Workingmen believed
He busted trusts,
And put his picture in their windows.
“What he’d have done in France!”
They said.
Perhaps he would–
He could have died
Perhaps,
Though generals rarely die except in bed,
As he did finally.
And all the legends that he started in his life
Live on and prosper,
Unhampered now by his existence.
(Ernest Hemingway)
More Poetry from Ernest Hemingway:
- The Soul Of Spain (Ernest Hemingway Poems)
- I Like Americans (Ernest Hemingway Poems)
- Blank Verse (Ernest Hemingway Poems)
- Montparnasse (Ernest Hemingway Poems)
- Advice To A Son (Ernest Hemingway Poems)
- Riparto D'Assalto (Ernest Hemingway Poems)