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The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
October 18, 2024 at 7:06am
October 18, 2024 at 7:06am
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Trail

Beside our house it runs,
the gravel path, the rail trail,
once the iron road to elsewhere
but now the trains have gone.

A country walk it simulates
and a welcome to the wild
for creatures from the woods around
come sightseeing in the town.

And yet I swear, on darkest nights
a phantom locomotive wails.


Line count: 10
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 10.18.24
Prompt: Write a 10-line trail poem.


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