Pondering at Promontory Point
“May God continue the unity of our country as the railroad unites the two great oceans of the world.” – Engraved on the golden spike It was a cloudless day …
Category: History
The New Alchemy
Might we again relearn what once was known To forebears long ago but somehow lost By later generations–scorned and tossed Aside like fads or childish play outgrown? How can …
This Ancient Evening
This ancient evening has visited Countless times across the centuries. The cool air holds the gazes of Peasants, warriors, and Kings. Their many tongues utter Silently through the dusk. Pulsing …
Collision
The train was fast approaching; it was speeding up the track; a giant metal monster in a rage of smoking black, when suddenly, towards the train, a horse and wagon …
On Receipt of a Punch Bowl
(with apologies to Oliver Wendell Holmes) This antique silver bowl you gave to me one Christmas time, still tells the myths of olden days and haunting, ancient rhyme; They were …