A Country Mile by Clinton Van Inman
Mixed with tobacco juice
And red summer clay
It came from the edge
Of the cornfield
The clout that soared
Past the unplowed field
Smashed into the red barn
Scattering the cawing crows.
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Clinton Van Inman was born in Walton-on-Thames, England in 1945. He grew up in North Carolina, received his BA in Philosophy at San Diego State University in 1977, and has been an educator most of his life. He is currently a high school teacher in Tampa Bay. He lives in Sun City Center, Florida with his wife, Elba.
Mixed with tobacco juice
And red summer clay
It came from the edge
Of the cornfield
The clout that soared
Past the unplowed field
Smashed into the red barn
Scattering the cawing crows.
_____________________________
Clinton Van Inman was born in Walton-on-Thames, England in 1945. He grew up in North Carolina, received his BA in Philosophy at San Diego State University in 1977, and has been an educator most of his life. He is currently a high school teacher in Tampa Bay. He lives in Sun City Center, Florida with his wife, Elba.
