Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN I GET INTO BED, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: I'm never frightened in the dark Last Line: As I get into bed. Subject(s): Beds; Children; Fear; Night; Childhood; Bedtime | ||||||||
I'm never frightened in the dark, Though I am very small; I never sit all scared and hark For Ogres in the hall. But when my prayers are said I have one awful dread, That something waits to grab my toes When I get into bed! I try to think of pleasant things Each time I get undressed; And how each day no evil brings If children do their best. But the thought comes in my head, As I'm turning down the spread, That something's going to grab my toes As I get into bed. And when there's nothing more to do, With bedclothes open wide, It makes me shiver through and through A-trying to decide Which foot shall go ahead, 'Cause I'm sure I'd tumble dead If something ever grabbed my toes As I get into bed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN A BABY AT THE PARTY by BURGES JOHNSON |
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