Classic and Contemporary Poetry
8:00 P. M., FARMHOUSE, by CAROL ELY HARPER First Line: Thin high nose. Furrowed cheeks Last Line: They listen respectfully. Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Pioneers; Heritage; Heredity | ||||||||
Thin high nose. Furrowed cheeks. Jaw long with age. Deep set shrewd eyes. Hickory shirt. Leather comfort slippers. He leans back in his country rocker And listens respectfully To the radio voice. President Roosevelt. The fine old farmer hands Are folded on a great old book. Worn leather. Gold edge. History of the Big Bend Country. Here is contained, with friends, the history of his ancestors, His great parents, founders of Virginia, Of New Amsterdam, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Before the dials of the rough radio crouches His round-backed little wife. Blue felt slippers, Soft old blue percale and a new Yellow print flowered apron. (The other night he was reading In the diary of her Grandpap Joe who crossed the Plains.) The clock ticks on the mantel shelf by the dried everlasting flowers and the daguerreotype of Paw in Civil War uniform. They listen respectfully. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CRESCENT MOON ON A CAT?ÇÖS COLLAR by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA DOCKERY AND SON by PHILIP LARKIN GENEALOGY OF FIRE by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA FOR AL-TAYIB SALIH by KHALED MATTAWA HISTORY OF MY FACE by KHALED MATTAWA BEGINNING WITH 1914 by LISEL MUELLER AN AMERICAN POEM by EILEEN MYLES TO THE DIASPORA: YOU DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE AFRIKA by GWENDOLYN BROOKS UP IN THE MORNING EARLY by ROBERT BURNS |
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