Poem

The House of the Architect and the Engineer

Kendall Merriam
Tue, 01/25/2022 - 8:15pm
Kendall Merriam was born and raised in Rockland. He has a history degree from Gordon College and pursued graduate studies in military and maritime history at the University of Maine at Orono and Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn. He received grants to study historical research at Colonial Williamsburg and the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

    For Jason and Amy

    In the 19th Century World

    many of  the engineers

     were Scots

    Amy practices on a tiny scale

    her husband, Jason

    designs buildings

    that please teachers and students

    of the delightful towns of Maine

    for many years I feared dentists

    because of the man Chisholm

    who didn’t use Novacain

    but Amy took that all away

    and gave me my smile back

    and took my pain to the dump

    and now she can cure the students

    of Owls Head, bright and happy

    in a beautiful building

    and Jason takes his skills

    to the Foxe’s den

    and far Machias

    where the Revolution began

    how fortunate the M. family is

    to have these parents

    of two gifted artists

    whose work will go

    on museum walls

    with the gifts given them

    by loving parents

     

    Kendall Merriam, At Jason and Amy’s house, 12/18/21 5:45 PM

    Listening to a Merriam family Christmas party.

     

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