Download or read book One Truckers Poetry written by Keith Dixon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My book is poetry based on friends, family, And our Lord and Savior. It has all different types of poems. There are serious, funny, family and most of all religious areas in my book. I hope you all enjoy my work. God bless you.

Download or read book Over the Road Truck Driver Poems written by Bill Overmyer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Overmyer drove in military convoys as a contract driver for five years in Iraq. Over The Road Truck Driver Poems is his latest work. These poems highlight the daily trials and tribulations of over the road truck drivers around the world. Bill currently works in the North Dakota oil fields.

Download or read book Poetic Trucker Broken Dreams written by Lance Figgins and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trucking is a lonely life for the trucker, as well as for the family and friends. Lance spent the last year over coming a divorce from a marriage of 22 years, a heart attack, his truck engine blew, and his heart got broken because his choice of employment keeps him on the move and the girl he choose didn't handle it well. His poetry comes from true depths of the pain and stress he experienced this past year. Heart felt and driven by a mind and heart of a guy who works hard and Loves passionately

Download or read book Odes to Certain Interstates written by Howard W. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-09 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book-length poem inspired by the year poet Howard W. Robertson worked as a long-haul truck driver in the American West and British Columbia. While on the road and during pauses at truck stops and rest areas, the author meditates on (among other matters) Kant, the Kalapuyans, Basho, and the "best buffet in the West." In the thirteen parts of this poem, the author uses a refined intelligence to probe the daily intersections of the sacred and banal. --Amazon.com.

Download or read book A Light Worker And Truckers And Other Poems written by Lucy Harvest Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Harvest Clarke's poems move subtly between the world at hand and her own secret world. Armed with a mix of delicate rhythms and arresting variations, each poem feels mysterious, like an unexplained magic trick, always keeping the audience guessing. A Light Worker is a compelling, enigmatic collection which rewards repeated reading.

Download or read book Inspirational Poems from America s Roads written by Ferdinand Rodriguez Sr. and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a semitractor trailer driver, he had the opportunity to see this great country driving throughout the United States and Canada for forty plus years. America is a beautiful land and blessed by God, that's for sure. Coming from New York City, born and raised as a poor boy, he had the opportunity given to him as a truck driver. He loved what he did and also became a trainer of new drivers, thereby giving them the opportunity to become good truckers and enjoy their job. America is truly grand and beautiful, seeing it from a trucker's point of view. You love the job you have and are thankful for your freedom of choice. Silver Eagle wishes you all a safe and great trip.

Download or read book Poems from the Road written by Robert Swanson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems from the Road is a collection of passionate and whimsical expressions of one persons outlook on life. The poems are from the writers heart and mind. They are not contrived or produced. Rather, they have written themselves, flowing from deep within the writer without constraint. These poems were not written to impress but to express, help, and share with other human beings.

Download or read book Behind The Wheel A Trucker s Poetry Book written by Charles Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trucker Favorites written by Thomas L. Hakes and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Night Truck Driver written by Marcin Świetlicki and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rebel "outsider" poet reflects on life, evil, love, and death, while "observing the advance of darkness."

Download or read book A Poet Drives a Truck written by Lowell Levant and published by University of Akron Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lowell A. Levant had the twin vocations of poet and truck driver. He rose to prominence in Berkeley in the '60's as a member of the Artists, Musicians, Poets, and Sympathizers Local of the I.W.W., whose work was collected in Poems Read in the Spirit of Peace and Gladness. Readers will notice four main qualities of his poems. First, as observed by his mentor, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder, there is "... the complex depth of his writing about work, machinery, trucks, equipment, repair, maintenance---all in a deceptively slightly befuddled voice that masks the surprising competence of what's being actually done." Second, there is attunement with nature, characteristic of "Deep Ecology" poetry. Third, there is music, which he also created when he played a Jew's harp, sang, or strummed his guitar. Finally, Lowell's poetry often took the form of the unfiltered, unfettered, free-associative declarations of the Beat Poets of his time, particularly those of Allen Ginsberg, whom Lowell admired.

