem from a prompt. I enjoyed reading your poem so I thought I’d give it a try.

         I will start following d’Verse thanks for the tip.

         Blessings,
         Tiffany

         1. Tiffany, I found d’Verse through another poet-blogger, just like you found it through me 😀 – that’s how word gets around!

            Previous to d’Verse, I never wrote in response to prompts, but I’ve been loving it.

            BTW, each post of theirs contains a small white horizontal rectangle called ‘Mr. Linky’ near the end of the post – so once you’ve written a poem, you can click on that, paste in your URL and name, and share it with the rest of the poets.

            it’s a very, very supportive community ❤

            All best,
            David

2. I published one post on my personal blog as a comment linking with this post. Thanks for sharing it.

   1. thank you for your kindness!

      -David

      1. Thanks for your kindness and inspiration. 🙂🙂

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4. Fantastic exploration of “way”. Really makes you think of the history and the definition. Great work!

   1. Thanks, Benjamin❣️

      These d’Verse quadrille prompts always inspire wordplay for me.

      -David

      1. You’re welcome. That’s awesome: inspiration from anywhere inspires others everywhere, I feel.

         1. Careful or I might start quoting your pearls of wisdom!

            1. Haha. You made my day!

5. The way you wrote this using the word ‘way’ was brilliant in every way!

   1. No way! 😀

6. This was is way better.. did I mess? 😅

   1. Nah – you’re not so way out there!

7. That’s the way (I like it)

8. This made me smile. Love the word play here. A weighty way with words you have, my friend!

   1. Thank you very kindly, Lillian!

      -David

9. leastways we’re both of
   waygoing
   lifeways.

   Yes we are all Ben, so we need to find a way to find love and peace in our lifeway. 🙂

   1. ☮️ 💘

10. I like this jolly acid-trip feel, and yes wonderfully wild as usual wordplay. Especially with the photo… What inspired it, besides the challenge?

    1. Thanks, Lia 😀

       Other than the challenge, nothing inspired this – I went through words that include ‘way’, and worked with what I had. With poetic exercises like this, I let the words guide my fingers across the keyboard.

       ❤
       David

       1. Ah lovely, thanks for the bit of process. 😃🙏

11. Waygoing–great word. Ways are flexible. (K)

    1. Always!