Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SCARECROW, by MABEL WARD RUDD



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SCARECROW, by                    
First Line: I like the way you stand at ease
Last Line: Success to almost anything.
Subject(s): Birds; Crows; Scarecrows


I like the way you stand at ease,
Your trousers bagging round your knees,
Your burlap shirt reduced to tatters.
To you, dilapidation matters
Nothing. In your straw-filled head,
Not a single thought is bred.

What monstrous bluff! -- for you to hold
A toy gun and look so bold;
You terrify the stupid crows
Which flap above the seeded rows.

Heigh-ho! You make it clear to me
What, otherwise, I might not see:
A person, bold enough, can bring
Success to almost anything.





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