Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APPLE SAUCE!, by EDITH GRACE BERKNESS First Line: John peter said at supper Last Line: If dessert's just apple sauce! Subject(s): Apples; Desserts; Fruit | ||||||||
John Peter said at supper That he's leaving us real soon: A beetle swapped him magic For Granny's pewter spoon! So when he finds some foxgloves That slip on nice and neat And a pair of lady's-slippers Big enough to fit his feet -- Then mournfully he'll mumble A magic word, or two: And WHIFF! we'll see him vanish Straight up into the blue! And my! won't we be sorry It makes us all so cross That he won't touch his spinach If dessert's just Apple Sauce! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROSSED APPLE by LOUISE BOGAN TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE HUMAN, AVIAN, VEGETABLE, BLOOD by KENNETH REXROTH |
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