I wanted to share this with the TWC as it has a long story behind it. A fellow poet of the Stanza Mar Menor Group brought his poems every month to our group for comment and scrutiny. David worked for two years to assemble a collection of poems about the railways in England, Scotland and Wales. He is an enthusiast, and I think he has been successful in compiling a book of poems that have, social importance, factual information, humour and exhibits a poetic style all of his own. Here is his own blurb!
Margaret Rowland
It´s Chuffing Magic!...
Written by award-winning poet and creative writing tutor David Leslie Urion, this WordPlay published book is now available to buy via Amazon.com and Createspace.com in traditional print and Kindle formats. www.createspace.com/4665713
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In Praise Of Rails is a nostalgic collection of fifty railway-related poetic gems that will inspire you to find out more about the memorable locomotives, events, people and places that have shaped our island race´s unique obsession with all things trains, that began with the starch-shirted days of Stephenson´s Rocket and still survives today with the sleek and sexy Eurostar. Love `em or hate `em you can´t get away from trains in the UK. Everywhere you go, from the biggest city to the most solitary spot, you´re sure to find new generation rolling stock or ancient relics to remind you of Britain´s great railway heritage not too far away if you look hard enough. This is not just an excellent insightful poetry collection, it delves into and celebrates the social fabric and factual history of Britain too.
Famous locomotives have been written about; Sir Nigel Gresley, Mallard, Tornado, Flying Scotsman, Northern Belle, the Jacobite that runs along Scotland´s west coast (undisputed greatest railway journey in the world), plus coal shunters, miniature railways, lost lines, stations, tunnels, secret sidings, boat trains, the importance of the navvies, Woodham´s scrapyard in Barry, a restored signal box, National Railway Museum and STEAM museum to name but a few.
