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bridge
Contributed by
poeticjestix
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Saturday, 16th April 2011 @ 01:22:07 PM in AEST
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The railway bridge affords protection
from the grey persistent rain
a black, foreboding brick erection
will we see it's type again?
Stalactite like chalk deposits
formed from years of great neglect
slowly drop the moisture trapped
their aim precise and most select.
Years of such decomposition
drip their filthy waters down
puddles muddy and unkempt
cause passers by to scan the ground
the echo of this bridge draws children
to call out in high pitch tones
the only other sound of note
is rumbling of trains that drone.
The river flows under the arches
the shadows contrast with the light
the sun appears, the cloud are parted
it is so low, will soon be night.
The beauty of the parkland scene
it is misplaced, as if a dream
but that is what the engineers
conquered, joining there to here.
The parkland fights back most relentless
moss and ivy creep up walls
privets grow from elevations
roots escape through mortar holes
rusty signs from time once lost
point at dangers that have passed
fences new, attached to old
to keep us out, but they don't last.
A train approaches, it's most modern
shining beauteous metal gleans
electric groans from deep within
power from it's engines stream
the other way a diesel workhorse
carries loads of wood and ore
I could describe so many journeys
but I fear I'd be a bore.
So I walk on the riverbank
and leave the relic of the past
a country great, from innovation
may recede, but will it last?.
The beauty of this parkland scene
it will advance, relentless green
legacy of the engineers?
soon conquered by the passing years.
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Re: bridge
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by cashfan1 on
Sunday, 17th April 2011 @ 02:38:04 AM AEST
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Well done! This is simply brilliant writing. Full of vivid images, free flowing and perfect rhyming.
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Re: bridge
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by Tomboy on
Sunday, 17th April 2011 @ 07:04:19 AM AEST
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| loved yourn peom very descriptive |
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