Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUALITY, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: We have a modest little home Last Line: She is the bestand she's our own! Subject(s): Babies; Infants | ||||||||
We have a modest little home, It's like a million homes, I guess, A yard, a bit of garden loam In which we labor more or less; The housea simple frame affair, A porch with flowers overgrown; You'll find its double anywhere, It isn't much, but it's Our Own! We have a caryou know the make It rattles, but it seems to go. It suits us for the trips we take, Just little journeys to and fro; It makes us friendly with the sun, And on its wanderings we've known A lot of simple, healthful fun; It isn't much, but it's Our Own! We have a baby. It may be That there are millions just as good; But you won't get Us to agree To such a thought, that's understood. And though we love our home, our car We speak of them in modest tone, But Babyof all babes there are She is the bestand she's Our Own! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET TO HIS BABY SON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BABYHOOD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN INFANCY by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BALLAD OF THE LAYETTE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A TOAST FOR LITTLE IRON MIKE by PAUL MARIANI THE PAMPERING OF LEORA by THYLIAS MOSS ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS IN THE THRIVING SEASON by LISEL MUELLER |
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