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<br />Grotesque cathedrals carved from stone thrust up from barren plain. <br />Goblin shapes and twisted streets burned in the General's brain. <br />His journal noted sights he'd seen, would others read the entry? <br />Would others someday brave the wilds, seeking Goblin City? <br /> <br />John Wesley Powell in '69 came exploring with his crew. <br />Bishop, Steward, and Dellenbaugh followed up the clue. <br />Five days rations on their backs, hot and tired and dirty, <br />They braved the roaring sun to stand and gaze on Goblin City. <br /> <br />Then on a raft of cottonwood, they left this land of mystery, <br />Floating two days back downstream to rendezvous with history. <br />Somehow, after Powell's trip, someone lost the diary. <br />In time the very name was lost, along with Goblin City. <br /> <br />A century more the city slept, under desert skies, <br />'Til a footnote in a history book caught a casual eye. <br />Then determined souls sought out, with grim tenacity <br />The hidden clues that held the key to the gates of Goblin City. <br /> <br />They set out in early spring, and Powell's route retraced. <br />Much the same as Dellenbaugh's the hardships that they faced. <br />Two days deep in lonely lands, in search of history, <br />At nightfall sunset lit the form of far-off Goblin City. <br /> <br />Land of towers, land of buttes, brooding lonely in the sun, <br />Raw rock carved in faery form, cloud shadow overrun, <br />Eerie vista 'neath full moon, dawn-lit mystery: <br />Linger on when Man is gone, enchanted Goblin City. <br /> <br />6 <br />