After the Fire: A Writer Finds His PlaceU of Minnesota Press - 229 páginas The poet describes how he found his interior landscape on his farm in the hills of Wisconsin and shares his insights into the course of his life, from his Canton, Ohio, youth, to his years as a soldier, to his careers as a writer and publisher, using humor and a meditative spirit. |
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... France . The trip was long , eight hours , about as long as it takes to fly to Paris from Chicago today . Some of the roads were still dirt and gravel . We got up before dawn , and often it was foggy . By the time we drove into Linton ...
... France . The trip was long , eight hours , about as long as it takes to fly to Paris from Chicago today . Some of the roads were still dirt and gravel . We got up before dawn , and often it was foggy . By the time we drove into Linton ...
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... France. On the flowery papered walls were reproductions of The Angelus, a Rousseau land- scape, and a little girl gazing up at a bluebird in a tree. There was a windup phonograph and a stack of Maurice Chevalier records. Everything ...
... France. On the flowery papered walls were reproductions of The Angelus, a Rousseau land- scape, and a little girl gazing up at a bluebird in a tree. There was a windup phonograph and a stack of Maurice Chevalier records. Everything ...
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... France . He used a tobacco spray to control pests , and my sister and I helped him pick off tomato and potato worms . I sat by him on a stool in the back entry porch as he trimmed vegetables and rinsed them in a bucket of water . He ...
... France . He used a tobacco spray to control pests , and my sister and I helped him pick off tomato and potato worms . I sat by him on a stool in the back entry porch as he trimmed vegetables and rinsed them in a bucket of water . He ...
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A Writer Finds His Place Paul Zimmer. France. He hated the war and worried about his people. His hometown, Mericourt, was destroyed by the Germans in the First World War because of its coal mines. Sometimes he told me a little of his ...
A Writer Finds His Place Paul Zimmer. France. He hated the war and worried about his people. His hometown, Mericourt, was destroyed by the Germans in the First World War because of its coal mines. Sometimes he told me a little of his ...
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... France, but her enthusiasm was infectious; she sang “The Marseillaise” at the drop of a hat. She teased my father about being a “kraut,” but they did not argue as the war raged. We all rejoiced with her when France was liberated in 1945 ...
... France, but her enthusiasm was infectious; she sang “The Marseillaise” at the drop of a hat. She teased my father about being a “kraut,” but they did not argue as the war raged. We all rejoiced with her when France was liberated in 1945 ...
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Trees | 28 |
Sky | 35 |
Poetry | 40 |
Neighbors | 44 |
Birds | 49 |
Making Poetry | 55 |
Library | 67 |
The Hunt | 109 |
The Blind World | 114 |
Trouble | 134 |
Dogs | 139 |
Old Jazz | 144 |
Young Jazz | 146 |
Winter | 167 |
The Condition of My Faith | 172 |
Insects and Arachnids | 72 |
Grasses Fruits Plants | 76 |
Gardening | 80 |
Coyotes Foxes Wolves | 87 |
Taking a Punch | 90 |
Deer | 107 |
Spring | 189 |
Summer | 193 |
The Catcher | 197 |
Dairy Days | 218 |
Autumn | 227 |
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