Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIGH AND LOW, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: A boot and a shoe and a slipper Last Line: The slipper went off to the ball. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Shoes; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers | ||||||||
A Boot and a Shoe and a Slipper Lived once in a Cobbler's row; But the Boot and the Shoe Would have nothing to do With the Slipper, because she was low. But the king and the queen and their daughter On the Cobbler chanced to call; And as neither the Boot Nor the Shoe would suit The Slipper went off to the ball. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN SANDAL by DENISE LEVERTOV FOR AL-TAYIB SALIH by KHALED MATTAWA SNEAKERS by E. ETHELBERT MILLER BLACK NIKES by HARRYETTE MULLEN THE FURY OF OVERSHOES by ANNE SEXTON ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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