Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HONEY BOY, by BILLIE MARIE CRABB


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HONEY BOY, by                    
First Line: Like mountain honey, richly red
Last Line: And thus his debt to life repays.
Subject(s): Boys


Like mountain honey, richly red
From tip of tail to regal head,
A thing of beauty, and a joy
Forever, is my Honey Boy.

Akin to lilies of the field
Who neither toil nor spin, yet yield
Their fragrant beauty to the earth;
And, yielding, justify their birth.

He lives his life of silken ease,
And strives none but himself to please;
Yet walks in beauty all his days,
And thus his debt to life repays.





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