Best Transcontinental Poems

(Historical train-ride on the first Transcontinental Railroad in 1870 from Omaha to Ogden aboard the Union Pacific Railroad)     © 2009 (Jim Sularz)


I can hear the whistle blowing, 
two short bursts, it’s time to throttle up.
Conductor double checks, with tickets punched, 
hot...

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(Historical train-ride on the first Transcontinental Railroad in 1870 from Omaha to Ogden aboard the Union Pacific Railroad)     © 2009 (Jim Sularz)

Morning breaks again, we chug out to Bryan and Carter,
at Fort Bridger, lives Chief Wash-a-kie.  
Another steep grade, snow-capped...

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(Historical train-ride on the first Transcontinental Railroad in 1870 from Omaha to Ogden aboard the Union Pacific Railroad)     © 2009 (Jim Sularz)

Wyoming winds blow like a hurricane,
the flimsy bridge sways to and fro.
Some hold their breath, some toss down a few,
‘till...

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this paean to the place name sans title of poem actually mooch oh years decades? ago, when my youngest sister began her decades long residence along the Pacific Northwest.
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“Let us cross the river and rest in the shade of trees”
Converse like gentlemen, with our bayonets at ease
We were once brothers, declaring independence for these lands 
Now we murder one another, for the right to shackle two hands

Where were the voices, emancipating your values...

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I have been reading a rootless thesis:
Lack of commitment to a permanent home
causes depression,
over-commitment to inside claustrophobic voices,
failing deep-rooted immune systems,
obesity,
disassociation,

Fear of outdoor climate pathologies,
un-walled infestations
alien predators
threats to our own ongoing ecopolitical empowerment
too competitively overwhelming
to ever get unstuck
from relentless ruminations
representing financial survival issues,
arguments,
tensions about paying...

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County seat, of Mason County, Washington, highly rates
United States Westernmost city on Puget Sound e quates 
above ground sans tectonic plates
Population 9,834 per 2010 census 
end result from biological mates
maintains commission form of government 
drafted by mandates.

Shelton served by small steamboats greet
omprising Puget Sound Mosquito...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-Two

The day broke on this fateful date like gravestones pushed asunder
Transcontinental wagons hooted their humming blared thunder
The Faithful six million alerted to the confrontation
Made their way in unison to the muezzin’s call yonder

The lake’s squadrons of Bernache geese...

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The Almighty said, “You have a gift – go and prophesy.” 
Like celebrated prophets of long ago, I thought, “Oh, my!” 

Messages came rapidly over the next few days 
I wrote them in notebooks, sometimes in a daze. 

Covering some serious topics, others seemed willy-nilly,...

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(do enjoy frolicking gently imaginatively)

County seat, of Mason County, 
   Washington, United States
westernmost city on Puget Sound 
   above ground sans tectonic plates

population 9,834 per 2010 census 
   end result from biological mates
maintains commission form 
   of...

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Telephone - A Didactic Cinquain


Telephone
Wired, wireless
Contacting, crashing, misdialing
Ever so transcontinental
Telephone set

2/16/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©...

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I am Eisenhower builds the 
Interstate highway. 
   I am polio vaccine that 
Saves the day. 

   I am the energy of civil 
Rights. 
   I am the first transcontinental 
Flight. 

   I am the Rosenbergs guilty...

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There was a bit of weird aggravation
at the status quo political party’s liberation
Many were feeling a teensy bit of degradation
After an insane and unexpected altercation

Inflicted after an impromptu demonstration
encouraged by some of the administration
To bring some zany new ideas that could cause frustration
Dangerous also, for...

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Q:  Who actually begins the Gog and Magog war in Ezekiel 38:1-3

A:  The word of the Lord came to me. "Son of Man, set your face against Gog,
      of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech...

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