Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DRIED OUT, by GWENDOLEN HASTE


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First Line: This place was the first home we ever had
Last Line: We was to have! The roses by the door!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hennessey, Martin Douglas, Mrs
Subject(s): Farm Life; Home; Agriculture; Farmers


This place was the first home we ever had,
And I was sick of farming for other folks --
First in Wisconsin and then in Dakota.
It looked so pretty when he broke sod that day.
There wa'n't only three sides to the house,
But what did I care!
There was sunlight and wet rain and a coulee full of springtime where the
children could play.
Seven full years, says the Book, and seven lean --
And we come in at the end of the seven full ones, I guess.
There ain't no crops where they's no rain.
And the stock died in the big blizzard:
So now we're goin'
Back to Dakota to farm for other folks.

Oh, God, the nice white ranch house with a floor
We was to have! The roses by the door!





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