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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHILDREN'S RAIN SONGS, by ANONYMOUS First Line: O the rain drop drop drop Last Line: Whatever there is to eat Subject(s): Drought;jews;mysticism - Judaism;rain; Judaism | |||
1 o the rain drop drop drop drop o the farmers' little sons o the landlord Bu-Sukri o the trip down by the river o his tumble down the well o his mother's red tarboosh o the one-eyed man one-eyed down the silo in the dark 2 the wind the wind o the bellows o my uncle o the bellows it's the blacksmith's bellows blacksmith gropes his way around then calls out children o my children in the forest they call Papa buy a shirt or Papa buy a black shirt shirt with carrot-colored sleeves we eat it all up whatever there is to eat Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL |
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