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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ART AND POETRY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Wess he says, and sort o' grins
Last Line: "art and poetry is twins."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Poetry & Poets; Rhyme
First Line: Wess he says, and sort o' grins
Last Line: "art and poetry is twins."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Art & Artists; Poetry & Poets; Rhyme
WESS he says, and sort o' grins,
"Art and Poetry is twins!
"Yit, if I'd my pick, I'd shake
Poetry, and no mistake!
"Pictures, allus 'peared to me,
Clean laid over Poetry!
"Let me draw, and then, i jings,
I'll not keer a straw who sings.
"'F I could draw as you have drew,
Like to jes' swap pens with you!
"Picture-drawin' 's my pet vision
Of Life-work in Lands Elysian.
"Pictures is first language we
Find hacked out in History.
"Most delight we ever took
Was in our first Picture-book.
"'Thout the funny picture-makers,
They'd be lots more undertakers!
"Still, as I say, Rhymes and Art
'Smighty hard to tell apart.
"Songs and pictures go together
Same as birds and summer weather."
So Wess says, and sort o' grins,
"Art and Poetry is twins."
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