Monday, May 11, 2015

The slow reentry

Our cruise vacation in May 2014 from Boston to Quebec City (or rather, the return home from our vacation) spawned this tanka:

 the slow reentry
after a week's vacation
travel clothes
still neatly folded
inside our suitcases 

 —tinywords, March 25, 2015

At Bar Harbor, Maine

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4 comments:

  1. AdelaideMay 11, 2015 at 8:48 PM

    Could have been my suitcase. I always pack more than I use.

    Adelaide

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  2. Jenny Ward AngyalMay 12, 2015 at 9:36 AM

    I like how this captures the feeling of dislocation one experiences on reentry into the 'real' world after being 'away.'

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  3. Wendy BourkeMay 12, 2015 at 1:54 PM

    Unpacking those suitcases is hard ... the act: the final acknowledgment that the vacation is truly at an end, and it's back to the old grind.

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  4. janetldMay 14, 2015 at 4:05 PM

    Thanks, you all. Yeah, what a shock to have to go back to the grind!

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