Train to Glory



There is a place
Panic pushed aside.
Transporting smoothly
As if a train ride.
Closed in, but still spacious
Covering distances forgot.
Food, warmth, resting.
Hostilities NOT.


And where is one headed?
Could only be good.
How came all this confidence?
Grace understood.
God’s Hand still a-keeping.
God’s smile has arrived.
Panic, shamefulness..
Both seem short-lived.
Child please just remember
This Train to great good.


Helping and Heaven
Understood.        May 13, 2023

About this poem

Sitting in a coffee shop. Early morning. I am half-way through reading a suspense novel entitled MALORIE. It is a sequel to the bestseller BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman. It describes a mutated world inhabited by strange creatures better not to be seen. Just one look brings to the viewer a horrific madness. The main character and her two teenage children have survived 16 years with a few basic rules of restraint and blindfolding. They hear of a mysterious BLIND TRAIN, perhaps bringing hope and change…They run to catch up and jump on…

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Written on May 13, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 13, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on May 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXBXCDC XEXEDFAFXE XX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 478
Words 90
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 10, 2

Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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