THE little grassy hollow is sunny. The grass is wet and oozy and bright green. Do not forget your rubbers. There is a spring in the sunny hollow; And there are mosquitoes. The Community Has built a little cabin Over the spring in the hollow. The pumping engine Lives in the little cabin. It looks easy, But it takes a man to run it. The motive power is gasoline And possibly God -- So-called. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEDITATION ON A JUNE EVENING by CONRAD AIKEN TIE-DOWN OF A BONSAI by MARVIN BELL THE BUTCHER SHOP by DAVID IGNATOW SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MANY SOLDIERS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TOWARD THE GULF; DEDICATED TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS NOTHING WILL CURE THE SICK LION BUT TO EAT AN APE' by MARIANNE MOORE MIDSUMMER FROST (1) by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE WALKING MAN OF RODIN by CARL SANDBURG ESSAY: AT NIGHT THE AUTOPORTRAIT AT NIGHT by ELENI SIKELIANOS |