Our Writers Group in Leyburn is joining forces with the Wensleydale Railway(the local heritage railway) to produce a booklet on the theme of trains (especially steam) which we hope to sell through their train shops.
I am writing and illustrating a section for children and here is the first draft of one of my poems.
It is for older children/ early teenage and for full impact is meant to be read out loud.
Advice and comments, please!
A Train is a...
silence taker
ground shaker
choo choo tweeter
coal eater
smoke maker
soot baker
steel stunner
people runner
carriage tugger
track hugger
piston squawker
tunnel corker
ear popper
traffic stopper
brake screecher
station reacher
Thursday, 27 August 2009
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