Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, 8:00 P. M., FARMHOUSE, by CAROL ELY HARPER


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8:00 P. M., FARMHOUSE, by                    
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.




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