Short Railroad Poems

a rose trellis
beside the railroad shack
mid summer breeze...

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Two red light take turns
Quivering in the sunset
On cold railroad tracks...

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Down the railroad track
Through the countryside of trees
In a luscious place...

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trains of thought
emblazoned with slashrune graffiti
children count the cars...

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most railroad tracks gone
and the trains went to Scranton
its the highway now...

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I died beside her departure
Railroad tracks empty
Bloodless heart
Ashes black...

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at railroad crossing 
double trains bound north and south 
still no cabooses...

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lost distraught crisp leaves
 blend into new home on old 
rusty railroad tracks...

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stars & stripes banner
over police transit desk -
railroad sparrow hides...

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Poetry is like a motion
You see the junction
And the function
To ride the railroad
Till the end of the world...

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The sound of wind
Slapping down telephone lines
Clear across the railroad tracks, but
The wind shall make no sound...

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i was born in a shack
by the railroad track
i wasn't alone
it was our home
no doudt it was the rout
yes i was
BORN IN THE SOUTH...

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Produced to keep all words
And to show their hidden expressions
Partisan for all poets
Echo of their emotions
Railroad for all of us...

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A train runs Cape Town to Cairo.
It will be through here by and by.
The route is straight as an arrow,
It’s like riding clouds through the sky....

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John
William
Henry famed
steel driving man,
no
more
a myth-
leased out from
Virginia's
pen' -
died
on the
railroad line-
buried 'neath the
san'....

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with him
standing in the aisle
of a train
i'm wishing an endless
railroad ride
so i could dearly anchor
myself in his arms
that are almost touching mine...

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Look at me
Skinny as a stick
Railroad thin
I don't see that
I see fat

135 pounds
Is what they see
195 pounds
Is what I see
Mirror, why do you lie to me?...

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Anna the bandit and shady jane
set out to rob a railroad train.
So, they went for the gold.
Then botched the escape.
In for ten, no parole,
Makin license plates....

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Chet had worked for the railroad for forty-six years
I want to ride the train from New York to California
it was his last ride, luxuriously relaxing for this engineer...

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ringlets of black smoke
released from the throat of 
the Santa Fe Railroad
as she comes
around the bend
full throttled horn
there goes our
time machine
friend...

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neat manicured town
hiatus near the railroad....
nude female body  

Date: February 08, 2021
Contest: Hiatus Poetry
Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke...

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i was born by the railroad track
where woods or stack
very few people around
its a small town
my mind is in time
it just rome   this i can say
the
SPRIT OF BEING HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS...

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it near the hiway
where we uese to play
it was in the south
no doudt
and old house
with no mouse
close to the railroad track
it was home we carry own
fill a love rack
OLD SHACK

i...

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i come from a small town
no to many people around
many lover was around
we had no money
but honey
it was hot to trot
we had to unload
that bets you could get
it was
RAILROAD TRACK SEX...

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i was born in shack
by the railroad  track
in the south
that was the rout
racist i had to face
it was a a bad place
i knew  repect i've get some
i had faith
that a
CHANGE WAS GOING TO COME...

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