Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAN'S PLANS, by WALT MASON


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

MAN'S PLANS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He sat beside me by the fire, and chattered
Last Line: "abroad,"" and didn't need to take his wad."
Subject(s): Air Travel; Aviation & Aviators; Cities; Urban Life


HE sat beside me by the fire, and chattered while I greased my lyre. "I've
toiled," he said, "for thirty years, like Adam's team of brindled steers. And
now that I have made my wad, I'll do some traveling abroad. I want to see this
good old globe before I don a long white robe. My wife and I for years have
planned a journey to the Holy Land; next year we'll see the storied things of
which the pious psalmist sings. And if the war shall ever cease, we'll jog
through Italy and Greece, and see the Spaniard train his vine, and have a joy
ride on the Rhine. I hope to climb the Alps and see the moonlight on the Zuyder

Zee, and tread the ancient streets of Rome—but now, methinks, I must go
home." He took his rainstick and his hat and vanished from my humble flat, to
seek his home, which wasn't far; and on his way a motor car came up behind and
climbed his frame, and he forever quit the game. Alas, poor chap! He "went
abroad," and didn't need to take his wad.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net