Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY FIRST WOMERN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I buried my first womern Last Line: Was a year ago -- Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Death; Marriage; Spring; Women; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
I BURIED my first womern In the spring; and in the fall I was married to my second, And hain't settled yit at all! -- Fer I'm allus thinkin' -- thinkin' Of the first one's peaceful ways, A-bilin' soap and singin' Of the Lord's amazin' grace. And I'm thinkin' of her, constant, Dyin' carpet-chain and stuff, And a-makin' up rag carpets, When the floor was good enough! And I mind her he'p a-feedin' And I riccollect her now A-drappin' corn, and keepin' Clos't behind me and the plow! And I'm allus thinkin' of her Reddin' up around the house; Er cookin' fer the farm-hands; Er a-drivin' up the cows. -- And there she lays out yander By the lower medder fence, Where the cows was barely grazin', And they're usin' ever sence. And when I look acrost there -- Say it's when the clover's ripe, And I'm settin', in the evenin', On the porch here, with my pipe, And the other'n hollers "Henry!" -- W'y they ain't no sadder thing Than to think of my first womern And her funeral last spring Was a year ago -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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