Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN IDIOT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm on'y thist a' idiot Last Line: Ain't thumbs and fingers funny things? Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Death; Ignorance; Dead, The; Dullness; Stupdity | ||||||||
I'M on'y thist a' idiot -- That's what folks calls a feller what Ain't got no mind Of any kind, Ner don't know nothin' he's forgot. -- I'm one o' them -- But I know why The bees buzz this way when they fly, -- 'Cause honey it gits on their wings. Ain't thumbs and fingers funny things? What's money? Hooh! it's thist a hole Punched in a round thing 'at won't roll 'Cause they's a string Poked through the thing And fastened round your neck -- that's all! Ef I could git my money off, I'd buy whole lots o' whoopin'-cough And give it to the boy next door Who died 'cause he ain't got no more. What is it when you die? I know, -- You can't wake up ag'in, ner go To sleep no more -- Ner kick, ner snore, Ner lay and look and watch it snow; And when folks slaps and pinches you -- You don't keer nothin' what they do. No honey on the angels' wings! Ain't thumbs and fingers funny things? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE SIMPLE PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA by NORMAN DUBIE I'M WITH STUPID by PETER JOHNSON ELECTION DAY, 1984 by CAROLYN KIZER AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF SABRINA SIMPSON USCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BIT OF MULL by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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