Short Rails Poems

over wagon trails
across the Great Plain she sails….
gliding on steel rails...

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Brownstones bathed in light
ivy on wrought iron rails
flowers welcome friends...

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a preacher rails
against evil’s presence
in his mirror

John G. Lawless
©4/25/2018...

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I was on rails 
passing the plains.
Reach the wides
and seen from every side....

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Two nice bogies jumped the rails
made a whoopee yoke duckie
crazy Jana and Anna 
the dodo dudu...

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legs wobbled spinning head
light blinded racing heart
listening to the lament of soul
leaned on rusty rails antique...

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the night train 
shakes the backyard
and Jesu Joy
stilled by the screech of rails
stretching the moonlight...

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


rusty rails
    salty handcar
camera obscura...

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T~UNNELS BLACK AS COAL
R~EVEAL RUSTING RAILS
A~NTIQUITY ALLURES IMAGINATION
I~RON HORSE STIRS
N~EVER FORGOTTEN
S~ONGS OF THE RAIL...

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The whore train rubs its warm thumping body against the rails
The heat rises and the chimney wails
A smell of melting chokes its throat...

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Night's curve
lost on rails
my broken keys lost in a sad lune
an orchestra playing on my mind
a drama of senses
takes its toll--
cracked miles...

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Contest Name : Inspired
By : Wilma N. Neels

train 
moves me
shape new thoughts
right from the start 
tracks


220620111555...

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Quiggie Snarls were maritime snails
Tasted butter in mouth of Hales
He ate a bucketful
With his grandson Gudrool
Then kicked the bucket off the rails...

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Texans are not known for their brains
Which go off the rails just like trains
But why should they care?
They're going nowhere
Why worry who's holding the reins?...

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It's not simple to find a train at sea
or eye planes climbing on the trees
 never got to sight ox fly
fish swimming in river dry
 boats travelling rails sailing free...

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My anniversary gift went off the rails.
She sought it shiny with correct details.
Goes from nought to two hundred
in three seconds, so wondered -
But it wasn’t a set of bathroom scales,...

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Life is a balancing game.
At times through dilapidated bridge,
With shattered rails and planks,
We have to daringly pass,
To reach our desired destination.
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How do you fare on the happiness scale
Are you an A-Plus or have you fallen off the rails
Bend an ear
And listen here
Besides an occasional glitch, everything else pales...

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nostalgia, farewell
RAILS © TANKA

Rails chewed up the land
Buffalo herds cease to roam
Down the railway track
Over hills, over dales gone  
‘Big Horns’ and ‘Buffalo Bills’! 

Didee...

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Rice is really great if you're really hungry
And wanna eat two thousand of something uncrunchy
Does that sound weird
How about corn's ears
Okay I'm off the rails, wanna play rugby?...

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Webs of graffiti
Fill a dimly lit station--
Holding my map to nowhere
I trace old paint stretch far 
Into abandoned rails called life.


Second Edition Of Wayra, Nette Onclaud
15 August 2019...

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Without saying to come and get me
Know today, tomorrow this will be
Our lives are best spent together
We are more than what is not said
This destiny riding eternal rails
Chugging along while I have track...

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Night train screaming down
The hill, grinder for
Metal rails in Earth’s dust.

Painful reminder of war
Carrying troops to battle.

Her screams echo those of 
the dying soldiers....

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Tracks Or Train With A Tarnish


Either train itself or tracks had a tarnish;
Missions and goals difficult to accomplish;
Unstable section;
Was a detection,
As on the rails train sped and went swish.

Jim Horn...

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Worry not, it's a minor bump in the road
Happens rarely, must stay near the commode
Won't bore you details
Just a bit off the rails
Be back just as soon I feel better and reload


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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