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A Slower Train

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 Login to Reply 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! Login to Reply 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... Login to Reply 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. Login to Reply 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".

James Inman Date: 5/24/2017 9:28:00 PM How lovely Paulette. Login to Reply

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 5/23/2017 1:18:00 PM This wonderful poem sang to me Paulette. Prophets of the spring! I love it! 7 ; ) Login to Reply Paulette Calasibetta Date: 5/27/2017 8:17:00 AM Thank you so much Connie. Robin's are the messengers of spring, the most awaited season for me. Again, Thanks!

Laura Leiser Date: 3/27/2017 4:46:00 PM Very pretty imagery in your sweet poem, Paulette...enjoyed it :) Login to Reply Paulette Calasibetta Date: 3/27/2017 7:06:00 PM Thank you Laura.....it is a 'sweet' time of year!

Richard Lamoureux Date: 3/25/2017 8:50:00 AM Great title great poem! Login to Reply Paulette Calasibetta Date: 3/25/2017 11:05:00 AM Thanks Richard.....

Chris Green Date: 3/24/2017 5:17:00 PM Beautiful Paulette, you have captured the essence of the beauty you saw perfectly. Login to Reply Paulette Calasibetta Date: 3/24/2017 5:28:00 PM Thank You Chris. Spring is my most favorite time of year, a renewal of life!