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Riding the Train of Life was published in the No. 59, 2008 issue and The Maple Tree and I in the No. 62 issue, of CANADIAN STORIES, a literary magazine featuring family stories, personal experiences and memories of the past.

Riding the Train of Life

Riding the Go Train home
Looking out the window
Watching miles of life roll by
I sit in a low-spirited flashback
Of one day gone by
And find nothing accomplished
The train of life is speeding past
It stands still for no man

The Maple Tree and I

Standing on the front lawn
Near the maple tree
Ripped of its leaves
Letting go the riches of the season
I do what the immigrants do
What the unemployed do
I cultivate hope
At the gun-mouth of time

Journeying is Hard*

Midway through the journey of my life
I find myself within a forest.
In the midst of blinding mist
I get glimpses now and then of paths
Which may be deceptive.
There are too many forks ahead --
Which am I going to take ?
Should I take the path most trodden on
Or the path less travelled by?
Two paths diverged in the woods ahead
I can only take one.
Journeying is hard for a free man.

* It’s my homage and literary response to the works of Robert Frost and Dante Alighieri.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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I began my new journey and reminded myself

A journey of a thousand miles / begins with a single step
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Anna Yin

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A Sunlit Hilltop

Midway through your life's journey
You found yourself in a dark wood
For the straight trail was lost to you
Upon reaching the bottom of the hill
Worried and frightened
You looked up
Seeing a sunlit hilltop
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

ericcoliu · 发表于: 星期三十一月 28, 2007 9:35 pm 发表主题:

The Call to the Heights

Now I'm steeled;
I follow the call
Commanding me to strive for the heights:
Not looking back but moving forward.
I tread beneath my feet
A life, not half - and far less whole,
A life between regret and sin.
Upon here on the heights will be
A new life of freedom.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

星子 · 发表于: 星期三十一月 28, 2007 10:18 pm 发表主题:

Good try.

As a poem, it may be need more images.
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