Short Freight Poems

rainy afternoon
the rumble of a freight train
from the edge of town...

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Freight train clattered by

over a tree lined viaduct  ~

golden oriole sings ....

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A fierce raging storm 
Freight trains through the open plains
Conquering the night...

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When you go about a new light
There is a new freight
It must be helps by a new might...

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I had an idea for a poem
You must trust me - it was great.
I would love to share it with you,
But it left on an outbound freight....

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Dreaded dream killer
A freight train loaded with pain
Reduces heart to hope,
Though surviving, don't be fooled
To live, you've gotta move...

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I once knew a fiddler named jo jo
He chose to live life as a hobo
He traveled with freight
Through city and state
sustained by that musical mojo...

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Old ships come to die
on a silent beach;
once they ferried freight.
Side by side, they lie
broken hulls; now each
bide their rusty fate.



Image #1...

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A lady once hailed from Altoona.
A man on a freight train had mooned her.
      She speeded away
      With just this to say,
"Cold air from a crack is a boomer!"...

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its like  smoke cloud
that loud
as you hear hum moma crown
and a beat
coming down the street
you see the  bright light
with faces that bit
its
CITY FREIGHT AND
BOO NIGHT...

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RoseAnn Malone resolved to lose weight.
She made a list of foods to forsake.
She did well 'till week four
eating more than before.
Airlines had to bill her at the freight rate....

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When We Will Fight Freight

We always knew when we will fight,
With our fears  full of much freight;
Amount endure,
Are never sure,
And would do with all of our might.

Jim Horn...

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When People Will Fight

What people will do when they fight,
After experiencing and seeing sight;
Blood and guts;
Bruises and cuts;
Never have forgotten all the freight.

Jim Horn...

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as you come home
remember your not along
theye're out there
everywhere
be aware we care
don't just stare
so watch that moon light
its end of month in oct.
its
FREIGHT AND SPOOK
NIGHT...

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There was a virile freight train from South Bend
A sexy caboose he dared to befriend --
   He said, "You're my dream"
   And let out some steam --
Then poured all his hot coals in her south end...

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Itching
itching
nowhere
to scratch

Rambling
rambling
balling
the jack

Freight car
open
voices
interred 

The brakeman 
singing 
"Turn 
"Turn 
"Turn"

(Dreamsleep: April, 2024)
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Box cars a mile long, rolling all night headed West
                            Some full, some empty, all singing the same old song
                                    A Cadillac for The King Of The Road...

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Leaving on a freight train, don't know where I'm going
Hope I'm alive when I arrive with no bills owing
Halleluya debt free
Simpleness is the key
Spend little, enjoy much and be easygoing...

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Near San Francisco’s Golden Gate
First to have foghorn that was great
Army siege gun first in the state
Gold rush years many boats aground 
With light and gun no loss of freight
New lighthouse time wonderful date...

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Does anyone know how Jumbo The Elephant died?
Hit by a freight train, succumbed quickly, no dry eyes
Poor thing had no chance
His soul made a ghost dance
People around reacted with sadness, quietly cried...

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limerick

Have you heard why the farmer named Cork
commandeered a short freight train in York?
     When the hoboes from thar
     dared reclaim their hay car,
they discovered the pitch of Cork’s fork.

December 1, 2019
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1930's Depression time, near  the track on the South side of town
                                 In a clump of trees, a few "Bo's" catching " Z's"
                Some cooking hobo stew, others waiting to hop a north bound freight...

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Take me to the place where my mind can embrace healing grace,
Give me your ear and let me spill out my pain to your face.
Give me your arms stretched out to a a hug oh so tight.
Dazzle my mind while making my fears run with freight....

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I tried to sleep, but the trip is long
Now far from home where things went so wrong
This whole train now I call mine
My boxcar upon the line
Bottle of wine, a cork and a song

11-22-19
Contest: Five Word Challenge
Sponsor: Beth Evans...

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I need my silence like I need the air I breathe 
away from city noises or louds of any kind 
Elsewhere in the world the sound of freight trains 
drive the people mad, but here in my home 
the sound of silence, makes me whole...
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