Best Commuter Train Poems

They are looking out tiny boxes 
traveling toward the city from the suburbs
wearing tennis shoes on their tired feet

Many have left their dress shoes at...

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Stars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall 
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly...

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I wonder what a musician’s life is like
As I notice you nonchalantly carrying your instrument
Much like keeping your voice boxed and in a velvet bag
I...

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Sam slept through his alarm once again
So dashed to catch the commuter train
But today he is fine
‘Autumn leaves’ block the line
He’s off the hook …...

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Distant horns announced the eight am, 
commuter train, from Darlington's approach
and as I crossed the bridge, at Traitor's Gate, 
I saw some lines were blocked...

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Unquotable quotes: Gals, Dolls, Bitches and Broads – XXXVII

( No aspersions are being cast here, willingly or otherwise, on the fairer, stronger and infinitely more...

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The monks are burning on the street
They are protesting the violence of war
Pain is not part of their protest
Only the pain in the hearts of...

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hear others out there, just beyond my wall-wrapped sharing space
  they break on through, sneaking inside my head
  far above, front-nosed pilots point...

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The sun sank into rusty chains
Ancient Mesopotamian constellations begin to spin
Shadows in the bushes
Sidewalks walking from the back
Cetoniinae trapped in glass
Your gaze runs through the...

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Gart Williams has an occupation in New York City.
He works for a very prominent advertising agency.
However, things have not gone well recently.
His boss is one...

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OFF TO SCHOOL

So you're off to boarding school,
It'll be the making of you, my lad,
Muses the bespectacled gentleman,
Sat behind his morning paper, 
The commuter train...

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...I was working construction jobs,
there was a big job for the trains,
to replace an old viaduct
that shook in the wind and the rain.
The government gave...

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Once upon a time in a very dark and dreary, creepy, place where the wind was howling through the black trees, 
And the branches looked...

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The white rabbit had gone rogue as told.
His wife was at home with their child Bold.
Only one child? You are kidding right?
This was amazing for...

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Ivanka and Melania walking the 5th Avenue Street 
Red Wolves stalking their beat 
Being ever so sweet 
Looking at the window dressing 
Critical topics they...

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