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In "The Train," Christopher Rodgers captures the vivid imagery of a locomotive's journey through varied landscapes. The poem illustrates the majestic movement of the train as it navigates valleys, mountains, and road-side shanties, encapsulating the poetic essence of travel and observation. With rich metaphors and a playful tone, Rodgers invites readers to imagine the train's interactions with the world it traverses, making it a captivating piece of poetry that celebrates the beauty of locomotion and the landscapes that it crosses.
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Poetry project By: Christopher Rodgers
The Train • I like to see it lap miles, and lick valleys up, and stop to feed itself at tanks; and then, prodigious, step around a pile of mountains, and, supercilious, peer in shanties by the sides of roads; and then a quarry pare to fit it’s sides, and crawl between,