[Stylist] essay and poem

[Shawn Jacobson]

Ann
Thanks for sharing.  I enjoyed that one.
Shawn Jacobson
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    On Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 02:07:47 PM EDT, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:  
 
 
Last week I boarded the train on a trip from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to New Rochelle, New York. The ride, about eight hours in total, lacked the typical stressors of airplane travel.  I’ve always liked trains and after this longer trip, I discovered  the rails do something I never noticed before. They sing.

  

During  a handful of long stretches, the familiar clickety-clack we all associate with a moving train faded and a resonating hum emitted. I found it hypnotizing; since I am not a musician I don’t know if   the notes were in a major or minor key or which key. It  started with a low note and increased until the note  reached a soprano and  ended. The audible phenomenon lasted only a short distance and varied. Think of a  finger circling  the lip of a wine glass on a grander scale.

  

Rail Song

By Ann Chiappetta

  

Rails and wheels marry

Sharing the miles 

Conversations carry

Conductor  sashays past

In the distance the horn blast

Rebounds reaches the last car.

  

Pastoral corridor  lulls

The song is heard

A message

It conveys  

The paring of rail and wheel

The joy of invention.

  

Disembarking  upon arrival

from west to east .

The urge to thank  the thrumming metal beast

For performing it’s rail song

Twitches fingers

  

Stays with me.

  

  

  

Ann Chiappetta M.S.

http://www.annchiappetta.com

Making Meaningful Connections Through Media

Ann.m.chiappetta at gmail.com

Blog: www.thought-wheel.com

914.393.6605

"Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story."

- Neil Gaiman

  
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