Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FIRST HAIR CUT, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: Jimmy's had a hair cut! Last Line: Just to smell his head. Subject(s): Barbers; Boys; Hair | ||||||||
Jimmy's had a hair cut! How the folks all stare. It's so short you see his skin Showing through his hair. 'T wasn't like he'd had before, Cut around a bowl; It was in that barber-store By the candy pole. Jimmy's had a hair cut! We was there to see, Peeking through the window-pane, All the boys and me. He looked worried there alone, Trying hard to grin, On a kind of great big throne Wrapped up to his chin. Jimmy's had a hair cut! 'Course it scared him some. All those shears and cups and things Sort of struck him dumb. My, I wished that I was him Sitting there instead Looking like a cherubim, Showing just my head. Wish I'd had my hair cut By a shiney man, Telling grown-up jokes and such While his snippers ran. Jimmy's mother saved a curl, She feels bad, I know, That he wasn't born a girl And could let them grow. Jimmy's had a hair cut, My! It made him proud! Walking out, while all of us Followed in a crowd. He got pretty rich that day 'Fore he went to bed, Making every fellow pay Just to smell his head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORTRAIT WITH BROWN HAIR by DONALD JUSTICE OPENING HER JEWEL BOX by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THE BLONDE SONATA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THE SONG CALLED HIS HIDE IS COVERED WITH HAIR by HILAIRE BELLOC THE WOMEN WITH FABLED HAIR by MADELINE DEFREES DECRYPTING THE MESSAGE by EDWARD FIELD A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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