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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IT'S HARD TO SAY, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: There are no feathers on a whale Last Line: And talk and think about! Subject(s): Learning | |||
There are no feathers on a whale, No fins upon a flea, Nor fur upon the lowly snail, Which seems unfair to me. For ducks have feathers by the score, And even skunks have fur, And fish have fins and scales galore, Why do such things occur? You take a dormouse for a cruise Upon a racing yacht, And will it learn to shine your shoes? Well, maybe, maybe not. For how can anybody tell What antelopes will do, Or what insurance they can sell? —I leave the case to you. I've been about the world a bit And yet I can't affirm That gloves could not be made to fit An ant or angleworm. I've never seen it tried and so I've never worked it out, There are so many things to know And talk and think about! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIELDS OF LEARNING by JOSEPHINE MILES HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY DIASPORA by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE GREAT MIGRATION by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT FURTHER ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING by KENNETH REXROTH THE ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING by KENNETH REXROTH MR. WADE, TYPING TEACHER by VIRGIL SUAREZ THE LESSONS OF WATER by DAVID WAGONER |
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