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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRISON ETCHING, by RALPH W. HUNTER
First Line: Numbered his back, and shaven his head
Last Line: With never a hope -- save that all men die.
Subject(s): Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts
First Line: Numbered his back, and shaven his head
Last Line: With never a hope -- save that all men die.
Subject(s): Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts
Numbered his back, and shaven his head,
And empty his heart for his dreams are dead,
Muted his lips, and his eyes pain-veiled,
With his soul as well as his body jailed.
An old man stares at the prison sky
With never a hope -- save that all men die.
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