My english homework tonight was to write a poem

GoldenEyeNumismatics

that started with the words "I see the..." and ended with "and I will tell about it."

So I decided to make it numismatic. The title is "California in 1850"


I see the haggard faces
And bright new ones in the mix
Empty pockets and some full ones
Soon empty from merchants’ tricks

Money flowing like water
Like the water from whence the gold came
Fine grains to heavy flakes
Twenty ounce nuggets bet on a single game

The banks so full of wealth
Coin stacked in piles deep
Ingots labeled “Moffat” and “Baldwin”
What profits these banks did reap

The harbor full of ghosts
These sailors abandoned fast
Off to the promising goldfields
Before the golden chance has past

And once at the broad sand bars
The American, Yuba and more
They rocked their rockers and panned their pans
Transforming people to national lore

These miners, many did struggle
Indeed, many did quit
To chase a dream and live a story
And I will tell about it

MidLifeCrisis

I give it an A...tell your teacher I said so.

Billet7

Sweet. I give it a Longacre sticker!

LoveMyLiberty

Sounds like Robert W. Service.

GoldenEyeNumismatics

<< <i>Sounds like Robert W. Service.
>>



The Trail of '98 is one of my all-time favorite books.

adamlaneus

I wonder how many folks will submit something like:

"I see the cat. And I will tell about it."

GoldenEyeNumismatics

<< <i>I wonder how many folks will submit something like:

"I see the cat. And I will tell about it." >>



Probably the same number that fail the class

melvin289

Very good. I like. Should be an "A." I once include the word "Trime" in a poem I had to write for English Lit in college. I added a footnote at the bottom of the page explaining what a Trime was.

Ron

airplanenut

I like it. I got an A most times the board said I should, so I hope the same to you.

SkyMan

Sounds A worthy to me. Congrats!