| Show THE OLD PIONEER WAGON Archibald Anderson Fairview UT Non-Professional 84629 Division Honorable Mention Poetry The old ploneer wagon stood in the yard Its 1ife had been long and hard reminder of the past Unlocked thoughts in memory cast story never completely told Of many experiences raw and bold In silence it now rested Never again to be severely tested Wheels now brittle and dry with age Had rolled through strean and endless sage The tongue had heldsteady course Never deviating fromdedicated source Through weather good and bad Tt ever pressed onward for it had An inmportant journey to make-Home destination success at stake Rugged mountains to cross Behind sturdy oxen and horse Violent rivers The other side to ford without and reachbreach Rolling dovn Emigration Canyon full Of expectation of an end to push and pull thousand miles traversed stillsturdy frame moved with grace and will Yet another mission An ancient valley to This time the tongue Again it was loaded to perform reform turned south to feed the mouth The trip was short over uncharted trail That only Indian knew yet hail-Sanpete beautiful valley lay ahead With all promiseglorious future said -29 |
