They Came to Plymouth Rock

They came to Plymouth Rock
sixteen twenty was the year
although that moniker was not in use
for this place now held so dear

They came in search of freedom
to worship as they please
willing to sacrifice their life
enduring perils and 65 days at sea

Survival was not at all guaranteed
but their God to them was speaking
strong faith eventually allowed them
to achieve what they were seeking

102 passengers made the journey
forming a hearty pioneer stock
it’s now been 400 years since
they came to Plymouth Rock

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Linked to Linda Kruschke’s Metonymy Paint Chip Poetry Challenge. In this poem, I used “Plymouth Rock” as a metonymy for “Pilgrims.”

METONYMY (meh-tahn’-uh-mee) A figure of speech in which a thing is represented by something closely associated with it, like “the White House” used to represent “the President of the United States.” — Definition from the poetry dictionary by John Drury.

THE CHALLENGE: Write a poem, of any style, in which one or more of the paint chip words and phrases is used as a metonymy. The paint chip words and phrases at your disposal are gauze, sagebrush, looking glass, rabbit hole, quicksilver, Plymouth Rock, and mountain town.

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