Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GUINEY-PIGS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Guiney-pigs is awful cute Last Line: When they's company! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Animals; Food & Eating; Pigs; Boars; Hogs | ||||||||
GUINEY-PIGS is awful cute, With their little trimbly snoot Sniffin' at the pussly that We bring 'em to nibble at. Looks like they're so clean an' white, An' so dainty an' polite, They could eat like you an' me When they's company! Tiltin' down the clover-tops Till they spill, an' overdrops The sweet morning dew -- Don't you Think they might have napkins, too? Ef a guiney-pig was big As a shore-an'-certain pig, Nen he wouldn't ac' so fine When he come to dine. Nen he'd chomp his jaws an' eat Things out in the dirty street, Dirt an' all! An' nen lay down In mud-holes an' waller roun'! So the guiney-pigs is best, 'Cause they're nice an' tidiest; They eat 'most like you an' me When they's company! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TRUFFLE PIGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR WITH A FAVORITE PIG by WILLIAM MATTHEWS PHILOSOPHER ORDERS CRISPY PORK by HEATHER MCHUGH SONGS OF THE TRANSFORMED: PIG SONG by MARGARET ATWOOD WE HAD SEEN A PIG by MARVIN BELL A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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