Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PUPPY CLASS, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: I tell them all that a's for appetite Last Line: Who lick your face and bark and tumble down. Subject(s): Animals; Children; Dogs; Childhood | ||||||||
I tell them all that A's for APPETITE And B's a BONE, and C's a Pussy CAT, And though they do not pay attention quite The way they should, I think they growled at that. They've been to school all day there on the mat, And yet they will not learn their letters right; Their little tummies are so very fat I fear their brains are crowded just a mite. I cannot make them consecrate their thought, Not even though I scold them some, and frown. They don't get half the discipline they ought, Their eyes are so affectionate and brown! I don't believe that scholars can be taught Who lick your face and bark and tumble down. | 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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