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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WISH - WISHIN', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: On a lazy summer day Last Line: (wish -- wish -- wish!) Subject(s): Wishes | |||
On a lazy summer day I kin hear the ocean say Sorter longin' to the beach, Wish -- wish, In a dreamy-reamy speech, Wish -- wish -- wish! Wonder wot it's wishin' fer! Ain't a livin' emperer Got a patchin' to the gold -- (Wish -- wish) -- That the sea is s'posed to hold. (Wish -- wish -- wish!) Treasure vessels by the score Lyin' on the ocean floor, Rubies, dimun's, gems, an' sich -- (Wish -- wish) -- Don't the ocean know it's rich? (Wish -- wish -- wish!) Wonder w'y it's reachin' out. Ain't no capital about, Ain't no plunder wuth a pin -- (Wish -- wish) -- Fer its waves to gether in. (Wish -- wish -- wish!) Ho! I've got it! Look at those Summer girls in summer clo'es! Poor old ocean! 'f I were you -- (Wish -- wish) -- I 'ud be a-wishin' too! (Wish -- wish -- wish!) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...O TO BE A DRAGON by MARIANNE MOORE FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE HOUR BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: 1. THE GOOD OGRE'S BEARD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR I WANT THIS CORNER EMPTY (PERSEPHONE SPEAKING)' by JULIE CARR THE THREE WISHES by BILLY COLLINS A-WISHING WELL by ROBERT FROST A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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