Indian Summer Poem by Milton I Marissa
Poem celebrating Indian Summer with vivid imagery of roseate light veiling earth skies and waters. The speaker describes golden twilight breezes birdsong and a mood of joy as the season blends with memory and nature. The lively, lyrical verses compare Indian Summer to spring and reflect on the beauty shaping the speaker’s inner spirit.
Good Night Poem Fragments on Nightfall and Longing
A poetic dialogue of farewell on a porch. The speaker salutes a cherished beloved and recalls past closeness while predicting a future separation. The snowy hands and rings symbolize intimacy as the lovers bid good night and imagine renewed timing.
A Narrow Escape From a London Theft Mastermind
A first person tale of a UK railway and London barbering ruse by a famed thief Philippe. He feigns shaving to threaten, nearly kills the narrator, who fights back with a chair and a terrier, then uncovers a conspirator team including Mary and Langton.
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Ile
Philippe
Satanic Sang Froid
Espy
Thilippe
Transac
Earliest Record of a Financial Transaction and Odd Anecdotes
A collage of clipped items with jokes and brief notices. It mentions the idea of an early financial transaction, then offers a series of humorous vignettes about misunderstandings, misstatements, and human foibles from various settings including a judge, a mother, an advertiser, a editor, a ferry boat in Brooklyn, a gardener, a pious speaker, a cadaverous man on a ferry, a telegram error, and a Detroit policeman.
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Chicago
Jady
Brooklyn
Cicero Refuses to Change Most Opinions in Conversation
The speaker tells Quincticus he has rarely altered his views, admitting that people often speak well rather than because their ideas are sound, a reflection on rhetoric over reasoned judgment.
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Sci
Efe
Quincticus
Cicero
Wild Horses Show Herd Leader Like a Chief
The piece describes wild horses acting with human like intelligence. They select a chief to signal departure and halt. They lead in drought, defend against threats, and horses form a center cluster when facing danger, often compelling big predators to retreat.
Silver bust found at Herculaneum preserves young beauty
At Herculaneum a female bust of pure silver, exceptionally preserved, was unearthed. Initially thought bronze, the surface altered by sulphur and silver sulphate gave a dark surface. A museum keeper scraped the surface and revealed silver beneath. Debate remains whether it was cast or chiseled, with the casting view gaining support. The head depicts a young, beautiful figure.
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Herculaneum
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BY Milton I. Marissa
England
London
Jaddington Station
Evnat
Treu
Ireland
Listdon
Lawk
Ini
Trish
Guar
Waterford
Titan
Spain
Milford
Jada
Milford Haven
Treland
Llisto
Peron
Phot
Garen Gente Numhike
Betas
Hind
Lrelawel
Piniippe
Stefan
Mary
Langton
Australia
Skye
Red Sea
Motes & Co
Ohio
Weston
James
John Black
Detroit
Twelfth Street