I include below a section reproduced from the jacket cover of the book. It may help to put John Powls’ current work into perspective. Today, below that, I give one more poem from John’s ‘ROUTE 66’ Odyssey.
VEGAS
Las Vegas, Nevada
Kitsch and culture
Fries and fine
Dining
Aircon chill and
Burning strip
Daylight and daynight
Huge inside
Reduced outside
Rational and rash
What more
Can I tell you
About Vegas
Except
A little
Light headed at
Last leg looming
It was where
I cashed in
The faithful
Grey SUV
My prairie rolling
Forest forging
Canyon crawling
Covered wagon
And put it all
On red
The colour
Of Lady Luck
Lipstick and Louboutins
Cliché but not cheap
A carmine
Chevy Camaro
Convertible
And the top down
High rolling
Desert scorch
Dragging Main
To California
Says it all
Really
Images … Carol Ballenger/Google Earth
The full title of the book is ‘ROUTE 66 : OPEN ROAD FOR PROMISELAND’ … ISBN 978 1 906690 64 7
Copyright John Powls – Poems 2016
Copyright Carol Ballenger – Images 2016
Published by Halstar (Halsgrove.com)
The book is available for purchase from Amazon.com (USA); Amazon.co.uk (UK) or ordered via a bookshop who would get it from the publisher at Halsgrove.com 
Roland's Ragbag 
a la Kerouac. Nice, Roland.
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Yes, he makes a good sound. Thank for commenting, Michael.
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Great writing…enlivens the senses…
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Thank you for your comment, Gwen.
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I ❤️ Vegas! I’m a little bias since I live here. 😉 Thanks for the post on it!
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Many thanks for commenting, Ipuna.
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Nice post again Roland. The poems rhythm instills a bit of recklessness in you when you read it. I have never been to Vegas but this post and poem has stirred some interest.
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