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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ODD ONES, by RUTH SUCKOW Poet's Biography First Line: I like best those crotchety ones Last Line: Like trees in lonely places. | |||
I like best those crotchety ones That follow their own way In whimsical oblivion Of what the neighbors say. They grow more rare as they grow old, Their lives show in their faces -- In little slants and twisted lines; Like trees in lonely places. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF LITTLE HINES by RUTH SUCKOW A PASSER-BY by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON NATHAN HALE [SEPTEMBER 22, 1776] by FRANCIS MILES FINCH THE VOICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON ON HIS BEING [OR, HAVING] ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE by JOHN MILTON SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 90 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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