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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KITE-TIME, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Last night me an' my brother made a kite
Last Line: A-hangin' in that elm tree down the street.
Subject(s): Children; Kites; Play; Toys; Childhood
First Line: Last night me an' my brother made a kite
Last Line: A-hangin' in that elm tree down the street.
Subject(s): Children; Kites; Play; Toys; Childhood
Last night me an' my brother made a kite—
The biggest one we've ever tried to do.
Stood up on end 'twas more'n twice my height
(The kind that has three sticks instead of two).
I made the tail, an' 'fore I'd gotten through
I'd used up every rag there was in sight.
To fly her'd take a whoppin' wind, we knew,
And then to-day it came exactly right.
A boughten kite may have a neater look,
But home-made ones are mighty hard to beat.
This big one nearly dived us off our feet—
'Twas in the length of tail we were mistook;
An' you can see her, any time you look,
A-hangin' in that elm tree down the street.
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