VERSES: 01/13/26

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

[last train to San Fernando photo from Google]

One day the train

Chugged along its rails

And rested

Never again to whistle

Clank or chug

Then the buses rolled

With people kids and goods

The way things change

After long long semesters

© gillena cox 2026

##all of the railways were finally closed on December 28th, 1968 in Trinidad🇹🇹

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Folsom Prison Blues

Challenge: after reading and listening to

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash: to write an inspired poem 20 lines or less

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[ “Mme Kupka among Verticals” painted in 1910-11 by Frantisek Kupka. Courtesy dVerse] Poets Pub

A Look Back

She looks back

Only to see herself etched

In a canvas of colour bars

Not as tasty as candy

Much more messy

Than an artist palette

The truth triggers waterlilies

To blossom on strange

Mossy rocks

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

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