Very interesting! That picture I assume is the inside of a slide? It's really cool.

Each of those poems are nice, and many I can relate to all too well. Good old family arguments that you aren't in the middle of yet you get all the stress by listening in... The empty nest you won't have for quite some time with the youngest, but I come home to a quiet house all the time. Often too quiet...

Long distance relationships, geez I don't miss those... And driving to Florida I must confess I've never done, only flown. Right now I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the state. I had my share of hurricanes in my years living in the Caribbean.

Great poems! How are you doing?