13 Ways of Looking at a Rock

dVerse challenge to feature an object.  I've borrowed a page from Wallace Stevens "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" and applied it to rocks of note through the ages, which I found interesting.  Submitted to dVerse, January 12, 2021.  

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13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A ROCK

This is not just a rock, it's part of history ....

 Phoenician landmark

Pillar of Hercules

Rock of Gibraltar

Aboriginal sacred site

Uluru, red behemoth

in Australia’s outback

Giant head on Easter Island

standing silently in mystery

through the centuries

Endless task of Sisyphus

pushed onto the hilltop

falling again to valley floor

Stone of Blarney

kissed by many

famous bit of Irish lore

Plymouth Rock beside the shore

welcome sight to Pilgrims

arriving to new land

Imposing Devil’s Tower

thrusting upward

from Wyoming’s vast expanse

Signature Rock on westward trail

where steadfast pioneers

left their marks for history

Rosetta stone

that cracked the code

of Egypt’s ancient hieroglyphs

Rushmore’s rock of faces

countenances of history

worn smooth by wind and rain

Part of Stonehenge Circle

holding fast the secrets

of ancient druids

Haystack Rock of Oregon

legacy of ancient lava

sentinel at Pacific shore

Faithful voices raised in chorus

“On Christ, the solid rock I stand

All other ground is sinking sand

All other ground is sinking sand.”