Train travel so slow weaving its way
in and out of remote rural towns
lush Australian bushland, beef farms,
dotted with caravans, last resort housing!
old carriages offer the basic facilities
food and snacks at a reasonable price
less luggage restrictions than cheap flights
easy ride to pass time in our country side
low income passengers not rushing anywhere
strike up conversation to pass the time
friendly chatter, some on their phone
hours of life evaporate ….
some areas lush green others a thirsty brown
farms, bush and towns languish, time on hand
nothing of significance now elections have passed
routine votes cast as too hard to decipher any
real difference between the dominant parties
returned a dissatisfactory government coz
the others were no better, better the devil
you know than that other fellow
less sensory distractions than the big smoke
know each other and spread idle gossip
if life seems similar, what you gonna do
to spice it up, challenge yourself?
for tedium breeds mischief and harmful
emotions lurk just below the surface
always waiting to attack. Find purpose
and meaning, make use of all you got!
22.5.19
aroused 
Such wonderful rhythm and journey of your poem. You brought together all kinds of landscapes of our human life so beautifully.
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It is quite amazing what a few miles will do to change a climate, political or otherwise. 🙂
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good insight 🙂
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I love taking a train, always the conversations and the colour of life 🙂
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I like the train-journey rhythm to your reverie. Was it written on a train, or just musing?
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on the train, wrote about 5 poems that day coz I couldn’t get wifi!
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A great thoughtful message, Kate and yes in our India trains are a faster means of travelling anywhere especially people taking trains everyday for office and it is a different kind of journey altogether.
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Yes! 🙂
I’ve always loved trains and train rides. SIGH 🙂 What a way to journey! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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will be better once they provide wifi … the one vego meal was tasty, the carnivores had lots more choice 🙂
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I’d love a ‘for real’ train ride. 😉
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it’s certainly definite time out … couldn’t get wifi connection and I thought I’d have hours to blog and clean up my site … created a heap of poems instead 🙂
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Train journeys used to be so much fun! And yes, one should break the tedium to avoid mischief! 🙂
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or enjoy some good clean mischief 🙂
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Yess! 🙂
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I love the woven lesson of mindfulness intertwined with the simplicity of daily life.
I love trains, such a peaceful way to travel.😊❤️
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lol glad that came across Jenna 🙂
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A great message at the end.
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I used to love riding on trains. This makes me want to go and ride again.
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lol I’m not keen to do it again in a hurry I can assure you 🙂
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I miss train journeys in India.
So much happening in a short span.
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lol exactly, the staff were exhausted but here it’s just long and tiresome, in India it’s a real adventure 🙂
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