If I lived in the country @3every@1 day Instead of only when vacations come, Would I get sunburned so that it would stay, And say words like "I recken" and "to hum"? Could I wear one suspender if I chose, And learn an awful lot of useful things, Like how to pick up pebbles with my toes, Or tell a bird from just the way it sings? And would I know the places where to dive, And all the quickest cuts across the lots? And could I keep some snakes and frogs alive, And would my feet get hard, with callus spots? Back home there in the city, there's no way To learn such useful things; so I've a mind, Before the folks all start to go away, To find some place to hide, and stay behind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE WHEEL OF BEING II by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONG OF THE WAVE by ROBERT FROST SURFACES AND MASKS; 1 by CLARENCE MAJOR CANTICLE OF THE RACE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA (2) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON HARRISON STREET COURT by CARL SANDBURG |