August Stramm

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August Stramm Sleep Poems

  • 1.
    Toes deaden.
    Breath smelts to lead.
    Hot needles dance in fingers.
    Backs turn to snails.Ears hum coffee.
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  • 2.
    Yielding clod lulls iron off to sleep
    bloods clot the patches where they oozed
    rusts crumble
    fleshes slime
    ...
Total 2 Sleep Poems by August Stramm

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The Song Of The Soldier-Born
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Give me the scorn of the stars and a peak defiant;
Wail of the pines and a wind with the shout of a giant;
Night and a trail unknown and a heart reliant.

Give me to live and love in the old, bold fashion;
A soldier's billet at night and a soldier's ration;
A heart that leaps to the fight with a soldier's passion.

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