30 September: For Unicorn Challenge

yellow, black, green, train tracks and overhead wires in an abstract style
image from Unicorn Challenge of footpath, gate, forest, fences, and sign reading Stop Look Listen Beware of trains.

The Derelict Line to Turners Hill

My feet have come to rest here,
at the end of this dim lit lane, where

fallen leaves, gold and red and brown,
rain down like regal crowns,

and however soft I tread
upon this hardened path, I stop

and look and listen for the 8:04,
a train from a sky faded world,

that’s not passed this way
for nearly 20-years or more.


For Unicorn Challenge 29.09.23. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023. Featured image is AI artwork.

17 responses to “30 September: For Unicorn Challenge”

  1. Waiting for what once was… hauntingly atmospheric, M! 🙂

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    1. Thank you so much for reading it, Tom! 🥰

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  2. A spooky tale, days of future passed.

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  3. I like your entry. May I walk along with you?

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      1. Hi again.
        While I was posting in Jenne’s Unicorn Challenge a couple of days ago, I left a link to a pps I made called AsTheUnicornTurns. It is in my cloud. ceayr and jenne opened it.
        It didn’t matter if no one noticed or opened. I notify you because you were mentioned in it. Here is the link if you so desire.

        https://pcloscloud.com/index.php/s/Xr9WNrWw23mxNY8

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  4. Lovely poem, Misky, the words falling along like the leaves – and the nostalgia.
    And the artwork is beautiful.

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  5. Those train sounds and schedules become ingrained, a part of the towns they once passed through, a part of the people who walk their tracks. I like this nostalgic poem.

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    1. Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed reading it.

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  6. The artwork, the evocative remembrance of relics that pass only in the mind’s eye — all made my morning special before I set off for work.. I am a romantic. I imagine that at midnight, the specter of that train stops and wonders why no one gets on board. 🙂
    Talking about ghosts stopping — the ghost of Mark Twain, Emily Dickinson, and Hemingway all stop by my blog:
    https://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2023/09/forever-is-composed-of-nows-tale-of.html

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    1. Keep yourself safe out of there, Roland.

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  7. I was transported by your words, Misky.
    Beautifully done.

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    1. Thank you so very much.

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  8. A moment of nostalgia captured beautifully.

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    1. I’m glad you enjoyed reading it. 🥰

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  9. Powerful yearning in this poem! 💜

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    1. Thanks ever so much for your comment, Liz.

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