Wednesday, August 31, 2005

The 6.15 From Paddington - Steam Days Comments

Rating: 4.9

The 6.15 from Paddinton goes chugging down the track,
The Guard blows on his whistle, and the engine whistles back.
The carriages are following, swaying as they go,
The passengers are also swaying to and fro.
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Ernestine Northover
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Andrew Blakemore 19 March 2008

The old days of steam recaptured by your lovely flowing words. Great write. Andrew x

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Duncan Wyllie 31 March 2006

How is it Ernestine that you seem to be able to hold a precious moment almost in your hand.A beautiful bird of somekind that feeds from your words and our eyes glance. Knowing that as it flies away so that others may see it's beauty, so also it will return to you with food to feed you and so much more than you thought you had offered it.Beautiful words from a beautiful poetic bird in flight.Love Duncan

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Simon Whild 02 November 2005

I've taken this London to Cardiff train many times, although not in the age of steam. A lovely poem that conjures up the age of steam admirably though. The days when a long journey like this was a real adventure rather than the routine journey it is nowadays. A nicely paced poem too that uses a lot of word patterns to create the feel of a moving train.

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