Word: sleepwalkers
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...first section range from the erotic awakening of a honeymooning couple to the pensiveness of an old man surveying his fields and finding solace in memory. The book's third section contains more poems inspired by the tale of Sweeney. They describe the bird- man's first flight: "more sleepwalk than spasm" . . . drawing "close to pebbles and berries . . . relearning the acoustic of frost." He recalls his roosting place in a chestnut tree, characterized as "a queen in her fifties, dropping/ purses and earrings," and the highlights of an avian existence as he goes "scaling heaven/ by superstition/ drunk and happy...
...with one packed bag under the bed, gazing at a future that was bound to be worse than the past, he retained an uncanny ability to go through his fears and find history on the other side of them. Beckmann's art was poised, so to speak, between the sleepwalk and the goose step; on its rigorous and masculine frame are nailed the private splendors and public horrors of the first half of the 20th century...
After Harvard's 34-0 rout of Brown Saturday at the Stadium--the first shutout for a Harvard team since a 10-0 sleepwalk over UMass in the second game of '78--the sages around these parts must be perking up a bit. 'Cause the Harvard football team has got DEFENSE. And it may just carry the Crimson to an Ivy title...
...darkness closed in on Soldiers Field the Crimson seniors closed out their varsity careers and the Harvard women's soccer team closed out its very successful season with a 2-0 sleepwalk past Yale yesterday afternoon...
...most caustic when she tells Dick to beware of the placement of his gun in his pants, as he might "go off half-cocked." Segal is barely adequate as her fumbling but well-intentioned husband. Dick is the quintessential Segal role, so sometimes he appears to sleepwalk through his unchallenging part. After a while, he follows every line with the same crooked grin and hand gesture. And McMahon helps turn Charley into a complete caricature, a cardboard figure who survives through backbiting, guzzling, and fanny-pinching...