{"product_id":"is-it-all-right-stuart-gerald-t-perkoff-9780595673230","title":"Is It All Right, Stuart?: Selected Poems of Gerald T. Perkoff","description":"RAMROD ROWS How similar they are, tall straight rows\u003cbr\u003e of soldiers and corn that grow so fast\u003cbr\u003e you can hear them in the night, must step\u003cbr\u003e back quickly to keep from being hit by\u003cbr\u003e the tears of joy that descend while\u003cbr\u003e children become men as we watch\u003cbr\u003e them sleeping. Corn shoots climb like Jack on his beanstalk \u003cbr\u003e to their certain end, tassels waving in the\u003cbr\u003e wind like celebrities' handkerchiefs\u003cbr\u003e under the noses of starstruck admirers, \u003cbr\u003e hiding so much sweetness in their\u003cbr\u003e budding kernels they begin a descent to\u003cbr\u003e tasteless in the instant of picking, \u003cbr\u003e stalks suddenly shorn and stacked in shocks\u003cbr\u003e only if someone notices their loneliness\u003cbr\u003e and binds them for company. Young men\u003cbr\u003e no more sophisticated than puppies grow\u003cbr\u003e from baby to manhood long before experience\u003cbr\u003e makes them mature, the methods of war instilled\u003cbr\u003e as they stand ramrod, no tassels here, \u003cbr\u003e only flags waving and feet marching\u003cbr\u003e 'hut, two, three, four,\" jab and pull, \u003cbr\u003e aim and shoot, fall and die, \u003cbr\u003e human stalks to turn brown, \u003cbr\u003e dry up, and become fodder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald T. Perkoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595673236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595673230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Gerald T. Perkoff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47304768422143,"sku":"9780595673230","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a84c4cae-ca1e-460e-b971-93596129402a.jpg?v=1758829111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/is-it-all-right-stuart-gerald-t-perkoff-9780595673230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}