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History Rail Poems

These History Rail poems are examples of Rail poems about History. These are the best examples of Rail History poems written by international poets.


Tears On the Iron Rail
Bodies crammed shoulder to shoulder
Packed in wooden cattle cars
Their destination to them unknown;
Men, women, and children,
Old, young, and grown.

Bodies standing crowded and pressed against each...

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Categories: rail, depression, fear, heartbreak, holocaust,



Premium Member Atalanta
Rode here a man of some repute,
Banker and empire builder bold,
Who’d even tried to corner gold,
To lay him out a railroad route.

He addressed our town;...

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Categories: rail, bullying, community, history, power,

The Third Rail
You got two friends,
and they’re both dear to your heart
But they don’t much care for each other
Before you met either of them,
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Categories: rail, conflict, friend, hate, love,

Premium Member The Rail Ties That Bind
A little girl
She comes to a land of ghosts
Almost empty streets
She wonders
Where are all the people
No one here looks like her
Within her heart
Emotions stir

It is...

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Categories: rail, care, death, dedication,

Rail Dream
rusty rails touching 
    a salty handcar within 
the kingly elk's plain


rusty rails
    salty handcar
camera obscura...

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Categories: rail, art, history, imagination,




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