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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WRECK OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Couplings buckled, cracked, collapsed Last Line: Turned and swung off toward the hills Subject(s): Circus; Disasters; Railroad Wrecks; Train Wrecks | |||
Couplings buckled, cracked, collapsed, And all reared, wheels and steel Pawing and leaping above the plain, And fell down totally, a crash Deep in the rising surf of dust, As temples into their cellars crash. Dust flattened across the silence That follows the end of anything, Drifted into cracks of wreckage. But motion remained, a girder Found gravity and shifted, a wheel Turned lazily, turning, turning, And life remained, at work to Detain spirit: three lions, one Male with wide masculine mane, Two female, short, strong, emerged And looked quickly over the ruin, Turned and moved toward the hills. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TAY BRIDGE DISEASTER by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL TRAINWRECKED SOLDIERS by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS A WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE ENGINEER'S SIGNAL by FRANCIS BRET HARTE ON THE LATE SHIFT by PATRICK MACGILL WITH THE BREAKDOWN SQUAD by PATRICK MACGILL SAVING A TRAIN by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL THE ASHTABULA DISASTER by JULIA A. MOORE THE MAN IN THE CAB by NIXON WATERMAN I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL HARD TIME BEFORE' by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION' by HAYDEN CARRUTH A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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