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THE STEAM ENGINE
Contributed by
mohan
on
Monday, 23rd June 2003 @ 07:25:00 AM in AEST
Topic:
Nostalgic
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A drowsy voice, non-chalantly announces her arrival,
Stirring a sudden activity on the platform,
All expectant eyes stare at her beamingly,
As she glides down her way majestically.
With a clang and loud screeching noise,
She stops,purging pent-up energy.
Though dark in complexion, in appearance
rustic,
I fell for her at the first sight.
Weary she is after journey, exhausting,
And in her sojourn,she settles down, recuperating.
As shovels of coal shoved into the hearth to satiate her,
The shimmering embers generate a new vigour.
Belching dark coils of smoke, in her effort to digest,
From the dangling hose, she quenches her
thirst.
She is now all set for the travails of her journey.
As the weather-beaten metallic piece is rung,
To signal her off; the green flag flutters in gesture.
She blows a long whistle, bidding adieu to the waving crowd.
Crawling and groaning under heavy burden,
Like an old man drawing a cart over-laden,
Slowly but steadily she accelerates her pace,
Generating a rhythm that sets her beat.
Disappearing ,soon, into the enveloping darkness.
But I can still see,
The trails of white whiffs dissipating in the air,
And hear the reverberating long whistle.
Copyright ©
mohan
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2003-06-23 07:25:00]
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Re: THE STEAM ENGINE
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by Saira on
Monday, 23rd June 2003 @ 07:43:15 AM AEST
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| It's a beautiful write... good imagery. Well done! |
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Re: THE STEAM ENGINE
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by kalika_vidya on
Monday, 23rd June 2003 @ 08:05:30 AM AEST
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| well done professor.. |
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Re: THE STEAM ENGINE
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by norm on
Monday, 23rd June 2003 @ 11:44:45 AM AEST
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It's a choo choo marvel
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My Lionel trains were just plain hectic
There was no steam, they ran electric
When I transformed as engineer
In this world, I had no peer. |
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Re: THE STEAM ENGINE
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by Ilhar on
Monday, 23rd June 2003 @ 08:39:32 PM AEST
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excellent imagery, good write
Shari
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