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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: TRAINS Matches Found: 262 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "oh, why don't I work like other men do?" Last Line: And the sawbones will say 'old one-finger's dead' Subject(s): Railroads;wandering & Wanderers;; Railways;trains A BALLAD OF REFRESHMENT, by ROBERT FULLER MURRAY Poem Text First Line: The lady stood at the station bar Last Line: (and the bun is old and weary.) Subject(s): Food & Eating; Railroads; Railways; Trains A BOY'S ANSWER, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The train passes every afternoon Subject(s): Children; Railroads; Childhood; Railways; Trains A CHILD-SAVIOUR (A TRUE STORY), by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: She stood beside the iron road Last Line: Date: november, 1882 Subject(s): Children; Girls; Heroism; Railroads; Childhood; Heroes; Heroines; Railways; Trains A FOLK SINGER OF THE THIRTIES, by JAMES DICKEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On a bed of gravel moving Last Line: When I opened my mouth to the rich Subject(s): Poverty; Railroads; Wandering & Wanderers; Railways; Trains; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes A HOBO VOLUNTARY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, the hobo's life is a roving life Last Line: For the life of a hobo, never to return. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Freedom; Life; Railroads; Wandering & Wanderers; Liberty; Railways; Trains A HUNDRED BOLTS OF SATIN, by KAY RYAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: All you / have to lose Subject(s): Memory; Railroads; Reason; Railways; Trains; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals A NIGHT-PIECE, OR, MODERN PHILOSOPHY, by CHRISTOPHER SMART Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twas when bright cynthia with her silver car Last Line: And next morn pored in plato for more. Subject(s): Night; Railroads; Roads; Silence; Travel; Bedtime; Railways; Trains; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips A PROJECT FOR FREIGHT TRAINS, by DAVID YOUNG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sitting at crossings and waiting for freights to pass, we have all noticed Subject(s): Language; Poetry & Poets; Railroads; Words; Vocabulary; Railways; Trains A RAIL ROAD CUTTING NEAR ALEXANDRIA IN 1855, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Plump thro' tomb and catacomb Last Line: Alack for miriam's spices! Subject(s): Egypt; Railroads; Railways; Trains A RAILROAD YARD AT NIGHT, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: Faint forms of giant buildings in the night Last Line: Gleaming of silver underneath the stars. Subject(s): Commuters; Railroads; Traffic; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips A RAIN SKETCH, by MARY KATE HUNTER Poem Text First Line: I like to feel the long slim train Last Line: Ploughs onward through the rain. Subject(s): Railroads; Rain; Railways; Trains A SISTER ON THE TRACKS, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Between pond and sheepbarn, by maples and watery birches Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains A SONG FOR MY FELLOWS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: My brothers, in this great world of ours Last Line: "or, failing, man-like will die!" Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Brotherhood; Railroads; Railways; Trains A SONG OF LABOUR; DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW-WORKERS WITH PICK AND SHOVEL, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let us sing, my toiling brothers, with our rough, rude voice a song Last Line: Labour's mightiest epic rolling through the panting heart of toil. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains A SONG OF PROGRESS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come away from pick and shovel for another day again Last Line: And the thinking that I help them at my lowly labour here. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains A TRAIN WINDOW, SELS, by LOUIS GINSBERG Poem Text First Line: The gride and screech of snorting locomotives Last Line: Who are the lovers there? Subject(s): Farm Life; Railroads; Travel; Agriculture; Farmers; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips A VERMONT GRINSTONE, by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our old big grinstone used to stand Last Line: And leaves him only one to turn. Subject(s): Railroads; Stones; Vermont; Wagons; Wheels; Railways; Trains; Granite; Rocks A WESTERN WASTE, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: Old rails like twin steel ribbons stretch away Last Line: Fair as a farm by some iowan stream. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains ABOARD! ABOARD!, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O how the little towns flare in passing Subject(s): Railroads; Longing; Railways; Trains ACCIDENT, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: He stood in a green stand of corn Last Line: Of the dying animals strewn out behind them. Subject(s): Accidents; Cattle; Corn; Fathers & Daughters; Railroads; Railways; Trains AN ADDRESS TO THE NEW TAY BRIDGE, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful new railway bridge of the silvery tay Last Line: Near by dundee and the bonnie magdalen green. Variant Title(s): The Railway Bridge Of The Silver Tay Subject(s): Railroads; Tourists; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips AN EJACULATION, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Genius, cried the commuter Last Line: For catching trains. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Genius; Railroads; Railways; Trains AN EVENING TRAIN, by TIMOTHY LIU Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whistles past hacked-down fields of corn Last Line: From boulevard Subject(s): Children; Death; Railroads; Childhood; Dead, The; Railways; Trains AND THE TRAINS GO ON, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We stood at the back door Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains ANOTHER RIDE FROM GHENT TO AIX, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We sprang for the side-holts - my gripsack and I Last Line: Was no more than its due. 'twas the lecture they meant. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Railroads; Time; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips ANSWER TO WORDSWORTH'S SONNET AGAINST KENDAL AND BOWNESS RAILWAY, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hour may come, nay must in these our days Last Line: Nor lose one dream for all their homely gain. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Railroads; Wordsworth, William (1770-1850); Railways; Trains ARRIVAL IN ROME, by JENNIFER GROTZ Poem Text First Line: My head aches, and the stale air burns Subject(s): Absence; Love; Railroads; Rome, Italy; Solitude; Travel; Separation; Isolation; Railways; Trains; Loneliness; Journeys; Trips AT EUSTON STATION, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Yon is the train I used to take Last Line: But I go home no more. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Grief; Home; Homecoming; Ireland; Longing; Railroads; Sorrow; Sadness; Irish; Railways; Trains AT FURNESS ABBEY (2), by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Well have yon railway labourers to this ground Last Line: While thus these simple-hearted men are moved? Subject(s): Furness Abbey; Railroads; Abbey Of St. Mary; Railways; Trains AT THE TRAIN MUSEUM, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Topeka ... Junction city Subject(s): Museums; Railroads; Art Gallerys; Railways; Trains BALLAD OF OUR DEAR LADY OF THE RAILWAY CARRIAGE, by RENE SCHICKELE Poem Text First Line: A train stops, that is not bound whither you would fare Last Line: A train moves on, that is not bound whither you must fare. