Transport

Those were days when aeroplanes did not fly

Nor did bullet trains or buses ply

Boats or barges in water and on land a bullock cart

For cars or choppers were not part

Of people’s daily life; though once in ancient ages

When the world sheltered learned sages

They described chariots that even flew

But some point of time into thin air they all blew

That man had to wait till some one invented wheel

To achieve sophistication and a sublime feel

About new vehicles that hit the road, air and water

That made place to place transportation smarter

Motor runs a dinghy in water, a dump truck on land

In its development even Euclid had a hand

We know an engine pulled a train on rail

Like everything else had an evolution trail

Started its journey slowly on steam

But innovations augmented humanity’s dream

For faster means changed driving power

Electric trains & metroseased the traffic hour

Now the government on electric buses is mulling

Promising hopes for the pollution lulling

Freighters in land, sea and air ferry cargo and goods

Fishing boats have boosted fishermen’s livelihoods

Four door cars are modern on the ground

Funicular trains serve on hill side mound

Gliders aided by air-dynamics have an elegant glide

Gondola lifts have sturdy cables to slide

Each in its way helping to scale heights

Sometimes even the common man to visit sites

Beyond his reach when a God chooses to reside

On a mountain summit and wills a man to decide

On a trip of pilgrimage to appease a yearning soul

A divine calling that helps him to reach his goal

Hover craft, helicopters serve the military power

And so did the hydrofoils during the war the world over

A hydroplane is a fast powered motor boat

But over the poles the iceboats remain afloat!

The jet carved its niche as an epoch that set the stage

Shrinking and conquering distance for the new jet age

Jeepsassociate with the tough and mighty men or road

Ketch is a water transport with sails on board

Kayak may be small but has a name in sport

Life boats and rafts are a life support

Lorry is ugly and has a tough streak

But a limousine is smooth and sleek

Motor cycles on road speed to congest

Monorails may be an answer that would best

Address the growing traffic concerns

A narrow boat negotiates best canal turns

Ocean liners are as majestic as the sea

If one on a summer day wants to flee

The scorching land a pedal boat fills the bill

Flying a plane is a pilot’s thrill

The feeling also applies to a racing car

Escape gravity height is no bar

Rockets and space ships are next generation

To step from moon to Mars human creation

Ships and submarines trade in war

Trams are antique but trains reach far

Rich and poor alike, taxies are for hire

To escape public transport mire

U boatis German, U short for under sea

Used when the whole world was in a fighting spree,

Vans down to earth ply on the roads,

Wagons in railways carry loads

Yacht is a rich man’s pleasure boat

Zeppelins are crafts and in the air afloat

A to Z one around the world covers

In eighty days or eighteen hours