The Golden Ears of Memory - A poem by Liam UiCearbhaill

Cornstalks standing row on row
Like leafy soldiers green
Their silken tops like velvet plush
Round out the rural scene

By country road and city streets
You see them standing tall
From early in the springtime
Till later in the Fall

The sweet corn stands are everywhere
When summer heat is strong
The buttery cobs delicious
When lazy days are long

The romance of the golden ears
Contained in mem’ry sweet
Of baseball games on Summer Daze
And ice cream for a treat

Potatoes taste delicious
And rice will do the job
But none enhance my hearts' romance
Like sweet corn on the cob

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This poem is in the collection Poetry's Purpose

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