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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCARECROW, by MABEL WARD RUDD First Line: I like the way you stand at ease Last Line: Success to almost anything. Subject(s): Birds; Crows; Scarecrows | |||
I like the way you stand at ease, Your trousers bagging round your knees, Your burlap shirt reduced to tatters. To you, dilapidation matters Nothing. In your straw-filled head, Not a single thought is bred. What monstrous bluff! -- for you to hold A toy gun and look so bold; You terrify the stupid crows Which flap above the seeded rows. Heigh-ho! You make it clear to me What, otherwise, I might not see: A person, bold enough, can bring Success to almost anything. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRANNY'S SCARECROW by ANNE STEVENSON THE SCARECROW by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE SCARECROW by ANDREW YOUNG (1885-1971) SCARECROW by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN LEDA AND THE SCARECROW by GARRETT OPPENHEIM THE SCARECROW by JOSEPH MARIE SOULARY MUSINGS ON THE WIG OF A SCARE-CROW by ROBERT SOUTHEY TO A SCARECROW, OR MALKIN, LEFT LONG AFTER HARVEST by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER HERE IN THIS PASTURE by MABEL WARD RUDD THE MARSHES by MABEL WARD RUDD FRAGMENTS WRITTEN WHILE TRAVELING...A MIDWESTERN HEAT WAVE by JAMES GALVIN |
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