Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BERTIE'S PHILOSOPHY, by EVA MARCH TAPPAN First Line: Small boy bertie Last Line: "is what I want to know." Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
SMALL boy Bertie, Drumming on the pane, Looking at the chickens Draggled with the rain. Little philosopher Wrinkles his brow, Says, "I wonder -- I don't see how. "Where do chickens come from? Mamma, please to tell. Yes, I know they come from eggs, Know that very well. "Course the old hen hatched 'em, I know that; but then -- Won't you tell me truly, Where'd they get the hen? "S'posin' you were my boy, All the one I had, And big folks would n't tell you things, Should n't you feel bad? "Every single thing you say I knew years ago; Where that first hen came from, Is what I want to know." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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