9780595673230 - Is It All Right, Stuart?: Selected Poems of Gerald T. Perkoff von Perkoff, Gerald T. (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextRAMROD ROWS How similar they are, tall straight rows of soldiers and corn that grow so fast you can hear them in the night, must step back quickly to keep from being hit by the tears of joy that descen.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - RAMROD ROWSHow similar they are, tall straight rowsof soldiers and corn that grow so fastyou can hear them in the night, must stepback quickly to keep from being hit bythe tears of joy that descend whilechildren become men as we watchthem sleeping.Corn shoots climb like Jack on his beanstalkto their certain end, tassels waving in thewind like celebrities' handkerchiefsunder the noses of starstruck admirershiding so much sweetness in theirbudding kernels they begin a descent totasteless in the instant of pickingstalks suddenly shorn and stacked in shocksonly if someone notices their lonelinessand binds them for company.Young menno more sophisticated than puppies growfrom baby to manhood long before experiencemakes them mature, the methods of war instilledas they stand ramrod, no tassels hereonly flags waving and feet marching'hut, two, three, four,' jab and pullaim and shoot, fall and diehuman stalks to turn browndry up, and become fodder.