Posts Tagged: rail road
The railway line towards home
On August 30, 2019
- Transport
“the rail tracks
toward a harvest moon
thoughts of home”
(Chenou Liou in Rail Tracks Haiku)
Bottrop (D)
4 little tracks need a roof
On August 29, 2018
- Transport
“What’s the railroad to me?
I never go to see
Where it ends.
It fills a few hollows,
And makes banks for the swallows,
It sets the sand a-blowing,
And the blackberries a-growing.”
(H.D. Thoreau in What’s the railroad to me?)
Aachen (D)
The mirror tells me that I am fair!
On August 20, 2018
- What has been left
"Der Spiegel sagt mir: ich bin schön! Ihr sagt: zu altern sei auch mein Geschick. Vor Gott muß alles ewig stehn, In mir liebt ihn für diesen Augenblick." (G.W. von Goethe in Suleika) Aachen (D)
It is colorful along the track
On June 12, 2018
- Street scenes - garages and parking places
"When I bring to you colour'd toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colours On clouds, on water, and why flow'rs are painted in tints: When I give colour'd toys to you, my child." (R. Tagore in The Crescent Moon, no. 9) Liège-Sclessin (B)