Railroad Platforms Comments
On railroad platforms shadows stream,
Hurry home to painted dreams
Unleashed from bare necessity
Wishing they were truly free
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I am going to re publish my four part train trip on poemhunter My Name Is Louise parts 16 17 18 19 England's i987 hurricane thru thye eyes of a little girl and her father
H Jane, I was thinking of Eliot's lines in The Waste Land " people, humble people who connect nothing with nothing. I'm not so pessimistic as he was but I sometimes feel a twinge of sadness when i look round Railroad platforms. It's hard to explain but your phrase " dark places" is part of it. Thanks for your comment.
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7/28/2025 8:23:56 PM # 1.0.0
That was extraordinary how you put across an intense feeling of melancholy in a scene of hustle bustle at a railroad station. You are an exceptional poet, I am never disappointed and often am challenged by your skills