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The Wilmingtonian Poetry Journal Poems Inspired by Wilmington, Delaware written by Donata Lewandowski Guerra B.A. Swarthmore College 2004-02-10 8:08 PM SONNET: DELAWARE TRUST Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) |
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A fascinating reminiscence of Wilmington landmarks in 1886 occurred in 1933 when a reporter for the Wilmington Sunday Journal recreated the streets of his youth for the paper's readers. Now, in 2004, I look back on his creation of that recreation. DELAWARE TRUST (copyright 2004 Donata Lewandowski Guerra) The Old Timer in nineteen thirty-three Strolled, composing Market Street from his head In 'eight-six: Yellow-buttoned shoes tread On a route long shaped in his memory. At Tenth an uprooted cemetery Raised stones once more "in this man's town. The red Brick village that was Wilmington." Block shed Delaware Trust, he, a soliloquy: "Chester A. Arthur's full burn-sided stare Tracked me to Fourth where a drove of cattle Stalled. Eyeing a factory for the bee hive Up Sixth at Shipley, I deemed it rare To improve on nature", 'til trolley's rattle Jarred him to breathing. He was yet alive. |
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