Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOOTED HENS, by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL Poet's Biography First Line: In secret places strange and wild Last Line: That scratches on the graves of men. Alternate Author Name(s): Carlin, Francis Subject(s): Hens | ||||||||
In secret places strange and wild E'en to the wonder of a child, The Wee Folk cobble the little boots, For birds that scratch the lusmore's roots And every night the Leprahaun Must finish ere the Streak of Dawn A pair of boots for every hen That scratches on the graves of men. Now Katty Shields in Kilnagrude, One morning wanting to feed her brood, And finding all the hens arrayed In boots, she cursed the cobbler's trade. And since that morning long ago, She is always out at heel and toe, In a pair of brogues, the like of which Might well be found behind a ditch. For she had cursed the Leprahaun, Who finishes before the dawn A pair of boots for every hen That scratches on the graves of men. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOY AND EGG by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE MOTHERHOOD by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY JANET WAKING by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE HENS by ELIZABETH MADOX ROBERTS THE PIG AND THE HEN by ALICE CARY POEMS FROM NA KEIKI O HAWAII: PRAYER FOR BIDDY by BEATRICE KIRSTEN HOFGAARD PITCH O' PINE SONNETSL 3. CLEM'S FOOL by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON THE VIRGIN'S SLUMBER SONG by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL |
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