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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOYS AND GIRLS, by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS First Line: I'm awful glad I'm not a girl Last Line: "to be a girl." Alternate Author Name(s): Wilkinson, Florence Subject(s): Boys; Children; Girls; Quarrels; Childhood; Arguments; Disagreements | |||
"I'M awful glad I'm not a girl," Said John, "To wear a skirt and shake my curls, And tie pink ribbons on." "I'm awful glad I am a boy," Said John, "To play baseball, be sensible, And have a gun." "Pshaw, I don't care!" Belinda said, "Maybe I'll wed an earl! Besides, it's much more ladylike To be a girl." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE QUARREL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DOMESDAY BOOK: CHARLES WARREN, THE SHERIFF by EDGAR LEE MASTERS OUR PRINCIPAL by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE OWEN SEAMAN; ESTABLISHES ENTENE CORDIALE IN MANNER GUY WETMORE CARRYL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER AFTER THE QUARREL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE EARLY EVENING QUARREL by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES A MEMORIAL TABLET by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS BROADWAY REMEMBERS HER CHILDHOOD by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS |
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