Munday on Monday: Sea saga

IN THE NEWS: Divers off Malta find the cargo of a Phoenician ship that sank around 700 B.C.

Exciting find beneath the sea,

No longer lost to history —

Bonanza trove that must amaze

All students of such olden days;

And yet my mind will wander, slip,

To passengers of ancient ship

Who in some port still weary, dwell

And watch a creaking carousel —

Three thousand years? They must be numb:

“Our luggage — will it ever come?”

Don Munday

This story was originally published August 31, 2014 at 10:59 PM with the headline "Munday on Monday: Sea saga."