Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONLY A BABY (TO A LITTLE ONE JUST A WEEK OLD), by ANONYMOUS First Line: Only a baby Last Line: Toes dettin' cold Subject(s): Babies; Infants | ||||||||
ONLY a baby 'Thout any hair, 'Cept just a little Fuzz here and there. Only a baby, Name you have none, Barefooted and dimpled, Sweet little one. Only a baby, Teeth none at all; What are you good for, Only to squall? Only a baby, Just a week old; What are you here for, You little scold? BABY'S REPLY. Only a baby! What sood I be? Lots o' big folks Been little like me. Ain't dot any hair? 'Es I have, too; S'pos'n' I hadn't, Dess it tood drow. Not any teeth -- Wouldn't have one; Don't dit my dinner Gnawin' a bone. What am I here for? 'At's petty mean; Who's dot a better right 'T ever you've seen? What am I dood for, Did you say? Eber so many sings Ebery day. Tourse I squall at times, Sometimes I bawl; Zey dassn't spant me, Taus I'm so small. Only a baby! 'Es, sir, 'at 's so; 'N' if you only tood, You'd be one, too. 'At 's all I've to say, You're mos' too old; Dess I'll det into bed, Toes dettin' cold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET TO HIS BABY SON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BABYHOOD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN INFANCY by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BALLAD OF THE LAYETTE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A TOAST FOR LITTLE IRON MIKE by PAUL MARIANI THE PAMPERING OF LEORA by THYLIAS MOSS ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS IN THE THRIVING SEASON by LISEL MUELLER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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