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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WISDOM, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Often when I wanter talk, grown-ups say I ourghtn't
Last Line: But I mostly want to know—will I feel it coming?
Subject(s): Children; Reason; Wisdom; Childhood; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
First Line: Often when I wanter talk, grown-ups say I ourghtn't
Last Line: But I mostly want to know—will I feel it coming?
Subject(s): Children; Reason; Wisdom; Childhood; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals
Often when I wanter talk, grown-ups say I ourghtn't,
For they think what I would say cannot be important.
I am told that when I'm grown, then I may be bolder,
Wisdom will be in my head when I've gotten older.
Tell me, will it, when it comes, set my head a-humming?
But I mostly want to know—will I feel it coming?
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