Download or read book Highway Madness the Plain Truth written by Terrance T. Maddox and published by . This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I had planned to write a few poems, and send them and slogans in to the (ATA) American Trucking Association, or maybe the (NSC) National Safety Council but all that changed and turned into this book. I sincerely hope you enjoy and benefit from it. If you get even one-half of the safety tips and use them in everyday life I will feel I have succeeded in my goal for writing this book. I feel this book will open the eyes of a lot of drivers, just knowing the hazards so you can avoid them while youre traveling. Some of the poems contained in this book have a few paragraphs of inspiration. I did not write this book to downgrade or offend anyone. If any part of this book hits home with you, then that probably was its meaning. I wrote this book hoping to share knowledge with everyone concerned. I think everyone should know the plain truth about highway hazards. So, enter my world, and I hope that you get as much enjoyment out of reading it as I had in writing it! Before I started driving tractor\trailers, I didnt know anything about them. I knew they were big, and as a kid I guess I had my share of encouraging truckers to blow the big truck air horns! (From the back seat of my mothers car.) It would tickle me to excitement, the louder the horn, the more excited I became. Then I heard my first train horn on a big truck I was so excited I almost wet my pants! This was about as good as it gets!! As an over-the-road truck-driver, I have been operating a commercial vehicle for many, many years. In these years of driving, I have seen drivers do things that were so incredibly stupid, childish and irresponsible that I am still amazed!Now, to define the word DRIVER, in this book it would be anyone who operates a motor vehicle of any kind; whether car, truck, motorcycle, etc.Everyone on the road, and even some that are not, are subject to hazards from the highway. You do not have to be a driver to become part of a highway catastrophe. Accidents happen everyday involving innocent people such as construction workers, roadside mowers, even people working in their own yards and children playing outside.I could go on and on!No one seems to be safe anymore from hazards of the highways. On, how we all like to live in the fast lane, and wed all like to be where were going before even getting into our vehicle. However, it just doesnt work that way. There is only one way to get where you are going, and that consists of traveling time. One way or the other, whatever mode you get, you will have to travel!Traveling is as safe as we allow it to be. We are in control of our own safety, as well as others in our charge.Safety is controlled by the mind of each person. It is up to you to make the right decisions.Here are a few ideas that have helped me along the way: Above all, keep your eyes on the road, always be alert, this is the number one key to safety. This is very important as your surroundings could change without notice. Secondly, drive defensively. Do not assume that everyone sees you! Always keep a good distance between you and the vehicle in front of you. Never over-ride your stopping distance. You never know when the only option you have is to stop! You can never predict what hazards await you, minutes even seconds, down the road.People, you need to get your minds out of the gutter, and put them back on the road where they belong. The highway is a killer, but as long as you are focused on the road,then its mainly someone elses bad judgment or stupidity that could cause you to be injured or killed. By being focused at all times you will have the advantage over others carelessness. You could possibly react quickly enough to avoid, or prevent an accident.Now, you just took a crash course on highway safety. I really hope you will practice these methods of safe driving. It will pay off for everyone that participates. There are things I see on a daily basis that tell professional driverswatch-out, youre dealing with a person sporting a low I.Q.!Here are some of the acts I am referring to as Rush Hour Traffic:Women putting on make-up while driving, laptop computers being used by drivers, and especially now, the cell phone users. If you are one of these peopleplease, you cannot operate a motor vehicle safely and do this! YOU ARE A HAZARD TO THE HIGHWAY! GET WITH THE PROGRAM, PEOPLE! Why do you gamble with your lives, and the lives of others, this way? Do you have a will? Are you secure that upon your death, everything will be handled the way you planned? Are your children going to be taken care of? All these factors should be considered. You could just simply protect yourself by participating in the game of ACCIDENT PREVENTION, and greatly reduce your risk of having an accident.If everyone could see it the way I see it, the picture would be perfectly clearand speaking of perfectly clear, another hazard lies within inches of your face. Your windshield and side windows need to be kept clean as much as possible. The least bit of dirt glares against the sun, or headlights, and impairs your vision. Anytime your vision is impaired, YOU ARE A HAZARD TO THE HIGHWAY!!Maintenance is another key factor to safe operation. You should maintain your vehicle by having the correct amount of air pressure in the tires. If you are not sure what this should be have a professional check your tires. Its a good idea, especially for non-mechanics, to have your cars oil changed at a place where they check all the fluids, air pressure in tires, etc. Many of these places will show you exactly what to do when checking for yourself. Another matter of great importance is your lights, headlights, brake, rear and turn signal lights, or commercial lights, all lights should be checked regularly. You want to know whos on the highway with you and they need to see you also. If your vision is impaired by weather during the day, turn on your lights, especially during rain, sleet, snow or fog. Even if you can still see, someone else may not be able to see you! Think of it as the lighthouse in the storm, leading the ships to the shore, its a beacon for safety. Another dangerous thing to watch for is the mist from underneath a commercial\ tractor-trailer. Believe me, I know this can blind you for a few seconds; this is enough time to drift into another lane of traffic and have an accident. The truck driver may not be able to see you either and could even cause you to run off the road, maybe even kill you because he never saw you coming! YOU ARE A HAZARD TO THE HIGHWAY WITH IMPAIRED VISION!One of the biggest hazards on the road, and with all due respect to the Professional Driver, is a tractor\trailer. These vehicles by law (in most states) are allowed a maximum weight of 80,000 pounds; this is 40 tons coming at you! This kind of weight rolling down the highway at 60+ miles per hour is a fatal attraction. What if the driver did not inspect his vehicle and there was a major problem just looking for a place to happen? Every time you get close to a tractor\trailer and ride next to him in one spot for more than ten seconds, you are bringing on a hazard yourself. Now, Im not telling you this to scare you, but if it does, that means you didnt realize the hazard. In this book are FACTS, things mentioned in plain terms, telling you the truth about our highways and their hazards. Well, enough about that. Now, what I was sayingI knew they (the big rigs) were big, heavy, and intimidating! Thats not even the half of it, now that Ive experienced it first hand. A poorly maintained vehicle of any kind is a hazard to the highway but a tractor\trailer, even empty could weigh 20,000 to 40,000 pounds. This can be rolling death if poorly maintained! Now, more than 80% of the defects on a tractor-trailer are hidden. They have to be found by the driver during his inspections. And, unless the driver has done a thorough inspection, something

