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Train Song

 From Toronto

 

Railside lines weave music staffs

Flowing cleffed as pictured songs fly past

A silver trumpet horn of light

Plays off the lake before the night.

Timpanic factories boom now and then,

At either end of small town rondos when,

Houses’ human chorus notes appear,

Unified by roads lines cadence near.

Farm fencing string sounds go round

The earth turned deepness of the cello ground.

Among the autumn’s espressivo  tones

Occasionally comes back alone

The engine horn - long, long: short, long…

The monotone refrain in this sightly song.

Then a lone three storied old stone gable sings

In sky blued keys through window gone rings

A heartfelt tune of magic rythm

The thrilling lyrics of our natural anthem.

 

To Montreal

 

The lights come up, the station stage appears,

The singing pictures disappear.

The would be audience now disembarks.

Have others heard and seen the trip’s symphonic parts?


— ArrowWords, Jan 17, 2010

About This Poem

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Country/Region: CAN

Favorite Poets: Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Leonard Cohen, Constantine Cavafy

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 4 months ago

You toy with us, ArrowWords,

You toy with us, ArrowWords, you are an accomplished poet in the romance style, you are a musician and that looks like a publicity photo. In any case. I applaud your art. ~A
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ArrowWords

16 years 4 months ago

Nope - I'm not toying with you

Wow! Thank you for the compliment. The fragments that became this poem happened to me taking the train from Toronto to Montreal, starting with noticing that the lines on the poles streaming outside the window reminded me of a music staff. I love music but am not a musician. As to the photo: I had to have picture taken for work. I brought along my regular clothes as well and asked the photographer that if I quickly changed would he mind taking a few personal shots. I would like to not wear shoes all the time, but alas in work and in Canada that is not possible.