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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT I'D DO, by JOHN J. EBERHARDT First Line: I sometimes wisht that I wuz my ma Last Line: N' I'd grab him -- n'hug him -- n' kiss him. | |||
I sometimes wisht that I wuz my Ma; You betcha I'd know what to do Ef my little boy -- comed home -- real late, A-wearin' one stockin' -- one shoe. I wouldn't care -- much -- how dirty he wuz -- Er notice the jagged ol' rip That "maded" a flap on his bran new shirt Reach clear to a quiverin' lip: Ef he slammed the door, n' runned right in, With mussedy uppedy hair -- N' it hurted clear down to the Deep O' My Heart, I'd p'tend I didn' care. Do y' think I would? -- well -- I jes wouldn' Never -------- never -------- scold him -- I'd brush all the stockin's n' mendin' right off O' My Lap ---------- so's I could hold him. N' I wouldn' speak o' the Lateness o' Time, I'd think -- jes how I'd miss him -- * * * * * Ef it happened -- he never -- comed -- home -- at -- all * * * * * N' I'd grab him -- n'hug him -- n' kiss him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOYS PROBLEM by JOHN J. EBERHARDT TO DANTE by VITTORIO AMEDEO ALFIERI SUMMER WIND by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HER LIKENESS by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK FAREWELL TO ARMS by GEORGE PEELE SONNET PREFIXED TO 'THE COMMONWEALTH & GOVERNMENT OF VENICE' by EDMUND SPENSER ON THE DEATH OF CYNTHIA'S HORSE by PHILIP AYRES THE THEME AND THE PUPPET by LETA GRACE BORLAND OCTOBER XXIX, 1795 (KEATS' BIRTHDAY) by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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