port for silver mines
expanding Spanish conquest
Mexico’s west coast
This senryū is my response to
Carpe Diem #1567 Mazatlán.
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Lithograph of Mazatlán in 1845
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Sweet. (@–>–)
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🙂
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For some reason this reminded me of Joseph Conrad’s book Nostromo. I did my senior college thesis on the works of this author (-and 35 years later turned it into yes a print book, can’t help myself ). This poem vividly brought up the atmosphere of the book to me. Nostromo, I meant!
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Maybe it’s the thought of fame and fortune for all but those with the deepest investment. 🙂
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That’s exactly the lesson from Nostromo. The silver did not profit the ones who were most involved with it.
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