Claudette Russell is a retired high school English teacher who lives with her husband in Goodwin State Forest in Hampton, Connecticut. Her work has appeared in various print and online journals. She also collaborates with her husband to create haiga.
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__ Grand, and I thank you Claudette, you've caused this senryu; thinking of everyone's train, counting time, as that time clicks away… track to track. _m
clock to clack
when train wheels count as they roll
time passes
Even when a train ride is to the next town or city, or perhaps the airport, we feel we leaving things behind, hopefully for the better. But intriguingly as each train ride leaves a past behind, they accumulate, as we always come back physically maybe with someone else's baggage.
A gently thought(s)-provoking verse.
I think after the forthcoming anthology of train poems comes out later this, we'll be inspired to write many more, and perhaps dealing with complex issues too in such a fine way.
train sitting:facingpeoplei’drathernot
Alan Summers
one line haiku
Publication credits: Raw NerVz (Summer 1995)
I remember taking that train ride! Thank you!
__ Grand, and I thank you Claudette, you've caused this senryu; thinking of everyone's train, counting time, as that time clicks away… track to track. _m
clock to clack
when train wheels count as they roll
time passes
train ride
pulling away
from my past
—CLAUDETTE RUSSELL
Even when a train ride is to the next town or city, or perhaps the airport, we feel we leaving things behind, hopefully for the better. But intriguingly as each train ride leaves a past behind, they accumulate, as we always come back physically maybe with someone else's baggage.
A gently thought(s)-provoking verse.
I think after the forthcoming anthology of train poems comes out later this, we'll be inspired to write many more, and perhaps dealing with complex issues too in such a fine way.
train sitting:facingpeoplei’drathernot
Alan Summers
one line haiku
Publication credits: Raw NerVz (Summer 1995)
I appreciate the comments!
This is wonderful! I love the phrase "pulling away/ from the past" and if coming back, reminds me of the movie title: "back to the future".
train window
the sun follows the geese