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AS THE WHISTLING TRAIN CAME IN

21 Sunday Mar 2021

Posted by johnseekamp in Creative writing, Family Stories, History, Observations, Poems, Writings

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Loss of Land, Native American, Paiute, Westward Expansion

The train that left the station
headed into the setting sun,

On tracks that gleamed and glistened
sagging gently ‘neath wheels run,

Past mountains ‘bove the prairie
‘low stars just flickered and bright,

As Paiutes chanted and danced and mourned
by the sounds of a train in the night,

Soon a wolf in the distance howled
and coyotes joined their kin,

And all Paiutes in chorus lent a deep wail
as the whistling train moved in,

And Paiutes mourned beneath the moon
as the whistling train came in.

by John Patrick Seekamp c 2021

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HELMETS AND SHIELDS AND LONG SPEARS HELD TIGHT

16 Sunday Jul 2017

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Ancient Athenians, Ancient Greece, Spartans

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HE RODE THE TENNESSEE BACK ROADS IN A FORD V-8

15 Saturday Jul 2017

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1930's Moonshine Runner, A Changed Man, Doing The Right Thing, Redemption

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OF SWORD AND BREAD AND WINE

15 Saturday Jul 2017

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Ancient Rome, Roman Legions

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GENERAL TRAVELS IN STYLE

29 Thursday Oct 2015

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1777 in American Colonies, American Revolutionary War, Colonists, General John Burgoyne, Haiku, Three Pronged Attack

Three Pronged Attack fails,

Colonists rally in Fall,

Burgoyne took too long.

by John Patrick SeekampĀ  2015

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