Mission San Diego De Alcala

Here begins a series of Burns stanzas
commemorating the Catholic Missions found in Old California along "El Camino Real", The King's Highway. The rhyme scheme is
aaabab and the meter is trochee.
Lines "a" are tetrameter lines and lines "b" are dimeter lines.


California's oldest mission.
Shrine provides appreciation,
viewing proselytization.
Converts, business,
making tribes of Christian passion.
Seeds brought, priests bless.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Leong Avatar
July 1, 2017 at 10:53 AM
nice! i felt like briefly in a historical moment of olden days when priests travelled to proselyte. cheers!
Berggren Avatar
July 1, 2017 at 1:56 PM
Thanks John for reading my poem. It's nice to travel back in time.
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