Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POOR MAN'S PIG, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Already fallen plum-bloom stars the green Last Line: And sulky as a child when her play's done. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): England; Landscape; Pigs; English; Boars; Hogs | ||||||||
ALREADY fallen plum-bloom stars the green, And apple-boughs as knarred as old toads' backs Wear their small roses ere a rose is seen; The building thrush watches old Job who stacks The fresh-peeled osiers on the sunny fence, The pent sow grunts to hear him stumping by, And tries to push the bolt and scamper thence, But her ringed snout still keeps her to the sty. Then out he lets her run; away she snorts In bundling gallop for the cottage door, With hungry hubbub begging crusts and orts, Then like the whirlwind bumping round once more; Nuzzling the dog, making the pullets run, And sulky as a child when her play's done. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRUFFLE PIGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR WITH A FAVORITE PIG by WILLIAM MATTHEWS PHILOSOPHER ORDERS CRISPY PORK by HEATHER MCHUGH SONGS OF THE TRANSFORMED: PIG SONG by MARGARET ATWOOD WE HAD SEEN A PIG by MARVIN BELL ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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