ONE time, when we'z at Aunty's house -- 'Way in the country! -- where They's ist but woods -- an' pigs, an' cows -- An' all's outdoors an' air! -- An' orchurd-swing; an' churry trees -- An' @3churries@1 in 'em! -- Yes, an' these- Here redhead birds steals all they please, An' tetch 'em ef you dare! -- W'y, wunst, one time, when we wuz there, @3We et out on the porch!@1 Wite where the cellar door wuz shut The table wuz; an' I Let Aunty set by me an' cut My vittuls up -- an' pie. 'Tuz awful funny! -- I could see The redheads in the churry tree; An' beehives, where you got to be So keerful, goin' by; -- An' "Comp'ny" there an' all! -- an' we -- @3We et out on the porch!@1 An' I ist et @3p'surves@1 an' things 'At Ma don't 'low me to -- An' @3chickun-gizzurds@1 -- (don't like @3wings@1 Like @3Parunts@1 does! do @3you?@1) An' all the time the wind blowed there, An' I could feel it in my hair, An' ist smell clover @3ever'@1where! -- An' a old redhead flew Purt' nigh wite over my high-chair, @3When we et on the porch!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VALLEY BROOK by JOHN HOWARD BRYANT THE BROKEN HEART by JOHN DONNE HOPE AND FEAR by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE CLOUDED SOUL by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA OUR MODEST DOUGHBOYS by CHARLTON ANDREWS |