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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PEEWEE, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poet's Biography
First Line: Is it a wish - that tiny tin whistle
Last Line: Or much too local to be continental?
Subject(s): Whistles & Whistling
First Line: Is it a wish - that tiny tin whistle
Last Line: Or much too local to be continental?
Subject(s): Whistles & Whistling
Is it a wish -- that tiny tin whistle
Out on a leafless branch throwing a missile,
Wrapped in a dip and a lift, like a bow
Of rain turned somersault, curve down below:
Tip-dip-tipping a phrase and a blow,
Releasing a flute in a piccolo,
And striking an ear with a short, thin dart,
Pinning a secret one hides in a heart?
If it isn't a wish, why does it tarry?
If it wasn't fulfilled, how far did it carry?
Was it too stunted to be sentimental?
Or much too local to be continental?
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