{"product_id":"an-onion-is-round-and-grows-in-the-ground-the-poems-of-david-n-zamet-9781948858885","title":"An Onion Is Round and Grows in the Ground: The Poems of David N. Zamet","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David N. Zamet\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poetry collection \u003cem\u003eAn Onion Is Round and Grows in the Ground\u003c\/em\u003e offers poems on a wide spectrum of subjects. Some are humorous, some are sad, some are descriptive, while others simply convey author David N. Zamet's thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis poems contain \"the thoughts of a lifetime and I have not yet finished writing. Every day something may come into my head.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePERHAPS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat shall I do?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Now the years roll by\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Taking with them in their stride\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Days that I will ne'er see again.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Old future keeps her secrets well\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e And as of old she keeps them fast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Secure in her fortress of tomorrow, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Letting none but the present escape her clutches.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e What will be? Not even she can tell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e But like us she tries to guess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e And needs must I, to do the same\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e To try and beat her at her game.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e The present and the past I have\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e And can caress, but these soon go.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Gone like the future still to come\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Untouchable till time is run.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Therefore I ask, what can we do?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Whom having the past behind, lose before\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e We gain the present, which\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e Is here and gone again.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in London in 1932, David N. Zamet spent World War II in a small village, 60 miles north of London. After serving four years in the Merchant Marine, he spent four years at university studying horticulture. He later moved to Israel, where he married his first late wife and together they had three children. For 37 years, he was involved in the improvement of fruit growing in Israel. Afterward, the author spent 17 years working as a jobbing gardener. Now a full-time pensioner, this is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strategic Book Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413831508119,"sku":"9781948858885","price":925.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781948858885.webp?v=1767106732","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-onion-is-round-and-grows-in-the-ground-the-poems-of-david-n-zamet-9781948858885","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}