More from Fusable
Media Brands
For owner-operators
For trucking professionals
For contractors
For dealers and distributors
For news on clean trucking
For landscapers
Data Solutions
Identifying active trucking fleets
Construction market intelligence
Ag equipment valuation data
Heavy equipment data & analytics
Motor carrier risk assessment
Specs, VIN decoding and values
Precision targeting at scale
Learn more about Fusable
Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: poetry
Overdrive Extra
Why $6,000 from Chicago to Long Island is no longer enough
Huck Northcutt is a former Army cook turned flatbed driver. This Face of the Road recounts nightmare loads and what trips just aren't worth the money anymore.
July 30, 2018
Channel 19
Tuesday round-up: Miracle on the road, and âretirementsâ accelerate at Wes Memphisâ fleet in wake of e-log transition
A truck rolls safely with âno ELD, no ABS, no ERG, no SCR no DEF?â What gives? one reader cracks wise. And Wes Memphis returns to the blog with a suggestion that, should biz consultant Jeffrey Hayzlettâs rule of thirds apply to post-ELD mandate trucking, there will be âno lack of trucking jobsââŚ
June 6, 2017
Channel 19
âLearning to truckâ with W. Joel Baker, and a verse salute from Kevin Barrett
Owner-operator W. Joel Baker, founder of the free TruckBytes accounting software for owner-ops, launches a new resource site for those getting into the business, LearnToTruck.com. And: Kevin Barrettâs rhyming couplets salute the driver.
March 17, 2017
Business
I heard the Jakes on Christmas dayâŚ
A Christmas poem and merry wish from Wendy and the Parker family: âI heard the Jakes on Christmas day / Their old familiar bellows play / Low and deep the blasts repeat / Of food on tables, good will to men.â âŚ
December 23, 2016
Business
The Haven
Wendyâs parody of Edgar Allan Poeâs âThe Ravenâ poem details an encounter with a local LEO tap tap tapping on the driverâs door: âIâm here for sleep, and nothing more.â
December 12, 2016
Channel 19
A poem for a truck-driving father, from a son
âWhat I Mean When I Say Truck Driver,â by writer Geffrey Davis, is one any father or son will be able to appreciate.
June 27, 2016
Channel 19
Creative uses for the Reader Rigs gallery: Poetry
Reader Richard King this week posted what might be the first bit of poetry to grace the halls of Overdriveâs Reader Rigs photo gallery: Find his âHarvest Manâ here.
January 28, 2016
Channel 19
Driversâ Night Before Christmas â a tribute from a dispatcher
Chipman Relocationsâ Tina Pastore sends this poem out to all company employees and contracting owner-operators in advance of the Christmas holiday, a fitting driver tribute this time of year.
December 24, 2015
Business
Ode to the highway bill
Rhyming couplets for the road: âHere I sit, all pieced and sideways / Came to fix the broken highways / Ended up a pork-filled deed / To satisfy the gubmint greed âŚâ
November 13, 2015
Life
Driverâs night before Christmas, take two
Chipman Relocations dispatcher Tina Pastore rings Christmas Eve in with another âNight before Christmasâ take-off.
December 24, 2014
Channel 19
Luck of the drive; Poetry for a husband
A promotion nets a free set of drives for one Indiana owner-operator; And from a self-proclaimed âtruck driverâs wifeâ to her husband, a message âfrom the heart.â
June 23, 2014
Channel 19
âRestartâ hits the mainstream; rhyming couplets for the road
As with Anne Ferroâs now-infamous blog post about the Congressional efforts relative to the restart, NPRâs report on hours makes it sound like an attack on the entire rule is at issue.
June 14, 2014
Page 1 of 2
Next Page
