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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARLIE LUCAS, by WILLIAM STAPLETON LONG First Line: Charlie lucas didnt know Last Line: "debbul git yuh!" | |||
Charlie Lucas didn't know When his feet were moving slow -- But his feet were unimportant; He had music stepping lively Through his head When he said: 'Walk boy; Debbul git yuh!" Unseen harps and banjos, strumming, Joined the ghostly voices, humming; Yet prosaic, uninspiring, Were the endlessly untiring Words he mumbled As he stumbled: "Walk boy; Debbul git yuh!" Jungle rhythms timed his shuffling Hands and feet, forever ruffling Mounds of hay or piles of corn. Afternoon or early morn -- Every word Ever heard: "Walk, boy; Debbul git yuh!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1914: 5. THE SOLDIER by RUPERT BROOKE COR CORDIUM by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A SATIRE [OR, SATYR] AGAINST MANKIND by JOHN WILMOT THE SULTANA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THIS STORY MORALIZED by WILLIAM BASSE THE ARTIST PHILOSOPHER by DAISY MAUD BELLIS TRICKSTERS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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