just a small train...

two carriage train pulling in to the small Tyabb station...
Generally, we tend to say that there is no rail service on the peninsula...
What little rail track there is requires changing
from the main line at Frankston to the small Stony Point line....
It is just a single track serving a handful of stations on the eastern side of the peninsula...


perhaps small
but a vital connection
to city worlds


Linking to:
Ruby Tuesday Too



NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends
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Monday Mellow Yellows
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Wednesday Waters

Train Characters

Potty characters at the Moorabbin Miniature Railway - inner Melbourne.


travelling
it's a potty kind of life
but we're smiling


Linking to:
The Weekend in Black and White


NOTE - My Memes
Scenic Weekends - Links open TODAY!
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Monday Mellow Yellows

A Carriage Tale

At first the carriage sighed with
Grudging
Monday morning
Potential
Like simmering
Rebellion
Without the gumption to strike

Half-empty
Prison
And a little time to divert into
Alternative pleasantries

All too soon
The seats and aisles
Crammed with
Silent
Still life

(Actually
Pseudo "busyness" 
Indulging in
Electronic
Escapes)

But a seat
Unexpectedly
Vacated
Between the distillers of pleasantries and
Filled with
A studded revolution black vest
Armed with tattoos and
Helmeted with
Silky
Neonic
Green
Hair

Uncomfortable discord
Sizzled

The tattoos
Stroked the neonic greens
Constantly
As if being different was
A shifty business
While the pleasantries fried into
Medusa-like
Stony glares
Fixed
Straight ahead
Peripheral vision was
Negligible

Finally
The staged skit was
Broken

The neonics shuffled out at Parliament
Chewing gum
Fast

For the first time I saw her eyes
As she passed my window
They were large
And dark
And beautiful

But still life
Trained on

NOTE: Parliament is the name of an undergound train station in inner Melbourne


Linking to:
dVerse ~ The Art of Rebellion
Poets United ~ Poetry Pantry
Real Toads ~ Open Link Monday

White Window Feature

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A delightful white feature in a shop window at Mornington, Mornington Peninsula
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Weekly Color meme ~ White
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ABC Wednesday Challenge Round 8 ~ A is for Artistic
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Creative white train
Artistic item for home
White magic for sale
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Weekly Color is hosted by Miranda


ABC Wednesday Challenge Round 8 is hosted by Mrs Nesbitt

Electrified!

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Travelling by train in to Melbourne, there are lots of wires and tracks and lamp posts and, of course, rails all needing the electric touch to work!
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Thematic Photographic #122 ~ Electric
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Expensive basic
To eat, drink, cool, heat, travel
Electrified life
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Thematic Photographic is hosted by Carmi Levy

Another Train

Microfiction Monday #52 ~ where a picture paints 140 characters, or even fewer. Susan says:
Photos will be from my own archives; illustrations are from Dover Publications' free clipart sample newsletter.
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She stood in an old memory.
Stylish, smiling, she alighted as a bride.
Now alone, with a few humble possessions, she awaited a new train.
(140 characters)
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Hosted by Susan (Ireland) @ Stony River

The Blues Train

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Front carriage of a train waiting at Cranbourne station
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Midweek Blues meme
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Quietly waiting
Electric multi wired journey
City bound blues train
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Hosted by Rebecca Haegele @ The Dusty Cellar

Waiting for the 9:15 ~ Prompt #46 ~ for Easy Street Prompts

(Pic from Easy Street Prompts. For more inspiring pics for writing, see the Easy Street Widget on the sidebar!)

Drama Queen
I know that’s what you think
Splayed out in party dress
High heels and all
In some old arm chair
I have obviously dragged
From some curbside
Junk dump
And here I am
Waiting for the 9:15
On a rusty old
Disused
Overgrown track
Which obviously has not seen
Any 9:15
(am or pm)
For quite some years
~
And the smoke approaching
Is quite clearly
Conveniently detoured
By an accommodating wind
From the old chimney stack
That also should be considering retirement
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So what’s the game
You think?
~
As usual
All you see
Is what you want to see
~
As usual
You don’t see
Me
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I am the girl
10 years ago
You were going to marry ~
The 9:15 is your train
The one you meant to catch
But somehow
It slipped your mind
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It was the last train
On the last run
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But you retired from our destiny
The grass between us became overgrown
And the wind blew the smoke
Of our fire
Away from your view
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So here I am
A discordant note
In the symphony of your time
From yesterday
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This drama
Is your drama
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