Smell of smoke
Nostrils of coal
Anvils ring
Patterns unfold
Plow share or buckle
Beauty in metal
Passed on eons
Forged iron kettle
Wheel creek runs
Seize water\'s strength
Spinning shafts above
Hammers pound length
Bellows of air
Sparkles of shale
Red hot ingots
Sooner impaled
Tongs to grasp
Swages to shape
Chase the colors
Quench not late
Cheeks of soot
Grecian arms
Dead on eye
Blacksmith charm
Augustus / Houston / May 2017