Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TURKEY, by EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS Poet's Biography First Line: At christmas time the poulterer's is all a blaze of gas Last Line: He can't complain at christmas if we take him at his word. Subject(s): Christmas; Turkeys; Nativity, The | ||||||||
At Christmas time the poulterer's is all a blaze of gas, And rows and rows of turkeys that will strut the farm no more. The shopman smoothes his apron and assures the folk who pass That never was such plump and pleasing poultry seen before. For sorry the turkey, yet the fault's his own, I fear, For had he kept his counsel he'd have grown an older bird; But having bade us "Gobble! gobble! gobble!" all the year, He can't complain at Christmas if we take him at his word. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL |
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