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains BEHIND TIME, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: More coal, bill,' he said, and he held his watch to the / light of the glowing Last Line: Feet. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Love - Loss Of; Marriage; Railroads; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Railways; Trains BEING FROM ST. LOUIS, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under the nickel-gray bridges Last Line: Its name on our knees. Subject(s): Aviation & Aviators; Cities; Railroads; Travel; Airplanes; Air Pilots; Urban Life; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips BILL'S LENGTH, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On to bill's length,' said my mate to me Last Line: "we must signal to bill as we journey down." Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Brothers; Death; Railroads; Half-brothers; Dead, The; Railways; Trains BLOOD ON THE WHEEL, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Bless her dear little heart!' said my mate, and he pointed out to me Last Line: "the wheel!" Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Death; Love - Loss Of; Marriage; Railroads; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Railways; Trains BOARDING: 1. MUSSOORIE, UTTAR PRADESH, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the himalayas, I ran faster than any girl Last Line: Then the mountain soldiers drove us up Subject(s): Railroads; Schools; Travel; India; Railways; Trains; Students; Journeys; Trips BOB CRUIKSHANKS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is what bob cruikshanks said Last Line: As he leant against the driving-wheel. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Driving & Drivers; Railroads; Railways; Trains BOX-CAR LETTERS, by KARLE WILSON BAKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Alone on the hill where the sun goes down Last Line: A poor philosopher be! Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Charlotte Subject(s): Railroads; Towns; Railways; Trains BURYING GROUND BY THE TIES, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ayee! Ai! This is heavy earth on our shoulders: Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald Subject(s): Railroads; Labor & Laborers; Railways; Trains; Work; Workers CABOOSE THOUGHTS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's going to come out all right-do you know? Last Line: They get along -- and we'll get along. Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips CAMPAIGN: SUN ON THE FACES, by MURIEL RUKEYSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sun on the faces. On the knotted rocks Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains CASEY JONES (1), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Come all you rounders if you want to hear Last Line: Took his farewell journey to the promised land Subject(s): Labor Unions;railroads;strikes; Railways;trains;labor Disputes;lockouts CESARE, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One sorry town after another passed Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips CITY AND VILLAGE, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once again within the city, 'mid its multitudinous din Last Line: Or in my walks at night-time when the village is at rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Cithern (musical Instrument); Cities; Railroads; Villages; Urban Life; Railways; Trains CITY LIMITS, by TED KOOSER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Here on the west edge, the town turned its back on the west Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; West (u.s.); Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips; Southwest; Pacific States CITY NIGHTS: 1. IN THE TRAIN, by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The train through the night of the town Last Line: The dazzling vista of streets! Subject(s): Cities; Railroads; Urban Life; Railways; Trains COMMUTER, by LISEL MUELLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How many times have I traveled Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Lisel Subject(s): Commuters; Railroads; Railways; Trains COMMUTER, by ELWYN BROOKS WHITE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Commuter - one who spends his life Alternate Author Name(s): White, E. B. Subject(s): Commuters; Railroads; United States; Railways; Trains; America COMMUTERS, by ADELE M. RYERSON Poem Text First Line: They faintly smile or weakly grin Last Line: "of knowing they have to return on the ""5:15"" train." Subject(s): Commuters; Fate; Railroads; Travel; Destiny; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips DARK DAYS, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Whirring wheels that grind beneath me Last Line: Black the night or bright the day. Subject(s): Prayer; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips DARTMOOR, by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I crossed the furze-grown table-land Last Line: Call down the hiveless swarms. Subject(s): Dartmoor, England; Railroads; Smoke; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips DAY COACH, by MALCOLM COWLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tickets please Last Line: He stumbled off with his burden of stars and hills. Subject(s): Railroads; Stations Of The Cross; Tourists; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips DESTITUTE PERU, by JAMES SCHUYLER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We pullmaned to peoria. Was Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains DON'T YOU HEAR THAT WHISTLE BLOWIN' ..., by DENISE LEVERTOV Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The 4 a.M. Freight comes pounding and shaking through the fall night Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains DUNCAN WEIR, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Back on the wrong line, that was all Last Line: Came back on the wrong line and kill'd our mate. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Railroads; Dead, The; Railways; Trains DUTY'S REWARD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: It was an english summer day Last Line: The train had not touched a hair Subject(s): Railroads;summer; Railways;trains EVENING TRAIN, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An old man sleeping in the evening train Subject(s): Memory; Old Age; Railroads; Railways; Trains EVENING TRAINS, by MARY TRUE AYER Poem Text First Line: Through shadowy trees in brilliant flight Last Line: Weird torches flaming, racing there. Subject(s): Evening; Railroads; Trees; Sunset; Twilight; Railways; Trains FINIS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The swart smoke geni with his heart aglow Last Line: Of him who comes behind. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains FINNIGIN TO FLANNIGAN, by STRICKLAND GILLILAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Superintendent wuz flannigan Last Line: "gone ag'in -- finnigin." Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains FOR A DAUGHTER GONE AWAY, by BRENDAN JAMES GALVIN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Today there've been moments Subject(s): Absence; Daughters; Railroads; Separation; Isolation; Railways; Trains FOR ESTHER, by STANLEY PLUMLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From the back it looks like a porch Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains FREEDOM TRAIN, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I read in the papers about the / freedom train Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Racism; Railroads; Negroes; American Blacks; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Railways; Trains FREIGHT, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Call awe, then, what you will, long long ago Subject(s): Railroads; Time; Railways; Trains FREIGHT CARS, by STEPHEN DOBYNS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Once, taking a train into chicago Subject(s): Bodies; Railroads; Railways; Trains FRESCOES FOR MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CITY: 3. BURYING GROUND, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ayee! Ai! This is heavy earth on our shoulders Last Line: And the trains going over us here in the hollows Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald Variant Title(s): Burying Ground By The Ties Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains FROM A TRAIN WINDOW, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Precious in the light of the early sun the housatonic Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): Americans; Railroads; United States; Railways; Trains; America GETTING THERE, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How far is it? Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains GOODS TRAIN AT NIGHT, by KENNETH H. ASHLEY Poem Text First Line: The station is empty and desolate Last Line: A dull little grief for humanity. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains GRAZING LOCOMOTIVES, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Huge upon the hazy plain Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald Variant Title(s): Pastoral Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips HOMESICK BLUES, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: De railroad bridge's / a sad song in de air Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Blues (music); Homesickness; Railroads; Negroes; American Blacks; Railways; Trains HORSE AND ASS, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A train was rushing along one day Last Line: Will never want his oats and hay. Subject(s): Animals; Asses & Mules; Hearts; Horses; Nature; Railroads; Mules; Railways; Trains I'VE BEEN WORKIN' ON THE RAILROAD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: "dinah, blow your horn" Subject(s): Labor & Laborers;railroads; Railways;trains IMAGES: 3, by VALERY LARBAUD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Between cordova and seville Last Line: Through their cigar-stench, in the dining-car. Subject(s): Andalusia, Spain; Poverty; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips IN A WAITING-ROOM, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On a morning sick as the day of doom Last Line: Had spread a glory through the gloom. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains IN CHEEVER COUNTRY, by DANA GIOIA Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Half an hour north of grand central Subject(s): Cheever, John (1912-1982); Country Life; Railroads; Suburbs; Railways; Trains IN THE DEEP MIDNIGHT, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Clanging, ever clanging Last Line: All want that was is peace ... All clanging rest! Subject(s): Bells; Life; Night; Railroads; Bedtime; Railways; Trains IN THE ENGINE-SHED, by WILLIAM WILKINS Poem Text First Line: Through air made heavy with vapors murk Last Line: We're going out with the express. Subject(s): England; Railroads; Tragedy; English; Railways; Trains IN THE SMOKING-CAR, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The eyelids meet. He'll catch a little nap Last Line: Failure, the longed-for valley, takes him in Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains IN THE TRAIN, by CLIFFORD BAX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Suddenly from a wayside station Last Line: Her, he loves the heart of england? Subject(s): England; Railroads; English; Railways; Trains IN THE TRAIN, by FORD MADOX FORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the window I see a dozen great stars, burning bright Last Line: Shall the white stars wheel in their reverie. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Railroads; Stars; Railways; Trains IN THE TRAIN, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fields beneath a quilt of snow Last Line: And in my heart a timid star. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains IN THE VANGUARD, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Into all the onward current and this iron time that feels Last Line: Down to ourselves, my brothers, working with the spade and pick! Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains IN TOWN, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Somewhere there's a willow budding Last Line: When's the next train out of town? Subject(s): Country Life; Railroads; Towns; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips IRIS; VIVIAN ST. JOHN (1891-1974), by DAVID ST. JOHN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a train inside this iris Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains JERSEY TRANSIT, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That black woman with the extraordinary earrings Subject(s): Commuters; Railroads; Social Commentaries; Railways; Trains JIM DALLEY, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So you knew dalley that used to drive Last Line: Dalley lay over the levers dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Dead, The; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains JIM'S WHISTLE, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No, the railway wasn't a fitting place Last Line: Were with me, and I were talking to him. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Deafness; Death; Railroads; Dead, The; Railways; Trains LACKAWANNA, by GALWAY KINNELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Possibly a child is not damaged immediately Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains LATE TRAIN, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A few couples walking off into the dark Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains LIMITED, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am riding on a limited express, one of the crack trains of the nation Last Line: "I ask a man in the smoker where he is going and he answers: ""omaha." Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips LOCOMOTIVES, by MARY POLLARD TYNES Poem Text First Line: Like wounded giants whom time and age have stripped Last Line: Man, too, grows young, touched by his maker's hand. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains LOOKING AT NEW-FALLEN SNOW FROM A TRAIN, by ROBERT BLY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Snow has covered the next line of tracks Subject(s): Railroads; Snow; Railways; Trains LUCIFER IN THE TRAIN, by ADRIENNE CECILE RICH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Riding the black express from heaven to hell Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains LYRICS OF THE RAIL: 1. THE SCORNED TOWN, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: The green fields waver, break a space Last Line: A phantom never seen! Subject(s): Fields; Men; Railroads; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Railways; Trains LYRICS OF THE RAIL: 2. THE CANYON, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: The sky withdraws, the cutting narrows Last Line: Plunges the train at set of sun. Subject(s): Canyons; Evening; Men; Railroads; Sunset; Twilight; Railways; Trains LYRICS OF THE RAIL: 3. THE SLEEPING-CAR, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: The land is silent, and the moon Last Line: The heart's assumptions and its pain. Subject(s): Hearts; Moon; Railroads; Silence; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips MAGIC TOURS, by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN Poem Text First Line: I hear the far-off whistle of a train Last Line: Because a train has whistled on the track. Subject(s): Railroads; Rome, Italy; Tourists; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips MECHANOPHILUS, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now first we stand and understand Last Line: Heaven over heaven expands. