Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NUTTIN'-TIME, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: I know where butternut an' shag-bark trees Last Line: To find a chestnut burr just where I sat. Subject(s): Children; Nuts & Nutting; Childhood | ||||||||
I know where butternut an' shag-bark trees Grow thick,an' chestnuts an' sweet-acorns too. Each fall we go there an' pick all we please We take our lunch an' stay the whole day through. Last week we went to where the walnuts grew, With two big sacks an' filled 'em at our ease. I shinned one treethat's what I love to do! And then we hunted, on our hands an' knees. But after all, the part I like the best Is when the sacks have gotten pretty fat, An' some one says it's time we ought to rest An' start the jam an' cookies an' all that. This time it kind of spoiled my interest To find a chestnut burr just where I sat. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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