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Cylinder Boy’s Poem A Winner. A poem, “Ode to Parking Met- , er,” written by Ervin Root of Cylinder, has been published by the ' American Poetry Press in the 1967 Anthology. Songs o: Youth. 1Selections for this publication were .*made from over 20,(W)0 mamisciipts that were earlier published in re- ; gional editions all over the United Slates.Ervin, a 1937 graduate of Sen- I tral High School at Fenton, is now carolled in electrical engineering at Iowa State University, Ames. As an elective course he is studying journalism taught by Jack Shelley, former TV and radio announcer. Ervin is the son of Mrs. Opal Root, First grade teacher in the Sentral Community School.The winning poem follows:Tall and slender, with swollen headAlone they stand, sturdy soldiers| in grey armor.In. waves advancing, columns ‘ ami tows,Greedily eating their enemy sacrifices.A robot really. Its head ticking off the marches of time.Waiting for its moment To explode and brandish Its cold awesome victory flag: Expired!
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Emmetsburg Reporter
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Tue, Sep 26, 1967
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