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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSURD, by WILLIAM A. PHELON First Line: The fisher gives a mighty pull Last Line: A short cross-counter nails him! Subject(s): Humorists | |||
THE fisher gives a mighty pull, Enough to wreck a church— He heaves and hauls, and then yanks in A sickly half-pound perch! The burly batsman swings in pride A section of a tree— But just as he is set to smite, The umpire says, "Strike three!" The husky boxer tries the hook That never yet has failed him— But, while his fist is in the air, A short cross-counter nails him! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 8. BRENNBAUM by EZRA POUND CLOWNS' DAY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON WELCOME TO MARK TWAIN by LOUIS FRECHETTE THE PLAYED-OUT HUMORIST by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT THE PRACTICAL JOKER by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT ON THE DEPLORABLE LACK OF SCHOLARSHIP IN AMERICAN HUMORISTS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN ON A SENSE OF HUMOR by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON HOW SINGULAR! by WILLIAM A. PHELON IT NEVER HAPPENED by WILLIAM A. PHELON A FOOL THERE WAS by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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