Black Hawk County

Famous quotes containing the words black, hawk and/or county:

    “I put on
    the body-armor of black rubber
    the absurd flippers
    the grave and awkward mask.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    “Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
    Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
    Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “In the county there are thirty-seven churches
    and no butcher shop. This could be taken
    as a matter of all form and no content.”
    —Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)