Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD SIOUX IN THE CITY, by WILL CHAMBERLAIN First Line: He seems a sunburnt page ripped out Last Line: Where ages saya gun. Subject(s): Memory; Old Age; Soldiers; War | ||||||||
He seems a sunburnt page ripped out From sign scrawled prairie lore, Although he's lost his primal clout And bought things in a store. Still moccasined, he scrapes along The sidewalk randomly. He'd be more noble with his song Of war-trails echoing free. I see him pause. His sunken eyes Peer through a plated glass. Gownsprairie fire! Big surprise! I sniff. He smells of grass. O men of learning! What a job Of up-lift here is done. You thought to stir a deathless throb Where ages saya gun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS A PACK OF LIES TO GOD by WILL CHAMBERLAIN |
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