Get Your Premium Membership

Best Iron Horse Poems


Iron Horse, 1840
These grassy margins under sky of blue,
so peaceful. Then a rumble, sudden blast – 
can you stand your ground as the train roars through?

Here’s Progress. Boston, all across this New
England, folks with tickets for transit massed.
These grassy margins under sky of blue

once buffered cities. Landscape’s...

Continue reading...
Categories: iron horse, history, nature, sky,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Tired Iron Horse
 Tons of rolling iron
Clip-clop down a wooden track
The iron horse is worn.
A powerful rolling beast
has its share of bad days, too.
...

Continue reading...
Categories: iron horse, poems, poetry,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member The Iron Horse
I run down the steps as the train pulls in
 It seems I'm right on time
 The doors open, I take a seat, my journey begins
 As the doors close I hear them chime

 The New York subway travels far and wide
 I remember when...

Continue reading...
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: iron horse, journey, travel,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Iron Horse
there was a man who invested heavily when Bill Gates
started Microsoft and he became a multi-billionaire.
Looking at a picture of Bill and his wife, Melinda
both had pale indoor faces spending their time writing
checks to Africa.
The rich man decided to become a farmer of the old...

Continue reading...
Categories: iron horse, 11th grade, art, august,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry