RIDING THE RAILS
We've both got ourselves
on this railroad track.
I'm facing forward
and you're facing back.
I'm look ahead
to find out where we're going
and you won't turn around
so you've no way of knowing.
I'm anxious to see
what's around the next bend
and you're talking about
all the places we've been.
So here's my advice
and I'll say it quite plain.
Either watch where we're headed
or get off this train.
Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.
| Title | Comments | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Comments | Submitted |
| PSALM 46:10 "Be Still and Know That I Am God" | 1 | 04/12/2011 |
| THURSDAY'S ANSWERS | 0 | 04/06/2011 |
| POETIC LICENSE | 3 | 03/29/2011 |
| REPLENISH MY SPIRIT | 0 | 03/21/2011 |
| M.I.A. | 1 | 03/18/2011 |
| FOOTSTEPS OF THE FUTURE | 1 | 03/14/2011 |
| AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM | 1 | 03/01/2011 |
| A IS FOR ANGER | 0 | 03/01/2011 |
| THE SAILOR OR THE SEA | 1 | 02/27/2011 |
| GO BACK TO SLEEP | 2 | 02/20/2011 |
| SHUT UP, HEART | 1 | 02/18/2011 |
| SEVEN SUMMITS: An Acrostic | 1 | 02/09/2011 |
| PSYCH SESSION | 1 | 02/09/2011 |
| EMPTY POCKETS | 0 | 02/06/2011 |
| HIGHER MATH | 2 | 01/30/2011 |
| RIDING THE RAILS | 0 | 01/30/2011 |
| SKY-KID | 1 | 01/28/2011 |
| DEAD MAN WALKING | 0 | 01/22/2011 |
| BUCKET BRIGADE | 3 | 01/22/2011 |
| FREEDOM'S GHOST: Priscilla's Prayer | 2 | 01/21/2011 |
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