Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN UNSUSPECTED FACT, by EDWARD CANNON First Line: If down his throat a man should choose Last Line: And he would wipe his feet on that! Subject(s): Nonsense; Teeth; Toothaches | ||||||||
IF down his throat a man should choose In fun, to jump or slide, He'd scrape his shoes against his teeth, Nor dirt his own inside. But if his teeth were lost and gone, And not a stump to scrape upon, He'd see at once how very pat His tongue lay there by way of mat, And he would wipe his feet on that! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLEAR TEETH by JAMES MCMICHAEL ABOUT THE TEETH OF SHARKS by JOHN CIARDI GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE LOSS OF HIS TEETH by DIANE WAKOSKI ALL THE WIDE GRIN OF HIM by ELEANOR WILNER DREAM, VAGINA DENTATA by DENISE DUHAMEL RIDDLE: TEETH AND GUMS by MOTHER GOOSE JENNY WI' THE AIRN TEETH by ALEXANDER ANDERSON ADDRESS TO THE TOOTHACHE by ROBERT BURNS SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE: 3. BY HER AUNT'S GRAVE by THOMAS HARDY |
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