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JOSIE'S POEMS
Poems to Perform
By Josie Whitehead
See also: From a Railway Carriage
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Illustrated by Peter Hudspith
Written especially for my grandson, Daniel, when he was 4 years of age. He asked me for a 'train poem' and jumped for joy when I wrote this for him. He comes from a 'railway' family for my father (his great granddad) was a railway signalman, so you'll get lots of steam train poems for certain because as as child I spent many hours watching the steam trains pass the signal box or, know they were coming, waving from the station bridge.
CLICKETY CLACK
By Josie Whitehead
Music and Song - Martin Torbet
Josie's Voice Recording
A train leaves the station, clickety clack,
With wheels that clatter along the track.
Its billowing smoke discolours the sky
And hedges tremble as it clatters by.
Over the points with a clickety clack -
A mighty monster, strong and black.
The fireman bends to shovel the coal
As with clickety clack the coaches roll.
It’s gathering speed now, clickety clack.
The horses run and the ducklings quack.
The cows in the fields gawk with surprise,
Amazed at this beast of incredible size.
Past houses, villages, fields and trees,
Its powerful body travels with ease.
It transports its passengers, clickety clack;
Then rumbles and grumbles all the way back.
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* It’s gathering speed now, clickety clack.
The horses run and the ducklings quack.
The cows in the fields gawk with surprise,
Amazed at this beast of incredible size.
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Amazed at this beast of incredible size.
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Copyright on all my poems
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Note: Gawk - stare stupidly and with surprise.
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I've added the last verse to match the song which Martin Torbet wrote for you all. You can omit it if you wish, when you do your poetry performance, but you may like to keep it in your spoken performance. It will be entirely up to you. Josie
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