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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ZINNIAS, by EDITH EARNSHAW
First Line: Goodness me, what pretty flowers!
Last Line: Honey, I jes' anyhows 'em!
Subject(s): Zinnias
First Line: Goodness me, what pretty flowers!
Last Line: Honey, I jes' anyhows 'em!
Subject(s): Zinnias
Goodness me, what pretty flowers!
Aunty, why should yours beat ours?
Chile, dis-here you calls a Zinny
Sorter like a pickaninny;
Nature know de way to nerrish,
Pomper 'em too much dey perish;
White folks strive too hard to rouse 'em --
Honey, I jes' anyhows 'em!
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