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The Wilmingtonian Poetry Journal Poems Inspired by Wilmington, Delaware written by Donata Lewandowski Guerra B.A. Swarthmore College 2003-11-27 6:35 PM The Wilmingtonian Journal: ROUNDEL AT ST. PATRICK'S, ASHLAND Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (0) |
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I believe Thomas McKean, one of Delaware's signers of the Declaration of Independence, had declared Wilmington, like Philadelphia, to be a truly "Quaker towne". The influence of the Society of Friends and their unique culture on the Wilmington area is so subtle that most inhabitants are unaware of such a deeply steeped heritage until moving away. It was not until I'd lived in Boston that I realized "the colonials up here are different from those in the Pennsylvania/Maryland/New Jersey/Delaware region." Meeting another who'd also had the experience of Boston was doubly illuminating. Her house happened to be near the historical St. Mary's Cemetery where my parents had purchased tiny burial plots. This parcel of ground served as genesis for the poem, while three traditions -- Catholic, Puritan, and Quaker -- joined in my mind. ROUNDEL AT ST. PATRICK'S, ASHLAND (Copyright 2003 Donata Lewandowski Guerra) The graveyard to the right begs I explain Two Catholic parental plots 'til sight Of you at life displaces, then, in your domain The graveyard to the right. Across, your fieldstones house cosmopolite Recall of Boston sojourns to obtain Division from the Brandywine where bright With Mind, displaced and seeking chatelaine Might grasp the Puritan is clothed in white But Quaker soil remains, and we reclaim The graveyard to the right. |
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