Train

train

(11/10 , 1996)

FIRST PLACE

summer sunset

trails of red ants

in the rusty freight car                                       

--Yu Chang

SECOND PLACE

after the last train 

waiting still 

crumpled letter                            

...Zuhio

THIRD PLACE

 roses in cellophane -  

the metal voice announces  

a cancelled train                               

--Arnold Vermeeren

BELOW THIRD PLACE

early morning mists

seen from the train window 

-a glimpse of herons                                   

--Ted Zachwieja   

awake at night   

watching a full moon rising -   

distant train                          --

Dan Curtis

field after field         

stretch into twilight         

...train ride                             

--roberta beary            

snow-swept crossing--            

the shudder            

through freight cars                                                

--Michael Dylan Welch

  RR crossing                

waiting to see which child spots                

the trains caboose first                                                          

--Mary Fran Meer

clattering leaves     

cling between gusts -     

faraway train                             

--Lee Lawton            

long after the train leaves            

clutching your handkerchief            

closely..                            

--Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar                   

whirling snow                   

the train blasts by the platform                   

we watch, frozen                                                 

--Laura Young   

smoke billows   

from the grassy riverbank   

steam locomotive                                  

--Susan

Night train-         

Long whistle, wavering.         

Distant thunder.                                     

--Neca Stoller                     

crouched in moonlight                     

rabbit trembling with the earth--                     

a train wails                                           

--Ferris Gilli  

train station at night             

the small boy             

waits alone                                  

-kim hodges

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