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains MELODIC TRAINS, by JOHN ASHBERY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: A little girl with scarlet enameled fingernails Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains METROPOLITAN, by EDITH SITWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The world grows furry, grunts with sleep Last Line: Strange threads to hold time fast. Subject(s): Memory; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, by MARGARET W. RITCHIE Poem Text First Line: The whistles blew Last Line: The shattered walls of night closed in! Subject(s): Night; Railroads; Bedtime; Railways; Trains MIDNIGHT ON THE GREAT WESTERN, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the third-class seat sat the journeying boy Last Line: But are not of? Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains MORNING EXPRESS, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Along the windswept platform, pinched and white Last Line: Who sped them stand to wave a last farewell. Subject(s): Railroads; Soldiers' Writings; Railways; Trains MOVE UPWARD, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Ay, in heaven's name, let us move upward still Last Line: "lo! At last we are free from the brute!" Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): God; Railroads; Railways; Trains MY SOUTH: 4. ON THE TRAIN, HEADING NORTH THROUGH FLORIDA ..., by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Midnight or after, and the little lights Subject(s): Railroads; Southern States; Railways; Trains; South (u.s.) MYSTERY TRAIN: JANIS JOPLIN LEAVES PORT ARTHUR FOR POINTS WEST, 1964, by DAVID WOJAHN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Train she rides is sixteen coaches long Subject(s): Blues (music); Joplin, Janis (1943-1970); Railroads; Railways; Trains NEW JERSEY TRANSIT, by CHARLIE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rusted up industrial natures you spy Subject(s): Railroads; New Jersey; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips NEXT DAY; IN THE TRAIN, by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The trees flit by, the hasty bank Last Line: Your kisses in my hair... Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains NIGHT FREIGHT, MICHIGAN, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Punctual to the midnight - lurch, ruck and chime Last Line: From kalamazoo to the junction Subject(s): Michigan; Railroads; Railways; Trains NIGHT FROGS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wake and find myself in the woods, far from the castle Last Line: Night frogs give out the croak of the planet turning Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains NIGHT FROM A FELLMAN WINDOW, by SIDNEY DRAKE Poem Text First Line: My quivering square of glass Last Line: And, all the night, the stars! Subject(s): Railroads; Stars; Railways; Trains NIGHT IN A SUBWAY STATION, by MARY LEONARD WEST Poem Text First Line: The train was late. He sat among the crowds Last Line: He couldn't use the things. Subject(s): Night; Railroads; Smoking; Subways; Bedtime; Railways; Trains; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes NIGHT JOURNEY, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now as the train bears west Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips NO TRAVELER, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'd love to ride on railroads every day Last Line: I never want to travel with a kitty any more. Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Children; Railroads; Travel; Childhood; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips NOTTMAN, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That was nottman waving at me Last Line: "of red, nottman always shut off the steam." Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Variant Title(s): How Little Tom Was Saved Subject(s): Good Samaritan; Railroads; Railways; Trains OBSERVATION CAR, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poet's Biography First Line: To be put on the train and kissed and given my ticket Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains OLD WYLIE'S STONE, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You want to see wylie's stone - look here Last Line: Growing round it. We planted them there last year. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Graves; Railroads; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Railways; Trains ON RETURNING TO DETROIT, by CAROLYN FORCHE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over the plum snow, the train's blond smoke Last Line: Lowers the awnings over the shop stalls of fruit Alternate Author Name(s): Sidlosky, Carolyn Subject(s): Detroit, Michigan; Railroads; Railways; Trains ON THE ENGINE AGAIN, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Once more on the mighty engine, boys Last Line: And that my fellows are gods. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains ON THE ENGINE BY NIGHT, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the engine in the night-time, with the darkness all around Last Line: I grew prouder of my labour and my little gift of song. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Night; Railroads; Work; Workers; Bedtime; Railways; Trains ON THE HEART'S BEGINNING TO CLOUD THE MIND, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Something I saw or thought I saw Last Line: Far into the lives of other folk Subject(s): Marriage; Railroads; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Railways; Trains ON THE NIGHT EXPRESS, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: Click-clack, click-clack, shouts the trampled track Last Line: But the cities their scenery. Subject(s): City & Town Life; Railroads; Railways; Trains ON THE PROJECTED KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is then no nook of english ground secure Last Line: And constant voice, protest against the wrong. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains ON THE RAILWAY BRIDGES (TO W.M.C.), by RHYS CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Girders of iron; bridges wrought of steel Last Line: The onrush—passed—and all was night again. