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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DIFFERENCE, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Whenever I can't go to sleep Last Line: While mother's in the hall! Subject(s): Children; Fear; Parents; Childhood; Parenthood | |||
Whenever I can't go to sleep Though I have said my prayers and all, Around the room queer noises creep And lights and shadows dance and leap Above me on the wall. The dark gets full of dreadful things That tiptoe round and round my bed— I hear the rustling of wings And little creaks and whisperings— I dassent turn my head. But when there sounds upon the stair My mother's footstep, drawing near, The dark just turns to empty air— And all around there's nothing there To cause a bit of fear. Then I imagine, one by one, The things that scare me most of all; They make the little shivers run Along my back. It's lots of fun— While mother's in the hall! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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