Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISCIPLINE, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poet's Biography First Line: I guess we ought to tan them more Last Line: Perhaps I was -- but I don't know. Subject(s): Discipline | ||||||||
I guess we ought to tan them more, The way our parents did, before These days of autos, jazz and sin Had put an end to discipline. I guess we ought to take them to The woodshed, like folks used to do. I guess we shouldn't let them go The way we do -- but I don't know. I guess we ought to get severe And take a youngster by the ear And march him out to that old shed And punish him the way I said. Perhaps he'd show us more respect, Perhaps his duties recollect And, when we told him so and so, Would do it then -- but I don't know. I know I got it when a kid For things I didn't and I did. And I suppose it made me good, Like people used to think it would. But, honest though, I can't recall I was much better, after all, Than youngsters now neglected so. Perhaps I was -- but I don't know. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FREEDOM AND DISCIPLINE by HAYDEN CARRUTH PENCIL STUB JOURNALS: PARENTHOOD by JOHN CIARDI MY FATHER'S VOICE by GREGORY ORR THE GREAT DIGEST OF CONFUCIUS by EZRA POUND RELIGIO NOVISSIMA by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE SPOILING THEM by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST A DIFFERENT WAY by DOUGLAS MALLOCH |
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