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Night; Railroads; Work; Workers; Bedtime; Railways; Trains ON THE RAILWAY PLATFORM, by RANDALL JARRELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rewarded porters opening their smiles Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains ON THE ROAD, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Roar of the rushing train fearfully rocking, Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains ON THE SLOW TRAIN PASSING THROUGH, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here's moody furniture and the town of moody. Also the display Last Line: The conductor hitched up the trolley and they went on with their regular day. Subject(s): Disasters; Fire; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips ONE RADIANT MORNING, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a smile breaking over teeth Last Line: A drop could change everything. Subject(s): Girls; Lust; Railroads; Youth; Railways; Trains ONE TRAIN MAY HIDE ANOTHER, by KENNETH KOCH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: In a poem, one line may hide another line Subject(s): Kenya; Railroads; Railways; Trains OUT OF METROPOLIS, by LYNN EMANUEL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Variant Title(s): Film Noir: Train Trip Out Of Metropolis Subject(s): City & Town Life; Travel; Railroads; Journeys; Trips; Railways; Trains OUTSIDE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Along the sprawled body of the derailed great northern freight car Last Line: And sick for home Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Homesickness; Railroads; Railways; Trains OVERTURE TO A DANCE OF LOCOMOTIVES, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Men with picked voices chant the names Last Line: The dance is sure. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains PLUMES OF SMOKE AND STEAM, by AMY MARIE HEFNER Poem Text First Line: White plumes waving Last Line: What a picture to behold! Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains POETIC LAMENTATION INSUFFICIENCY OF STEAM LOCOMOTION LAKE DISTRICT, by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bright summer spreads his various hue Last Line: By man's completing hand. Alternate Author Name(s): Stephen, J. K. Subject(s): Lake District, England; Railroads; Railways; Trains PRAIRIE GREYHOUNDS; C.P.R. 'NO. 1, WESTBOUND', by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I swing to the sunset land Last Line: That open alone to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Commuters; Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains PRAIRIE GREYHOUNDS; C.P.R. 'NO. 2, EASTBOUND', by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I swing to the land of the morn Last Line: For I am the homeward-bound. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains PRIDE'S CROSSING, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the railroad meets the sea Subject(s): Railroads; Sea; Togetherness; Railways; Trains; Ocean RAILROAD RHYME, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Singing through the forests Last Line: Riding on the rail! Variant Title(s): Rhyme Of The Rail;riding On The Rail Subject(s): Ingenuity; Railroads; Railways; Trains RAILWAY DIALOGUE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the train a lord chancellor, taking his seat Last Line: "to find myself seated so near the great seal." Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Railroads; Talk; Railways; Trains RAILWAY DREAMINGS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I work upon the line to-day Last Line: In the sharp raspings of the pick. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains REACTION, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh heart, sink into yourself and rally Last Line: Return to your solitude, oh heart! Subject(s): Forests; Hearts; Love; Night; Railroads; Woods; Bedtime; Railways; Trains RID OF HIS ENGINE, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The way that it came about was this Last Line: Bill had got rid of his engine at last. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Railroads; Dead, The; Railways; Trains RIDING DOWN FROM BANGOR, by LOUIS SHREVE OSBORNE Poem Text First Line: Riding down from bangor, on an eastern train Last Line: A tiny little earring in that horrid student's beard. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains RONDEAU AT THE TRAIN STOP, by ERIN BELIEU Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: It bothers me: the genital smell of the bay Last Line: So apparent, wanting so much that it bothers me. Subject(s): Massachusetts; Railroads; Railways; Trains SCIENCE, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Harp of a thousand strings, awake Last Line: And live beyond the grave! Subject(s): Death; Nature; Railroads; Science; Dead, The; Railways; Trains; Scientists SECTION GANG: AFTERNOON, by NORMAN BOLKER Poem Text First Line: A simmering sun glows and gleams Last Line: His pick and shovel in their cool dank resting places for the night. Subject(s): Afternoon; Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains SECTION GANG: DAYBREAK, by NORMAN BOLKER Poem Text First Line: Up comes the sun Last Line: But he wouldn't know. Subject(s): Dawn; Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Sunrise; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains SECTION GANG: MORNING, by NORMAN BOLKER Poem Text First Line: Even steel, with its tough heart Last Line: And he feels the impact of a well completed swing of his pointed pick. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Morning; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains SECTION GANG: NIGHT, by NORMAN BOLKER Poem Text First Line: Gandy dancers sleep all night Last Line: But he wouldn't know ... Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Night; Railroads; Work; Workers; Bedtime; Railways; Trains SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD: 3. THE LOCOMOTIVE, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whirling along its living freight, it came Last Line: Hung clouded in the dragon-guarded shrine. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains SIR BRUIN, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sir bruin was a gallant lad Last Line: "all in ""our best society." Subject(s): Forests; Hunting; Railroads; Woods; Hunters; Railways; Trains SISTER LOU, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Honey Last Line: Honey, take yo' bressed time. Subject(s): African Americans; Death; Railroads; Negroes; American Blacks; Dead, The; Railways; Trains SONG OF A TRAIN, by JOHN DAVIDSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A monster taught / to come to hand Last Line: The train. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains SONG OF THE ENGINE, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the shake and rush of the engine Last Line: "of a black beast of burden like me?" Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips SOUTHERN PACIFIC, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Huntington sleeps in a house six feet long Last Line: Blithery, sleep in houses six feet long. Subject(s): Graves; Huntington, Collis Potter (1821-1900); Railroads; Tombs; Tombstones; Railways; Trains SPRING NIGHT, by ELISABETH GOOLD Poem Text First Line: The train's whistle blats impatiently ... Last Line: Along the earth. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO, by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here I go again Last Line: Myself I saw in the window reflected Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; United States; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips; America STEEL MILL MEN, by JULIAN LEE RAYFORD Poem Text First Line: The rails are shipped to peru, africa Last Line: Of steel mill smoke. Subject(s): Mills And Millers; Railroads; Steel; Railways; Trains STENOGRAPHY, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our fathers walked around the hill Last Line: And while he tries, she -- leaves him. Subject(s): Railroads; Stenography; Railways; Trains STOOD AT CLEAR, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where is adams?' that was the cry Last Line: Might find heaven's signals clear to him. