Classic and Contemporary Poetry
K.K. - CAN'T CALCULATE, by FRANCES MIRIAM WHITCHER First Line: What poor short-sighted worms we be Last Line: That 't ain't worth while to try. Subject(s): Cynicism; Fate; Nature; Destiny | ||||||||
WHAT poor short-sighted worms we be; For we can't calculate, With any sort of sartintee, What is to be our fate. These words Prissilla's heart did reach, And caused her tears to flow, When first she heard the Elder preach, About six months ago. How true it is what he did state, And thus affected her, That nobody can't calculate What is a-gwine to occur. When we retire, can't calculate But what afore the morn Our housen will conflaggerate. And we be left forlorn. Can't calculate when we come in From any neighborin' place, Whether we'll ever go out agin To look on natur's face. Can't calculate upon the weather, It always changes so; Hain't got no means of telling whether It's gwine to rain or snow. Can't calculate with no precision On naught beneath the sky; And so I've come to the decision That 't ain't worth while to try. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE WIDOW BEDOTT TO ELDER SNIFFLER by FRANCES MIRIAM WHITCHER SONNET: 10. TO THE LADY MARGARET LEY by JOHN MILTON ON MRS PRIESTLEY'S LEAVING WARRINGTON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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