Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A NOON LULL, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Possum in de 'tater-patch
Last Line: Drapt in de turnip-hole, chasin' f'um de cow!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Farm Life; Opossums; Weasels; Agriculture; Farmers; Possums


'POSSUM in de 'tater-patch;
Chicken-hawk a-hangin'
Stiddy 'bove de stable-lot,
An' cyarpet-loom a-bangin'!
Hi! Mr. Hoppergrass, chawin' yo' terbacker,
Flick ye wid er buggy-whirp yer spit er little blacker!

Niggah in de roas'in'-yeers,
Whiskers in de shuckin';
Weasel croppin' mighty shy,
But ole hen a-cluckin'!

-- What's got de matter er de mulecolt now?
Drapt in de turnip-hole, chasin' f'um de cow!





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