Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPENSATIONS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: There's goin' to be a chris'mas-tree next door! Last Line: Them upstarts know! Subject(s): Children; Christmas; Ice; Play; Snow; Winter; Childhood; Nativity, The | ||||||||
THERE'S goin' to be a Chris'mas-tree next door! Jess an' me know; We saw them buyin' candles to the store An't must be so! Ma says the Joneses folks is awful proud, An' so you see, Their little boy an' girl don't play around With Jess an me. When me and Jess make snow-forts in the street, They sit an' stare Outen their windows, but they never come They wouldn't dare! An' when we made that big terboggan-slide, They bawled, I bet, When their ma told them, No, they couldn't play, Fear they'd get wet! An' oh, that day when all the street was ice! And we'd begin An' slide fer half a mile, their ma she said They must stay in! An' when the sleigh went scootin' past their door, With Jess an' me, They blubbered till they froze the window-pane, An' couldn't see. But now they're goin' to have a really show A Chris'mas tree An' there ain't been no invertation come Fer Jes an' me! Ma says that if she felt so bad because She couldn't go She'd see their old tree farther' fore she'd let Them upstarts know! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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