The Stranger
Her eyes are like the seeds of melons. Her breasts are thin and she walks awkwardly. I am in love with her.With her I have adventured into a new love. In all the world there is no such love as I have for her.I took hold of her shoulder and walked beside her. We went out of the city into the fields. By the still road we went and it was night. We were long alone together.The bones of her shoulder are thin. The sharp bone of her shoulder has left a mark on my hand.I am come up into the wind like a ship. Her thin hand is laid hold of me. My land where the corn nods has become my land.I am come up into the wind like a ship and the thin hand of woman is laid hold of me.
Words in this poem
- went n.
- Course; way; path; journey; direction.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
The Stranger is in the public domain. This text is taken from Mid-American Chants (New York: John Lane Company; London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1918), Internet Archive; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Sherwood Anderson, The Stranger, in Mid-American Chants (1918), text of Internet Archive, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/anderson-mid-american-chants/the-stranger.html, id L29467.
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