Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TEA-PARTIES, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: I should enjoy, if I was let Last Line: As those of other girls I know!) Subject(s): Children; Food & Eating; Imagination; Play; Tea; Childhood; Fancy | ||||||||
I should enjoy, if I was let, Tea-parties nearly ev'ry day. It is the nicest kind of play With dishes from the kitchen set, And all the cookies we can get, And tea that's made the cambric way. I usurally like to stay Until the food has all been et. And then, although I'm really glad To leave, it's more polite, you know, To say: My dear, it makes me sad, But I must call my dolls and go." (I'm glad my manners are n't as bad As those of other girls I know!) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL IMAGINARY TROUBLE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV ON THE MEETING OF GARCIA LORCA AND HART CRANE by PHILIP LEVINE A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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