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Death; Railroads; Dead, The; Railways; Trains SUBWAY TRACK-WALKERS, by DANA BURNET Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who are ye hopeless who go with dull faces Last Line: That I may ride to my true love to-day? Subject(s): Commuters; New York City; Railroads; Steel; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Railways; Trains SUCCES COMES TO COW CREEK, by JAMES TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I sit on the tracks Subject(s): Railroads; Failure; Railways; Trains SUNDAY AT HAMPSTEAD: 10, by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As we rush, as we rush in the train Last Line: While the earth slips from our feet! Alternate Author Name(s): B. V.; Bysshe Vanolis Variant Title(s): In The Train Subject(s): Hope; Railroads; Optimism; Railways; Trains SUNFLOWER SUTRA, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I walked on the banks of the tincan banana dock and sat down under the Subject(s): Imagination; Railroads; Sunflowers; Vision; Fancy; Railways; Trains SUNSET CABOOSE, by ANSELM HOLLO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Freight train, freight train / going so fast' Last Line: To what is brought out of light Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips TENTH AVENUE, NORTH BIRMINGHAM, by ALBERT A. ROSENTHAL Poem Text First Line: The illinois central run their tracks into the dawn Last Line: Rattle into eternity .... Subject(s): Birmingham, Alabama; Railroads; Railways; Trains TERMINAL, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over us stands the broad electric dace Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE BLACK TRAIN, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'm still struck (as when I saw my first pasque-flower) Last Line: And the empty cars wait for the black train to head inland Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE BOXCAR, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I sing the boxcar rumbling and rolling afar Last Line: To dare the ups and downs of the road with me. Subject(s): Railroads; Wandering & Wanderers; Railways; Trains; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes THE BOXCAR POEM, by DAVID YOUNG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The boxcars drift by Last Line: On either shoulder Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE BRIDGE: 2. POWHATAN'S DAUGHTER: THE RIVER, by HAROLD HART CRANE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stick your patent name on a signboard Alternate Author Name(s): Crane, Hart Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE BROWN GIANT, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Hurrah for this rough brown giant of ours! Last Line: The bloodless battles of toil. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Giants; God; Railroads; Railways; Trains THE CATTLE TRAIN, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They drive the helpless cattle in Last Line: At forty miles an hour. Subject(s): Cattle; Railroads; Railways; Trains THE CAVEMAN ON THE TRAIN, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When first the apprizing eye and tongue that muttered Subject(s): Railroads; Transience; Railways; Trains; Impermanence THE CHILDREN'S TRAIN, by DORIANNE LAUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As the train approaches the tunnel, the kids Subject(s): Children; Railroads; Childhood; Railways; Trains THE CUCKOO, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Amid the sound of picks to-day Last Line: The cuckoo's voice for the first time. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Birds; Cuckoos; Railroads; Railways; Trains THE DEAD LARK, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the slope, half-hid in grass, and right beneath the sounding wire Last Line: To the carol of his fellows and the sunshine overhead. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Birds; Death - Animals; Larks; Railroads; Singing & Singers; Skylarks; Railways; Trains; Songs THE END OF THE LINE, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The iron horse is rusting Last Line: Baby, I tell you, the big train don't go there no more Subject(s): Change; History; Railroads; Historians; Railways; Trains THE ENGINE, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Hurrah! For the mighty engine Last Line: Let him sing, too, the shovel and pick. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE EXPRESS, by STEPHEN SPENDER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After the first powerful, plain manifesto Alternate Author Name(s): Spender, Stephen (harold), Sir Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE FIRST BREAK, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The first break in our happy household hearth Last Line: Close by his rest, they thunder day by day. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Accidents; Death - Children; Fathers & Sons; Railroads; Death - Babies; Railways; Trains THE FIRST-FOOT, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bright the firelight touch'd his portrait hanging on our humble wall Last Line: My darling's blood with that round light upon the ghastly snow. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Death; Mothers & Sons; Railroads; Dead, The; Railways; Trains THE FLAGMEN, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Drear, lonely men beside the ringing track Last Line: To be for all one's life a danger sign! Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE GATES ARE DOWN, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The gates are down, but I wonder, I wonder Last Line: Out on the red tracks, dying -- dying! Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE GATEWAY, by HARVEY MAITLAND WATTS Poem Text First Line: What rome in sheer abandonment of pride Last Line: Glad millions press to life's exultant noon! Subject(s): Commuters; Pennsylvania Station, New York City; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE GILA MONSTER ROUTE, by LOUIS FREELAND POST Poem Text First Line: The lingering sunset across the plain Last Line: They were off, down the gila monster route. Alternate Author Name(s): Post, L. F. Subject(s): Cowboys; Railroads; Ranch Life; Wandering & Wanderers; West (u.s.); Railways; Trains; Southwest; Pacific States THE GODS AND THE WINDS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The still gods, though they move apart Last Line: "we won our godship far too young." Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Mythology; Railroads; Wind; Railways; Trains THE HELL-BOUND TRAIN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor Last Line: For he never rode the hell-bound train Subject(s): Cowboys;railroads; Railways;trains THE HOME EXPRESS, by HORACE SPENCER FISKE Poem Text First Line: When the city's rush is over, and the monthly ticket shown Last Line: In the twilight and the moonlight just begun! Subject(s): Homecoming; Railroad Stations; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE IRON HORSE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No song is mine of arab steed Last Line: The world will pat thee on the neck. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Animals; Arabs; Horses; Railroads; Railways; Trains THE JOURNEY, by PAUL FORT Poem Text First Line: The train puffs off, and we depart, - fay of my heart, enchanted muse Last Line: I present him, lovely muse, to thee. Subject(s): Muses; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE LAST RUN (A RAILROAD BRANCH LINE IS ADANDONED), by SADIE FULLER SEAGRAVE Poem Text First Line: As I look out in quickly stolen glance Last Line: The long last run into the silent west. