Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRAGEDY, by JILL SPARGUR First Line: I always wanted a red balloon Last Line: And I don't want one -- now. | ||||||||
I ALWAYS WANTED a red balloon, It only cost a dime, But Ma said it was risky, They broke so quickly, And beside, she didn't have time; And even if she did, she didn't Think they were worth a dime. We lived on a farm, and I only went To one circus and fair, And all the balloons I ever saw Were there. There were yellow ones and blue ones, But the kind I liked the best Were red, and I don't see why She couldn't have stopped and said That maybe I could have one -- But she didn't -- I suppose that now You can buy them anywheres, And that they still sell red ones At circuses and fairs. I got a little money saved; I got a lot of time, I got no one to tell me how to spend my dime; Plenty of balloons -- but somehow There's something died inside of me, And I don't want one -- now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE FIRST DAY: THE LEGEND OF RABBI BEN LEVY by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE HAPPY LIFE OF A COUNTRY PARSON by ALEXANDER POPE ON KEATS, WHO DESIRED THAT ON HIS TOMB SHOULD BE INSCRIBED: by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE ROSE TREE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LOUD SILENCE by SUSIE MONTGOMERY BEST |
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