Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOUSE-WEARY, by IAN DRAG


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HOUSE-WEARY, by                    
First Line: I'm going out! I'm tired of tables, chairs
Last Line: Dear home! I'll love it still!
Subject(s): Home


I'm going out! I'm tired of tables, chairs;
I'm tired of walls that hedge me all about;
I'm tired of rooms and ceilings, carpets, stairs,
And so—I'm going out!

Somehow or other what I need today
Are skies, and birds that carol, winds that shout!
I want Dame Nature's friendship. Thus I say,
"Good-bye—I'm going out!"

It's just house-tiredness. Trivial humdrum strain!
Monotony! But when I've climbed the hill,
My heart, refreshed, will laugh and sing again,
Dear home! I'll love it still!





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