A Slower Train

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Driving leisurely on the back roads of a pastoral community the sights and sounds of spring come alive.

Landscapes roll before me, Like carpets of a king; Lush and green the towering wood, the verdant hills, The robin's song, all prophets of the spring. Pastures sweep and dip and spill into a babbling brook; Where mellow cattle graze and nod, How nonchalant they look. March 24, 2017

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Mahtab Bangalee

Date: 9/1/2019 4:29:00 AM

Pastures sweep and dip and spill into a babbling brook;/// beautiful poem penned and shared

Paulette Calasibetta
Date: 9/1/2019 8:59:00 AM

Thank You....it ‘rolled’ out before my eyes as I motored through this pastoral setting.

Eric Ashford

Date: 8/26/2019 8:03:00 AM

I like this a lot, you evoke the scene well. Slow trains are the best!

Paulette Calasibetta
Date: 8/26/2019 9:36:00 AM

Thank You Eric....The landscape revealed the words that became my poem.....i wish writing was always so easy.

Charlie Smith

Date: 3/9/2018 7:51:00 PM

Beautiful Paulette, you need to be writing more often, great work...

Paulette Calasibetta
Date: 3/9/2018 7:58:00 PM

Thank You Charlie, your comment is very encouraging, especially coming from a master like you!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/27/2017 2:44:00 AM

what wonderful imagery in this description of the train ride. My mother used to love taking the slow way and I have been on a few of these rides! GREAT job.

Paulette Calasibetta
Date: 5/27/2017 8:23:00 AM

Andrea, thank you so much for commenting on "A Slower Train". I love the spring as it magical transforms the winter landscape into the beauty of spring; sometimes, with our busy lives we forget to stop and notice.....hence "A slower train".