Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHEERY CHEWINK, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: Chewink! Chewink!' a sprightly sound
Last Line: "just hear that bird: ""chewink! Chewink!"
Subject(s): Birds; Towhees (birds); Chewinks


"Chewink! Chewink!" a sprightly sound
Ringing across the bushy ground,
A worker's challenge bold and free,
The alto call of industry.

Deep in the underbrush is heard
The scratching of the busy bird;
Behold, with energetic heaves,
Both feet at once, he flings the leaves.

But ever, pausing on the brink
Of new descent -- Chewink! Chewink! --
He shouts his slogan clear and strong,
And glorifies his work with song.

No dreary drudgery for him,
A very dandy gay and trim,
With black and white and ruddy brown,
The smartest gentleman in town!

Ah, brother toilers, bent and worn
Beneath your burdens all forlorn,
Your work's a martyrdom, you think?
Just hear that bird: "Chewink! Chewink!"





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