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On Rails, Time Continues |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
On a twelve car train, The Porter wakes passengers Telling them engine-April It is pulling into station, To hook up to a Pullman, Named the month of May. With a pant and a wheeze; The boiler tank fills, Building pressure As it lets off the steam Of last winters passengers. In a field nearby the depot: Cold rain mixes with snow, Chilling the bones Of a man on a tractor, Pulling plows, Setting tables For half-frozen robins. |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Ford, this is outstanding....filled with incedible metaphors and imagery... Brava sir....simply brava!! Indeed a  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
And the chugging resumes... even attempting the uphill run. You're such a joy to read, Sir. Thank you. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
What an enjoyable read! outstanding use of metaphor and imagery. I especially like that table setting. Ford,  it's raining here today, and all the birds are hiding, but it isn't a terribly cold spring. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
what a write! awesome! |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
this finds spring, arms folded in front of her, singing, I know I can, I know I can... It's cloudy and cool here in these them parts of PA, hope this won't be an instant replay of last summer? Thank you Ford, a very creative way to look at nature |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
A picture is worth a thousand words, and/or vice versa. Your poetry is superb, and your style unsurpassed. Very much enjoyed, ford~ |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Ford, I had to read this again, and say, the rain quit early in the day then the temp suddenly soared to 72F! Listening to the baby bluebirds in a nest on the neighbors covered porch. Dang, I love what spring can bring! |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Awesome write Ford. Enjoyed. hugs, Chris Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Thank you friends......  I appreciate your comments.... When May comes, I usually can put away the long-johns...but not this year.....The last week has been miserable. Had a fire in my woodstove every morning, stnow, cold rain, and hail has come in blasts between short periods of weak sunshine.... This weekend looks good though, perhaps it is the end of "half frozen robin" season? again, Thank You ----------ice/ford |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Hey Ford, Love this piece. The warm weather is on its way. :-) <^^> Today the pond....Tomorrow the world |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I enjoy the unique way you have of painting vivid vignettes that remain in my mind long after I have read one of your fine poems. ~ May Spring soon wrap you in a warm, sunny blanket of wildflowers.  Linda |
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wandering glider Senior Member
since 2001-04-04
Posts 501aloft |
Not to mention certain reefers and the threat of hotboxes under those summer cars. Enjoyed! |
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soul drifter Senior Member
since 2004-09-08
Posts 711Colorado |
Wonderful imagery...I very much enjoyed this. "Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, and tell them; and the truth of truths is love." --Philip James Bailey |
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