Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Do Not Forget Rosenlaui. In my second year at Antioch College, I decided to partake in their 'Antioch Abroad' program. All this entailed an indepth German course in Radolfzell, Pushing my bike and pack up the Alp to the village of Reuti, And, there, declaring myself ready to teach math! But on the way along the high, level road to Reuti, I continually gazed at the Rosenlaui Glacier to the south. At the young age of 19, I had enough sense To stop and comprehend the beauty I was beholding. I vowed at that moment, pausing along the road, To never forget what I was now first experiencing. And thereafter, each day while teaching at that school, I took a few moments to deeply absorb That which I feared I might forget to take in, Out of the passage of time, Which often brings complacency and grantedness. Frank Maurer 4 January 2026 2340 Hours.