"The Office"

Have you ever done it on public transport?
I'm not trying to be rude
I'm talking about scribbling poetry
Sorry if you're a prude.
It's not much fun in the rush hour
Crushed up against a pole
No space to put pen to paper
With writing thoughts your goal.
Desperate for your brain to switch off
Knowing there's a good one inside
That magical line gone forever
No matter how hard I tried.
Early Saturday morning
Almost a carriage to my own
Write down at my leisure
Totally in my poetry zone.
For trains & buses are my office
Where random thoughts go wild
Calm and collected on the outside
Inside like a little child.
I get such a buzz from writing
It keeps me from going insane
But this morning it's just a bonus
Killing a journey
Heading for Stansted to catch a plane.

Dulwich Poet 6th June 2015

(Random thoughts about writing on a train..while on a train)