Joseph Cooper
Mrs. Polly Watson
English 113-111
Formal Blog
May 1st, 2011
Now there’s no mark of men of such wisdom and might;
a rite of passage to manhood, endowed onto all.
The coarse hair hung from a jaw with height,
A mighty forest, a most rugged wall.
Amongst the great Romans and Greeks akin,
and the fearsome Norse, the Viking men,
The beard was respected, a gallant tradition,
With every man bearded, none of them clean
Only women and children, and those hid in the womb,
Dared to go beardless and avoided the tomb.
Rice, Adrian. Creative Writing Class. Catawba Valley Community College. West Wing, Hickory, NC. June 2010.
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