Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT ARE WE RAISING, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH Poet's Biography First Line: You know how it is, what with children around Last Line: But what are we raising here? Children, or grass? Subject(s): Family Life; Relatives | ||||||||
"You know how it is, what with children around: You can't have a lawn, as I guess you have found. They're jumping, or digging, or driving a stake, A tent out of carpet they're trying to make. They keep out the new grass, they ruin the old, No matter how much you may punish or scold. Just look -- and here half of the Summer is gone; I've just about given up hope of a lawn." They may not remember that romping is wrong, And yet they seem happy and healthy and strong. The place may not look quite as well as it might, But the cheeks full of roses are blooming all right. The tent is a rather unsightly affair, But the girls and the boys don't apparently care. The lawn looks uneven to people who pass; But what are we raising here? Children, or grass? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES LIZARDS AND SNAKES by ANTHONY HECHT THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: I LOVE by LYN HEJINIAN CHILD ON THE MARSH by ANDREW HUDGINS MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS THE GLASS HAMMER by ANDREW HUDGINS INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL A DIFFERENT WAY by DOUGLAS MALLOCH |
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