Download or read book Life Threatening Poetry Across America written by D. Forbes and published by One Hundred Poems. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a selection of one hundred poems written by a twenty-two-year-old British bloke during his five-month meandering journey hitchhiking across the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific during the spring and summer of 1979. A trip during which the writer sold well over 1000 original, individual poems written on the spot for one dollar each; poems of every imaginable type and subject, and to every imaginable type of person: policemen, sex partners, truck drivers, housewives and children - even a man who tried to rob him... even to a Jehovah Witness!

Download or read book The Pushcart War written by Jean Merrill and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best book about politics ever written for children." —The Washington Post 50th Anniversary Edition, now in paperback DO YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE PUSHCART WAR? THE REAL HISTORY? It’s a story of how regular people banded together and, armed with little more than their brains and good aim, defeated a mighty foe. Not long ago the streets of New York City were smelly, smoggy, sooty, and loud. There were so many trucks making deliveries that it might take an hour for a car to travel a few blocks. People blamed the truck owners and the truck owners blamed the little wooden pushcarts that traveled the city selling everything from flowers to hot dogs. Behind closed doors the truck owners declared war on the pushcart peddlers. Carts were smashed from Chinatown to Chelsea. The peddlers didn’t have money or the mayor on their side, but that didn’t stop them from fighting back. They used pea shooters to blow tacks into the tires of trucks, they outwitted the police, and they marched right up to the grilles of those giant trucks and dared them to drive down their streets. Today, thanks to the ingenuity of the pushcart peddlers, the streets belong to the people—and to the pushcarts. The Pushcart War was first published more than fifty years ago. It has inspired generations of children and been adapted for television, radio, and the stage around the world. It was included on School Library Journal’s list of One Hundred Books That Shaped the Twentieth Century, and its assertion that a committed group of men and women can prevail against a powerful force is as relevant in the twenty-first century as it was in 1964.

Download or read book Riding the One eyed Ford written by Diane Burns and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trucker written by Jane Stern and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1975 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MPD - No Info

Download or read book One for the Road written by Emily Nash and published by Xlibris UK. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There here writes a poet Miss Nash, some poems she had in a stash. Fun for you kids and adults as well, be moved and amused by the stories they tell. Some are funny, be sure they all rhyme with pictures, cartoonish, to capture your time. You won't find a pantoume or kennings or ode but this little book is one for the road!