14 Wednesday Nov 2012
Posted in Daily life, Longing & Waiting, Poetry
Stuck on a train,
delays again,
waiting’s a pain;
here comes the rain,
and I’m stuck on a train.
All that rushing in vain,
it’s always the same,
passengers complain,
as we’re stuck on the train,
watching the rain…
© We are sorry to announce… 14.11.2012
By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Isle of Wight – Steam Train (Photo credit: puritani35)
28 Friday Sep 2012
Posted in Daily life, Poetry
Tags
Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Brake, brakes, metal, poetry, Rail, Rail transport, railway, railway station, rural, Siding (rail), stations, steel, Track (rail transport), train, Transport, urban, wasteground
Industrial wastage,
with rust iron landscape,
electronic call, signals
an urban escape.
Waterfall ferns,
on railway sidings,
squealing of brakes,
as wheels start sliding.
Flashes of night,
as tunnels become us,
roar of the engine,
as stations flash from us.
Metal on metal,
turn wheels of steel,
the smell of the diesel,
the brakes grind and squeal.
© Railway Sidings 28.09.2012
By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Brake chain (Photo credit: slambo_42)