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE LAST TRAIN, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There may have been a boy Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The red express, projectile Subject(s): Speed; Railroads; Railways; Trains THE MUTE LOVERS ON THE RAILWAY JOURNEY, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They bade farewell; but neither spoke of love Last Line: While fields and woods ran back to edith more. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE NEW RAILROAD, by FRIEDRICH ADOLF AXEL DETLEV VON LILIENCRON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The skull cries out: 'I'm an ambassador Last Line: By the first whistle of the new express. Alternate Author Name(s): Liliencron, Detlev Von Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE NEWPORT RAILWAY, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Success to the newport railway Last Line: On the bonnie braes o' the silvery tay. Subject(s): Engineering And Engineers; Railroads; Steel; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE ORIENT EXPRESS, by RANDALL JARRELL Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One looks from the train Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE PACIFIC RAILWAY, by C. R. BALLARD Poem Text First Line: Tis done - the wondrous thorough-fare Last Line: And nations shall learn war no more. Subject(s): Railroads; United States - History; Railways; Trains THE POPPY-LAND EXPRESS, by EDGAR WADE ABBOT Poem Text First Line: The first train starts at six p.M Last Line: "o'er the gentle engineer." Variant Title(s): Rapid Transit Subject(s): Railroads; Sleep; Railways; Trains THE PRESENT, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The day comes slowly in the railyard Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains THE RAILROAD CARS ARE COMING, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "the great pacific railway, / for california hail!" Last Line: "the railroad cars are coming, humming / through new mexico" Subject(s): Railroads; Railways;trains THE RAILWAY, by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Upon the iron highway, wreathed in smoke Alternate Author Name(s): Benson, A. C. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE RAILWAY BRIDGE OF THE SILVERY TAY, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beautiful railway bridge of the silvery tay! Last Line: Near by dundee and the magdalen green. Subject(s): Bridges; Buildings & Builders; Engineering And Engineers; Railroads; Steel; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE RAILWAY STATIONERY, by KENNETH KOCH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The railway stationery lay upon Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE RAILWAY TRAIN, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I like to see it lap the miles Last Line: At its own stable door. Subject(s): Animals; Horses; Railroads; Rivers; Railways; Trains THE ROUNDHOUSE, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rembrandt alone could paint this mammoth shed Last Line: Bound by a schedule to the clamoring hour! Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE ROUNDHOUSE VOICES, by DAVE SMITH Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: In full glare of sunlight I came here, man-tall but thin Subject(s): Baseball; Railroads; Sports; Railways; Trains THE SOUTHERN CRESCENT, by NATASHA TRETHEWEY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: In 1959 my mother is boarding a train. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Come, fling for a moment, my fellows Last Line: For one wild moment to see! Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Progress; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains THE STATION MAN, ON LOOK-OUT, by ARCHIE BINNS Poem Text First Line: All night long Last Line: Does my sweetheart in san francisco still love me? Subject(s): Love; Railroads; Railways; Trains THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. ROSES ALL THE WAY, by T. BAKER Poem Text First Line: At length the steam-chiefs with replenish'd force Last Line: May be inferr'd, since peel and brougham were there! Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE DEATH OF HUSKISSON, by T. BAKER Poem Text First Line: The trains are stopp'd, the mighty chiefs of flame Last Line: But damped the joy that erst had crown'd the day. Subject(s): Accidents; Huskisson, William (1770-1830); Railroads; Railways; Trains THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE RAILWAY BOOM, 1845, by T. BAKER Poem Text First Line: New schemes, not even dream'd of once before Last Line: Determined, like the rest, to have their rails. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 7. LESSON FOR THE PROUD, by T. BAKER Poem Text First Line: The scheme is tried, and shall it prosper too? Last Line: Their own comparative nonentity. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 9. VISION OF THE WORLD, by T. BAKER Poem Text First Line: I dream'd I walked, in raptures high Last Line: As I in vision view'd! Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Vision; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 9: GREAT WESTERN DAYS, by T. BAKER Poem Text First Line: Triumphant was the burst of rapt'rous joy Last Line: Short time for greeting, none at all for war. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE SUNDAY RAIL: 1. FIRST RUNNING SUNDAY TRAINS ON NORTH BRITISH RAIL, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now range up the carriages, feed up the fires! Last Line: Oh, is it too much?—'tis but one day in seven. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): England; Railroads; Sabbath; English; Railways; Trains; Sunday THE SUNDAY RAIL: 2. A SCOTTISH SUMMER SABBATH MORNING, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The still repose, the holy calm Last Line: By idle pleasure, sin, and folly. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Railroads; Religion; Sabbath; Scotland; Railways; Trains; Theology; Sunday THE TEMPTER, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I'm a hundred miles from home Last Line: And who's to blame? That depot man. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE TIME TABLE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The railroad has a table Last Line: A highly seasoned jam! Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE TRAIN, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Accident could be a god to little boys Last Line: We said, with intonation, what a shame. Subject(s): Accidents; Maine (state); Railroads; Rain; Strangers; Railways; Trains THE TRAIN-MISSER; AT UNION STATION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ll where in the world my eyes has bin Last Line: Like a blamed old sandwitch warped in two! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE TRAVELLER, by JOHN BERRYMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They pointed me out on the highway, and they said Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, John, Jr. Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (FOR EDWARD J. WHEELER), by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Within the jersey city shed Last Line: God bless the train that brought me here. Alternate Author Name(s): Kilmer, Joyce Subject(s): Gratitude; Home; Love; New Jersey; New York City; Railroads; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE VIADUCT, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And when I found the narrowing estuary Last Line: Stacked waggons, slow unthinking slaves between. