Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SKETCH FROM LIFE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN


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A SKETCH FROM LIFE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Its eyes are gray
Last Line: To life!
Subject(s): Life; Marriage; Women; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


ITS eyes are gray;
Its hair is either brown
Or black;
And, strange to say,
Its dresses button down
The back!

It wears a plume
That loves to frisk around
My ear.

It crowds the room
With cushions in a mound
And queer

Old rugs and lamps
In corners a la Turque
And things.
It steals my stamps,
And when I want to work
It sings!

It rides and skates --
But then it comes and fills
My walls
With plaques and plates
And keeps me paying bills
And calls.

It's firm; and if
I should my many woes
Deplore,
'Twould only sniff
And perk its little nose
Some more.

It's bright, though small;
Its name, you may have guessed,
Is "Wife."
But, after all,
It gives a wondrous zest
To life!





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