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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOY DECIDES, by RICKMAN MARK First Line: I'd like to be a p'liceman Last Line: And blow my whistle hard. Subject(s): Boys; Careers | |||
I'D like to be a p'liceman And flash my bull's-eye out,— If there were not so many thieves And drunken men about. I'd like to be a butcher And use a knife and steel,— If only bullocks didn't bleed And piggies wouldn't squeal. And sailors go so far from home, And soldiers often die, And Mr. Blake, the blacksmith, Got a big spark in his eye; And so I think that, after all, I'll be a railway guard, And run beside the train, and jump, And blow my whistle hard. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY FATHER'S BUSINESS by KENNETH KOCH CHOOSING A PROFESSION by MARY LAMB CONTRA MORTEM: THE NOTHING I by HAYDEN CARRUTH HERO-WORSHIP; SONNET by AMY LOWELL A LITTLE GIRL LOST, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE IN MAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ON AN OLD MUFF by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON |
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