Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PLUMES OF SMOKE AND STEAM, by AMY MARIE HEFNER


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PLUMES OF SMOKE AND STEAM, by                    
First Line: White plumes waving
Last Line: What a picture to behold!
Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains


White plumes waving
Against the blackness of the sky!
Interspersed with dots of light
Over on the track nearby,
Like fairy forms fluttering
In our visions of the night,
Waving, whirling, stuttering,
As they part in myriad streams.
Beckoning, gyrating, waving,
To haunt us in our dreams.

The clouds of smoke and steam
Rise and float above the train.
The brilliant lights that beam
And sparkle through the rain,
Draw an etching in black and white
Studded with pins of gold,
Rising and spreading before our sight,
Displaying beauty untold.
Smoke and steam, white and black, bright with gold,
What a picture to behold!





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