Forgotten Ones

Only their place names remainand of those just a fewmany of which we don’t even recognize.I thought Hoboken Dutchand wondered where else in the world Amboy was,both precursor namesnow meaningless to usevoking nothing of the peoplewho shaped them with their tongues.Manasquan, Rancocas, Piscataway,“Pretty, those Indian names,” we say. So too, many a road,precursor trail,the way […]