Showing posts with label commuter train. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commuter train. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 07, 2023

Ghazal: rough sleepers

I learned to consider both the upstream and downstream work as part of the process to understand what was being done in front of me

During my commute to Boston, de-training at South Station, walking into the Financial District, I found the rough sleepers in front of me

What approach does one take to write a poem to send to Europa, is their water like the tap water in front of me?

A melody can transport me back in time to a place, a point, usually significant for what was happening in front of me

The sounds of the street, traffic, voices, a symphony of life, even if a hard life, always for the rough sleepers in front of me

What will Europa make of the poem which will come to it, or will it be treated like the rough sleepers in front of me 

Thursday, January 21, 2010

morning colors

black sidewalk white snow
red signal
no train yet
Brown victory
gray horizon


What is a sherku?






Thursday, December 17, 2009

legacy

goodbye telegraph
telephone
track side pole
arms spread out
standing wireless

What is a sherku?

This is a new format for sherku. I am exploring more of the common 3-4 syllable phrases that characterize much of American language following work done by William Carlos Williams. The nineteen syllable restriction remains but the lines will work out to be five or six instead of the original three.
 

This was originally posted to Twitter tagged with #twitpoem #140poets

Monday, October 05, 2009

barefoot dash

so determined she stopped
did a little two step out 
shoes in hand caught her train

 What is a sherku?


Originally posted to Twitter:

sherku: barefoot dash - so determined she stopped/ did a little two step out/ shoes in hand caught her train// #twitpoem #140poets

Friday, November 14, 2008

Different


It will be different
Waking up on Monday
Not having to catch a train

What is a sherku?

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Franklin Line #717 Outbound

They choose to stand leaning
With the train on the curves
Rather than sit middle seat


What is a sherku?

Friday, October 24, 2008

this old train

From hours of rolling
Travel station to station
Form fitted naugahyde


What is a sherku?

Thursday, October 16, 2008

signal poles - 2

Signal poles spaced one hundred
Feet apart, no wire to
Carry, tracks run seamless

What is a sherku?

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

signal poles - 1


Signal poles spaced one hundred
Feet apart, no wire to
Carry, cross to old ways


What is a sherku?

Thursday, October 09, 2008

something in the sunrise

Something in the sunrise
On the horizon says
Wall Street is not a concern


What is a sherku?

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

just in case

I have “Awesome God”, “Here I am
To worship”, bring
Everything just in case


a "found poem"

Overhearing this phone conversation on the train, I found the juxtaposition of what was in hand with bringing everything else, just in case, worthy of smiling about

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

train buddy says


Like a Gloucester fisherman
Yellow slicker beaded wet
It’s a bad hair day

What is a sherku?

Monday, September 22, 2008

plenty of advice


Wow! A derailed train!

Thirty safety vests clustered
Telling Joe what to do


What is a sherku?

Sunday, September 21, 2008

derailed

How do trains derail?
Wheels go slip slide away
Or switch thrown incorrectly?


What is a sherku?

Saturday, September 20, 2008

train reading

Bright September sun
Hinders my train reading,
Should have sat across the aisle


What is a sherku?

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Franklin Line: Dorchester Branch

Takes time to work on a bridge
That still needs to be used
Trains run single file


What is a sherku?

Monday, April 28, 2008

railroad ties

New ties stacked green banded
Five by five to a bundle
Lay down a smooth ride


What is a sherku?

Saturday, April 26, 2008

happy couple 2

Camera in hand, her arm
Extended above the seat
Their love captured now


What is a sherku?

happy couple 1

Couple cuddled, then alert
Told their ticket was only
Half price; they relaxed



What is a sherku?

Friday, April 25, 2008

Franklin Line: South Station

The eagle surveys Dewey Square
Shows its backside track side
On top South Station


What is a sherku?