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The Dream Train
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The Dream Train |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
When my mother would say, "It's time for bed" I would fight it with all my might, for even as a child it was always my nature to come alive at night. The only thing that brought me rest was the sound of a train far off in the distance. It calmed my mind, wore down my resistance so I drifted away, ran out of steam as it carried me away... away into a drean... Into a dream. Ida |
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martiniat8 Senior Member
since 2003-06-21
Posts 897Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Magical |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Ida, I grew up with trains, trains all over the place, in Altoona, PA. It was smoky, and dirty, with soot all over the place. This is a nice write. Love Bobby |
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jbstillwater Member
since 2009-07-03
Posts 216Albuquerque, New Mexico |
OK, I could use a few trauns , these days, because like you, I seem to come awake at night and this is the time I do most of my writing, although I really would love to be sleeping !(lol) Jan |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
a childhood reminiscence/impression most fine! MUCH applause for this 'penning' !! |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
I love this so much, dear Ida. Yes, there is something in the rhythmic sound of a train that is soothing and induces sleep, especially when one is aboard the train itself. But also in distance, as you say. The beautifully poetic snapshots of your life always bring back memories of my own childhood. We lived rather near the train-rails. The Swiss trains being always in time, we woke up and jumped off the bed when the morning trains passed by and we were always in time, for school, for work, for church!  Thank you for this beauty. Love, Margherita |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
My dear Ida Belle, I'm with you on that! ~ What else is new? lol A train in the distance is such a comforting sound. It is as though my troubles are carried away down the line and I can slip peacefully off to slumber...zzz zzz zzz Perhaps you could look on the net for a sound machine or a soundtrack with that comforting sound so that you could play it at night. My sound machine has the soothing sounds of the ocean, thunderstorms, crickets & frogs, rainfall, rainforest, birds etc. I would like to get one with tracks of whistling winds and distant trains as well. chooooo choooo Sweet Dreams, Linda  |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
We have track within eye sight of our house, but the trains don't run any more. They seem to be part of yesteryear. I remember the lonesome sound of the whistles as a child, too, and the rumble of the wheels on the rails. Your poem takes me back. They must have fascinated my brother and I. We ran away once when I was so small I can't remember and crossed the switch yards in the town where we lived. I don't know how my mother found us, but she tied us to the clothes line after that whenever we were outside. The reminiscence in your poem is wonderful, not only for you, but me, too! The trains are from a very different era.  |
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brneyedgrly Senior Member
since 2009-06-08
Posts 1125nowhere and everywhere |
miss ida you really are a night owl! trains always wake me up I'm glad yours gave you comfort love, shellie |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Oh Ida, childhood is a blessed moment and so is your moment with all its simple delicacy, you made me recall my own childhood and the lingering before sleep...Thanks for the sucessful poem. yann |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Thank you all for reading, commenting and sharing your similar experiences. I always enjoy them. Yes, I'm afraid that trains are a part of the past. Ida |
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Yoinn Senior Member
since 2007-08-16
Posts 649Michigan |
click clack, click clack. Loved it Ida yoin |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Ida - I too can hear the trains as they went by the house. Good memories. Perhaps that's why I like trains so much... BC |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
Ida, I so enjoy reading your poetry. Your poem about trains reminded me of when I was a teenager. We use to live right next to a train track, when I was about 14 years old. That's been so very long ago. LOL! Anyway, my brother would bring the hobos home for mom to feed. He even said that when he got big, he was going to be a hobo. Of course he didn't. |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Great write Ida, it brought back so many wonderful memories of another era when all trains were were fired by coal. Thanks dear Ida, I loved it. Lindsay |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...reminds me of a period in my childhood when I lived in Japan in a house with a tin roof that was fairly close to the train tracks and it was wonderful to hear the rain beating on the tin roof and the sounds and vibrations of the trains going by while laying in bed at night...James |
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