Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POST-DRIVER, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poet's Biography First Line: The lingering loon flies over the marsh Last Line: Oh, what is it that goes cuhchoo? Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): Animals; Bird-watching; Birds; Frogs | ||||||||
THE lingering loon flies over the marsh And the night bird nestles in dew, The river is cold and the winds are harsh, But what is it that goes cuhchoo? What is it that goes cuhchoo, cuhchoo? Oh, what is it that goes cuhchoo? Then the rail comes up from his lushy bed And wings to the realms of blue; Wild lilies soak where the bullfrogs croak, But what is it that goes cuhchoo? What is it that goes cuhchoo, cuhchoo? Oh, what is it that goes cuhchoo? O'er the whispering reeds the rice-hen speeds, And the meadow-lark singing anew, And I know in the swail the song of the rail, But what is it that goes cuhchoo? What is it that goes cuhchoo, cuhchoo? Oh, what is it that goes cuhchoo? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUNG BULLFROGS by CARL SANDBURG SMALL FROGS KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY by JAMES WRIGHT ASSAULT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY BACCHUS AND THE FROGS by ARISTOPHANES THE FROGS: THE FROGS' SONG by ARISTOPHANES WHAT THE FROGS SING by PHOEBE CARY THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
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