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Pondering at Promontory Point
History / Metrical / Rhyme

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 …

 Mark Vincent / railroad / unity
Continue reading ... "Pondering at Promontory Point"
[ Once upon a golden never ]
.Wistful / Metrical / Rhyme

[ Once upon a golden never ]

Once upon a golden neverWas — or not — a perfect landTo whose shores the sea danced gladly,Gently kissed the blessed sand. In that uncorrupted nowhereMountains rose without a threatInto …

 dream / mankind / Sarah van der Pas / Utopia
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Mud and Honey
. Philosophical / Fixed Form / Love / Metrical / Rhyme / Sentiment

Mud and Honey

Her sentimental spirit washes freewhen clay and sediment come sliding down,so if she cries, a man is bound to seea river in her eyes but twice as brown.I hold her …

 authenticity / empowerment / Kaleb Pier / sonnet / woman
Continue reading ... "Mud and Honey"
Pepito at Peace
. Pensive / . Solemn / Free Verse

Pepito at Peace

The Nationalists nevermarched down Calle Margaritaeven when they took Caranqueno fascist boottouched these stones. Pepito sits on a white flat rock,elbow of his flannel shirt torn, both kneespatched in black. …

 Dan Erickson / denial / Regret / war
Continue reading ... "Pepito at Peace"
Arroyo
. Contemplative / Free Verse / Nature

Arroyo

Just north of El Prado, the land slopes down toward Hondo Valley. A green Forest Service truck and vintage motorbikes rest inside the curve of a nearby switchback, rimmed with …

 arroyo / desert / Rio Grande / Susan Chambers
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