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THE VIOLET, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the down line, and close beside the rail Last Line: Unheeding, thunders on. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Flowers; Railroads; Violets; Railways; Trains THE VOYAGE, by EUGENE JOLAS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have buried the city Last Line: The train is thundering toward eternity. Subject(s): Cities; Earth; Railroads; Travel; Urban Life; World; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE WATCHERS, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The trains go roaring past by day and flashing by at night Last Line: Who never know the world is wide—and do not want to know! Subject(s): Railroads; Travel; Vision; Watchmen; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips THE WHISTLE OF THE TRAIN, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The time is up, the friends are near Last Line: The whistle of the train. Subject(s): Death; Farewell; Railroads; Dead, The; Parting; Railways; Trains THE WIRES, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I lay beneath the long slim wires Last Line: But the pullman is twenty minutes late. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains THIS RAILWAY STATION, by ALLAN M. LAING Poem Text First Line: This squalid dome of soot-obscured glass Last Line: This builder's blot, this curse, this railway station. Subject(s): Dramatists; Poetry & Poets; Railroads; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Railways; Trains THREE O'CLOCK: MORNING, by FREDERICK RIDGELY TORRENCE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The jewel-blue electric flowers Last Line: But time goes out in grey. Subject(s): New York City; Railroads; Streets; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Railways; Trains; Avenues TO FREIGHT CARS IN THE AIR, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All the slow Last Line: The silence / to the left Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains TO MY READERS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A worker on the rail, where, day by day Last Line: This book of railway song. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains TO THE RAILROAD MEN, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O brotherhood of engineers Last Line: Of so-called sleeping cars at 8o? Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Business; Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Businessmen; Businesswomen; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. FROM TURIN TO PARIS, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tireless, hour after hour, over mountain plains and rivers Last Line: And the glitter and the roar already, and the rush of the life of paris. Subject(s): Paris, France; Railroads; Tourists; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips TRACKS, by TOMAS TRANSTROMER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night, two o'clock: moonlight. The train has stopped Variant Title(s): Track Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains TRAIN RIDE, by RUTH STONE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All things come to an end; / small calves in arkansas Last Line: No, they go on forever. Subject(s): Arkansas; Fate; Railroads; Travel; Destiny; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips TRAIN TO AMERSFOORT, by PAUL BLACKBURN Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains TRAIN TUNE, by LOUISE BOGAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Back through clouds Last Line: Back through midnight Alternate Author Name(s): Holden, Raymond, Mrs. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains TRAIN WINDOW, by ROBERT FINCH Poem Text First Line: The dark green truck on the cement platform Last Line: Box-cars beyond, while our train waits here. Subject(s): Ice; Railroads; Railways; Trains TRAINS WHISTLING, by ELEANOR A. FAY Poem Text First Line: Trains whistling in the night Last Line: Moving steadily through the darkness. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains TREE FERNS, by STANLEY PLUMLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They were the local ohio palm, tropic in the heat of trains. Subject(s): Palm Trees; Railroads; Railways; Trains TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED, by RUTH NORRIS KENT Poem Text First Line: The train is coming down the track Last Line: My soul's on the train somehow! Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains TWILIGHT TRAIN, by EILEEN MYLES Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now the pink is in the water Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains VIEW, by JOSEPHINE MILES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the last pullman of the day pulls into the grand canyon station Subject(s): Railroads; Grand Canyon, Arizona; Railways; Trains VILLAGE RAILROAD, by HARLAN J. LEACH Poem Text First Line: In lingering curve it lies across the town Last Line: That knows the sea, the plain, the mountain pine. Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains WAITING, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the trains go by Subject(s): Railroads; Waiting; Railways; Trains WAY-STATION, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The incoherent rushing of the train Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains WEST SHORE ELERVASHUN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: We held elecshun in our town Last Line: Who haz the rite uv way? Subject(s): Engineering & Engineers; Railroads; Travel; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips WET, by PAUL BLACKBURN Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains WHAT THE ENGINE SAYS, by ALEXANDER ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What does the mighty engine say Last Line: Butting space backward with his head. Alternate Author Name(s): Surfaceman Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroads; Work; Workers; Railways; Trains WHAT THE ENGINES SAID; OPENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What was it the engines said Last Line: With a whistle at the close. Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains WHAT THE TRAIN RUN OVER, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the train came shrieking down Last Line: This is what the train runs over. Subject(s): Aging; Children; Death; Railroads; Childhood; Dead, The; Railways; Trains WHAT WE DID TO WHAT WE WERE, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We pass through towering wheat Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains WHO WILL KNOW US, by GARY SOTO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: It is cold, bitter as a penny Subject(s): Railroads; Railways; Trains WINDOW, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night from a railroad car window Last Line: Broken across with slashes of light. Subject(s): Night; Railroads; Bedtime; Railways; Trains WINDOWS RIDING AMTRAK; FOR ABE OPINCAR, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hurtle through night tunnels Last Line: The last remaining link. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Subject(s): Railroads; Solitude; Widows & Widowers; Railways; Trains; Loneliness WORKING ON THE RAILWAY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In eighteen hundred and forty-one Last Line: To work upon the machinery / in the sub-terranean railway Subject(s): Railroads; Railways;trains |
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