tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post856012894393419015..comments2024-03-05T06:52:06.523-05:00Comments on Mainely Write: Trains for Poetry JamDonna Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-25611822981380813142014-03-05T17:19:31.891-05:002014-03-05T17:19:31.891-05:00Love it ... your short lines and snippet scenes re...Love it ... your short lines and snippet scenes reflect a train journey perfectly ... Susan Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039551683129884367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-8006204809813485562014-02-26T22:56:54.207-05:002014-02-26T22:56:54.207-05:00Really enjoyed the train journey with you...what a...Really enjoyed the train journey with you...what a lovely sketch of life in motion....Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-16849376641230492282014-02-26T21:42:27.912-05:002014-02-26T21:42:27.912-05:00Thanks, Kathryn! I'm happy you enjoyed the &q...Thanks, Kathryn! I'm happy you enjoyed the "trip"!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-7164094890387381272014-02-26T21:41:35.799-05:002014-02-26T21:41:35.799-05:00Yea! After I wrote it I realized I had subconsciou...Yea! After I wrote it I realized I had subconsciously written the scenes with a train rhythm.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-67956164496257180462014-02-26T21:13:23.775-05:002014-02-26T21:13:23.775-05:00Love the flow of this piece and the scenes you'...Love the flow of this piece and the scenes you've captured. Felt as though I was on a train journey.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-53236350867879246932014-02-26T20:13:34.498-05:002014-02-26T20:13:34.498-05:00One does get a different view from a train window....One does get a different view from a train window. I enjoyed the rhythm of this poem that seemed to me to be quite train-like!Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-39487996304634847022014-02-26T20:07:05.537-05:002014-02-26T20:07:05.537-05:00Thanks, Wendy! Glad you could come aboard!Thanks, Wendy! Glad you could come aboard!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-3109179251650535272014-02-26T19:51:04.407-05:002014-02-26T19:51:04.407-05:00Very evocative. You put me right there, Donna - s...Very evocative. You put me right there, Donna - staring out the train window to the sound of the clickety-clacks. Thoughtfully penned.Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-11983423187438057872014-02-26T19:18:23.843-05:002014-02-26T19:18:23.843-05:00My grandson loves trains - Thomas and Company, and...My grandson loves trains - Thomas and Company, and even Mr. Rogers with Trolley! Someday soon, he's going to have to come along on a real train trip. I wonder how old you have to be to have eyes that recognize what they are seeing.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-71840978874644848622014-02-26T19:15:42.784-05:002014-02-26T19:15:42.784-05:00And they really are pretty quick!And they really are pretty quick!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-16953851959217416042014-02-26T19:15:01.752-05:002014-02-26T19:15:01.752-05:00The view from the train tracks is so much differen...The view from the train tracks is so much different than the street view!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-63110514180447350642014-02-26T19:14:13.829-05:002014-02-26T19:14:13.829-05:00My story on the first link is a slightly fictional...My story on the first link is a slightly fictionalized version of our trip home from Wisconsin to Maine, with Christmas Eve in Grand Central Station when my son was 3 and daughter 7 months.<br />I do like traveling by train.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-72900638477868819682014-02-26T18:22:47.553-05:002014-02-26T18:22:47.553-05:00Someday you will have to come to Maine and ride th...Someday you will have to come to Maine and ride the Downeaster or the old Maine Eastern. Both have relaxing rides through undefiled water views and landscapes.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-51686660043805726612014-02-26T15:30:41.393-05:002014-02-26T15:30:41.393-05:00I like the way you described train journeys, and I...I like the way you described train journeys, and I can so identify... I haven't traveled much in the USA on trains, but between WI and Chicago I have definitely seen the backside of life -- the hanging linens, trucks unloading, etc. It is interesting actually to travel seeing that view. I like your questions: should we spy? should we pry? I enjoyed 'traveling' with you!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-9688359296274573192014-02-26T15:24:06.220-05:002014-02-26T15:24:06.220-05:00I guess train journeys allow us insights into peop...I guess train journeys allow us insights into people's lives in ways that no there means of transport do, these 'sides of life with a new eye'.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-89375343564430360522014-02-26T13:53:52.070-05:002014-02-26T13:53:52.070-05:00Yes! There are such quick then hidden glimpses of ...Yes! There are such quick then hidden glimpses of other lives!Kathe W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06781645436343424010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-34840044302086220972014-02-26T13:29:39.910-05:002014-02-26T13:29:39.910-05:00This is almost as good as sitting there and travel...This is almost as good as sitting there and travelling in the train. Life as seen through the eyes that travel.alan1704https://www.blogger.com/profile/16068631142963794991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604430404780110710.post-3674322533241867452014-02-26T13:11:13.430-05:002014-02-26T13:11:13.430-05:00there was a point in life that the hobo life would...there was a point in life that the hobo life would have appealed to me...like keroacs writing..seeing the world out of the open door...eating out of a can cooked over a small fire...wish we had more undefiled landscapeBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com