Chariots of Fire: In the Begining

By Mary Alice Ranieri

Chariots of Fire deals mostly with ancient alien spacecraft as they were used and hidden from the general populace in caves or on inaccessible mountain tops or pyramids, just as some UFOs are hidden from view today.

Rediscovering ancient travel solves many problems today as to how and where regarding ruins that are many thousands of years old, as well as the lofting of huge boulders for building.

Other poems deal with family, nature, and protection of animals.

Many pictures and paintings are of low resolution due to age and no fault of printing. Those signed Jeff are from my painting days from which I have retired.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524558208

Mary Alice Ranieri

Preceding books include the following: Becoming All That I Am The Chinese Contract Short Stories and Anecdotes Metric Poems and Haiku Texas Trails Appreciating Our Pets Scarred Lives Romantic India The Colors of Peace Story Book Poems

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Copyright © 2016 by Mary Alice Ranieri.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2016918622

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5245-5822-2

                Softcover        978-1-5245-5821-5

                eBook              978-1-5245-5820-8

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Contents

1. Linking with the past

2. Returning to Earth

3. Ending a Curse

4. Portraits

5. October Fest

6. Adapting to the New World

7. Homage

8. Unrequited Love

9. Gold for the Gods

10. Lessons From Noah

11. Boy Scout Détente

12. Chinese Hospitality

13. Oil for China

14. Missing in Action

15. Tientsin Earthquake

16. Hydra

17. Navy Retiree

18. The Last Flight

19. Giants

20. Goliath

21. Alchemy

22. Mayan Ruins--2012

23. Athena

24. Rendering Unto Caesar . . .

25. Cloning Van Gogh

26. Sam Houston’s Oak

27. Pyramid War

28. Night Lights

29. Tree Oddities

30. Rotating Elements

31. Air Force Retiree

32. Alamo

33. Demi-gods

34. Bouncer

35. Light

36. Atonement

37. Solstices

38. Remote Vision

39. Explorers

40. The Innocents

41. Chariot of Fire

42. Earth’s Beginning

43. Crab Safety, etc

44. Crossing Texas

45. Ominous Concert

46. Esthetes

47. Fog

48. Time Travelers

49. Fatherhood

50. Foragers

51. Wayfarers

52. A Fated Pet

53. Banished

54. Gods of War

55. Feline Nook

56. Genealogy

57. Time Healing

58. Endangered

59. Desert Rain

60. Seasonal Toil

61. The Pace

62. Ancient Lore

63. Bartered Air

64. Canine Rescue

65. Creators Return

66. A Peaceful Journey

67.Rose Power

68.Texas

69.Wild Life

70. Bittersweet

71. Music of the Spheres

72. Journey of the Soul

73. Cycles

74. Advents

75. Summer Sunsets

76. Minding Trees

77. Touting Spring

78. Rustler’s Hill

79. The Window

80. Painting the Hunt

81. Redwoods

82. Flood

83. Dilemma

84. Freshets

85. A Storm

86. Family Tree

87. Jetsam

88. Haiku Duo

89. Citadels

90. Fireflies

91. White Moon

92. Listless Years

93. A Soldier’s Prayer

94. Journeys

95. Solstice Songs

96. Ballade

97. Extinctions

98. The Dream

99. Gardener

100. Eagles

101. Pollution

102. Home for an Artist

103. A Feline Squirrel

104. Wounded Veteran

105. Contentious

106.The Tree of Life

107. The Return

108. Mission Mars

109. Textures

110. Author’s Page

Earth on Fire

Smithy weapons alternated--

Prometheus-created.

Gomorrah drew fire--

Their Sins caused Godly ire.

Japanese invade

American shore--Nagasaki repaid.

Could we Upend Uranus

And dance with an ancient race?

We meet the chariot fear,

Alerting Monks to bless our bier.

Preface

Chariots of Fire is revised from earlier manuscripts, using similar themes, but shorter in length, more visual and capsular than original