Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COUNTRYWOMEN, by KATHERINE MANSFIELD


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COUNTRYWOMEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: These be two
Last Line: Squinting through their neighbours' plackets.
Alternate Author Name(s): Murry, John Middleton, Mrs.; Beauchamp, Kathleen
Subject(s): Women


These be two
Countrywomen.
What a size!
Grand big arms
And round red faces;
Big substantial
Sit-down-places;
Great big bosoms firm as cheese
Bursting through their country jackets;
Wide big laps
And sturdy knees;
Hands outspread,
Round and rosy,
Hands to hold
A country posy
Or a baby or a lamb --
And such eyes!
Stupid, shifty, small and sly
Peeping through a slit of sty,
Squinting through their neighbours' plackets.





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