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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER WINTER, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He snuggles his fingers Last Line: "runnin' space . . . " Subject(s): Farm Life; Hope; Agriculture; Farmers; Optimism | |||
He snuggles his fingers In the blacker loam The lean months are done with. The fat to come. His eyes are set On a brushwood-fire But his heart is soaring Higher and higher. Though he stands ragged An old scarecrow, This is the way His swift thoughts go, "Butter beans fo' Clara Sugar corn fo' Grace An' fo' de little feller Runnin' space. "Radishes and lettuce Eggplants and beets Turnips fo' de winter An' candied sweets. "Homespun tobacco Apples in de bin Fo' smokin' an' fo' cider When de folks draps in." He thinks with the winter His troubles are gone; Ten acres unplanted To raise dreams on. The lean months are done with, The fat to come. His hopes, winter wanderers, Hasten home. "Butterbeans fo' Clara Sugar corn fo' Grace An' fo' de little feller Runnin' space . . . " | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON FORECLOSURE by STERLING ALLEN BROWN |
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