For A Straggling-Stalk Of Green Corn Poem by Mark Heathcote
For A Straggling-Stalk Of Green Corn
With barely a whisper
I was almost blown over
Like a straggling-stalk
Of green corn, I'm bent
But I'm strong, and I'll
Bounce back and sparkle
Like a bangle of gold.
O' with barely a whisper
I was almost blown over
By that towering boy
Who left his father's farm?
To be a soldier
Who looks over his shoulder?
'Counting the days' till I get older.
O' with barely a whisper
I was almost blown over
When he whispers my name
And carves a tree, with his-
And my name!
With a heart, an arrow shot through.
O' he'll holster his gun
And he'll be gone!
But with barely a few seconds in delay,
When I come of age, he'll return.
Like the crows in the corn
Like the crows in the corn.
With a band of gold
He'll return and tear off
Those old army clothes
O' and with barely a whisper
I fly away, he'll desert that army
For a straggling stalk of green corn
Thanking every day we are born to fly away.
Congratulations for being Poet of the Day.A beautiful poem, .I came to read it many times.
Lovely rendering, Mark. Congratulations for poem of the day. You deserve it. All said and done, I would have expected you to leave some explanatory notes below the poem. I believe this is a song sung by a girl waiting for her towering boy. The two question marks in the body of the poem are intriguing. (10)
I wish I could have edited this one before today, as I’ve done with some others. The backdrop for this may have been a movie like Cold Mountain, primarily a song. Madame Butterfly type of thing, while I felt connected to the emotions imagined. I haven’t read it since I wrote it. But I recall writing very fast glad it is well received my friend. Thank you, Madathil it is much appreciated.
Congratulations on poem of the day! A very good poem. To make it even better, change 'dessert' to 'desert'. Dessert with two S's is like cake or ice cream.
I wish I could have edited this one before today, as I’ve done with some others. I have done that now, but it isn’t showing that as yet. I’m a bit dyslexic at times. Mnay thanks for this lovely comment Kim it is much appreciated.
Very expressive imagery. Leaves one looking over the horizon, watching the corn sway and wondering....
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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A very fine poem. Thank you so much for sharing your skill as a poet.
Many thanks Dave much obliged sir!