Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANIMAL CRACKERS, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink Last Line: Having cocoa and animals once more for tea! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Food & Eating | ||||||||
ANIMAL crackers, and cocoa to drink, That is the finest of suppers, I think; When I'm grown up and can have what I please I think I shall always insist upon these. What do you choose when you're offered a treat? When Mother says, "What would you like best to eat?" Is it waffles and syrup, or cinnamon toast? It's cocoa and animals that I love most! The kitchen's the cosiest place that I know: The kettle is singing, the stove is aglow, And there in the twilight, how jolly to see The cocoa and animals waiting for me. Daddy and Mother dine later in state, With Mary to cook for them, Susan to wait; But they don't have nearly as much fun as I Who eat in the kitchen with Nurse standing by; And Daddy once said, he would like to be me Having cocoa and animals once more for tea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAITRESSING IN THE ROOM WITH A THOUSAND MOONS by MATTHEA HARVEY CANDIED YAMS' by TERRANCE HAYES DINNER OF HERBS by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN THE BANQUET SONG by KENNETH KOCH SPLITTING AN ORDER by TED KOOSER IN HONOR OF TAFFY TOPAZ by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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