I got on the Upminster train at Acton Town,
I was happy, I was off to see my boyfriend I was Essex bound,
The drunken man sat next to me at Hammersmith,
Suddenly, he slept peacefully without a sound.
5k runners were all around me at Barons Court,
Excited they were off to Hampstead Heath to compete for the British Heart Foundation,
Two England football fans were at Earls Court,
Jubilant, they sang all the way to Gloucester Road station.
Men were spellbound by the brunette goddess at South Kensington,
She was a seductive vision in coral pink,
People moved away from the vagrant at Victoria,
The train was filled with an incredible stink.
International students were on board at St James’ Park,
They descended at Westminster for a boat ride to Hampton Court,
Two schoolgirls argued over a boy at Temple,
Bitterly and loudly they fought.
A respectable woman was engrossed with Fifty Shades of Grey,
At Mansion House, her pupils dilated,
Tourists complained about the Tower of London at Aldgate East,
The entrance queue was long and how they waited.
West Ham football fans entered at Whitechapel,
They travelled to Upton Park for the farewell tribute to the Boleyn Ground,
The old woman held her dog tenderly at East Ham,
She declared her eternal love for the beautiful basset hound.
A couple sulked at Hornchurch,
They looked at each other with hate,
The train arrived home at last at Upminster,
I kissed my boyfriend, who wondered why I was so late?
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Author:
FineBul (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: November 21st, 2017 10:35
- Comment from author about the poem: Where would any Londoner be without the London Underground, the capital's main transport network. The District Line connects South West London, West London, Central London, East London and Essex. Take a journey from ACTON TOWN on the West London part of the District Line, all the way to Central London, via the heartland of East London ending up in glorious Essex - final stop UPMINSTER.
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Comments4
Can one go all that way, just on one train? Does one have to change, even to another District Line train? A fine write.
Hi Orchidee,
Glad you liked this.
Definitely one can go all this way and in the other direction from Upminster back to Acton Town.
At various stops on the District Line as with all other London Underground lines there are interconnections with other underground lines.
Keep writing
FineB
OMG FINE ~ The London Tube ~ finest in the Universe ! I live in Glorious Essex (thanks for your comment !) so I often go up to the Smoke and I always use the TUBE ~ Wonderful ! I could ride on it all day (you can on the Circle Line)and as your Poem illustrates "All Human Life is There" more exciting than most TV programmes ! I love London ~ The Shows ~ The Shops & Lights @ Christmas and The Restaurants ~ AWESOME ~ I have Cousins who live in London ~ They don't have cars ~ just use the tube ! The have big TUBE MAPS up in the Kitchen ~ Tube Serviettes and they now it off by Heart. Thanks for caring and sharing ~ a Wonderful tribute to a wonderful TUBE ~ Hammersmith Hugs ~ BRIAN Essex Boy !
You're welcome Brian.
Delighted you like the poem.
In 2015, I set myself a project to go around the London Underground taking photos of underground stations and lines and my poems on the Underground are based on that. I came to appreciate the Underground more as a result.
One good thing about knowing the London Underground is that when you have to get somewhere and the ordinary lines are closed because of engineering works at least you know you have alternative lines instead.
Hammersmith Hugs - Thanks. I was at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith last night to see Bananarama live the final night of their current UK tour.
Wicked and simply brilliant.
Bananarama - the original line up, Sarah, Siobahn and Keren.
To everyone in the US - Bananarama will be touring the US next year.
Warmest Wembley wishes Brian, Essex Boy.
Fine B
Keep writing.
Memories of early 70's travelling on the district line to wimbledon, the still had thse old metropolitan cammel units - you could still smell WW2 in them.
Thanks Dusk Arising for your comments and reading my poem. Those old trains they have now shipped off to the Isle of Wight and they are part of their internal transport network on the island.
Keep writing
FineB
You make me want to tour all over London. Sounds awesome FineB.
Hi Accidental Poet,
If you want to tour London you can do no wrong by boarding the London Underground and the London Overground and prepare to be amazed by a voyage of discovery.
Keep writing
FineB
Thanks FineB, if the world was in a safer state of travel, I would love to see London and other places in England. But the way things have been for the last 15 years or so, I don't see any travel plans in my near future. But it will stay on my bucket list.
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