Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOY'S SUMMER SONG, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography First Line: Tis fine to play Last Line: Ha, ha! Subject(s): African Americans; Summer; Negroes; American Blacks | ||||||||
'TIS fine to play In the fragrant hay, And romp on the golden load; To ride old Jack To the barn and back, Or tramp by a shady road. To pause and drink, At a mossy brink; Ah, that is the best of joy, And so I say On a summer's day, What's so fine as being a boy? Ha, Ha! With line and hook By a babbling brook, The fisherman's sport we ply; And list the song Of the feathered throng That flit in the branches nigh. At last we strip For a quiet dip; Ah, that is the best of joy. For this I say On a summer's day, What's so fine as being a boy? Ha, Ha! | Other Poems of Interest...CLAN MEETING: BIRTH AND NATIONS: A BLOOD SING by MICHAEL S. HARPER MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL |
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