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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A RAIN SKETCH, by MARY KATE HUNTER
First Line: I like to feel the long slim train
Last Line: Ploughs onward through the rain.
Subject(s): Railroads; Rain; Railways; Trains
First Line: I like to feel the long slim train
Last Line: Ploughs onward through the rain.
Subject(s): Railroads; Rain; Railways; Trains
I like to feel the long slim train
Is nosing through the rain;
One is so snug and satisfied
To sit and stare outside.
Through polka-dotted window panes
I see the rain-swept lanes;
The furrows tiny rivers seem,
Beside the tracks a stream.
I scan the faces in the car --
Dismal as without, they are.
How man can build a long slim train,
Yet be oppressed by rain!
I like to feel the long slim train
Keeps nosing through the rain;
Keeps speeding on the iron trail
Through wind and water-veil,
With all its vibrant, rhythmic swing --
Man's thought is on the wing.
His genius fashioned the moving train,
He guides it through the rain,
As pilot loves its leashed power
Be it in storm or shower;
Not all the elements can tame
Man's spirit, whence it came.
The sinuous, moving, long slim train
Ploughs onward through the rain.
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