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Traveling Train
Written for: Poetic Asides #475 – Pick a mode of travel, make that the title of your poem, and then write your poem. Rail me ’round snow-capped mountains over oceans, lakes, and forest. A rail trip is my passion. Rail … Continue reading
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Air Travel
Written for: Poetic Asides April 2017 Challenge – Day 25 Write a love and/or anti-love poem. Security and weather worries, oh no, not a computer glitch. Can’t they turn a switch or knob to get us on our way? All … Continue reading
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Tagged double nonet, planes, trains, travel, Weather, Written for Challenge
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Compartments of Intrigue
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub: Catching Up With Brian Miller, Part 1 In Quadrille stye, in 44 words exactly, write a poem or prose, with the word JOURNEY. (posted by Grace) A journey on the Orient Express with stops in … Continue reading
Subway (not the sandwich)
Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Wheels of Steel (posted by Bjorn) “Trains can be waiting for delayed commuter-trains, it can be the drunkard trying to strike up a conversation. It could be what you see outside your window. Trains … Continue reading
Elegant Express
Written for: Phoenix Rising – Planes, & Boats & Cars (& Trains & Bikes) So our travels are over for another Summer. We’ve seen and wrote about many places. Today let’s celebrate the means of our travels. Pick a mode … Continue reading
Steam
Written for: Carpe Diem Sparkling Stars #18, John Stevenson’s “the train” the train picks up speed, in a paper coffee cup concentric waves the river always out there in the dark late train home coming home on the train … Continue reading