Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUESTION AND ANSWER (2), by ANONYMOUS First Line: "what is that, mother?" Last Line: That he is swell enough to play at golf? Subject(s): Games;golf;mothers;sports; Recreation;pastimes;amusements | ||||||||
WHAT is that, mother? A man, my child. See, there he goes, with gait and aspect mild. But see what he's got on, my mother dear But listen, and that coat you'll plainly hear, Though he's a block away! Yet, yet, my boy, He does not wear that jacket to annoy; For how could we both know, if it was off, That he is swell enough to play at golf? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLOODY SIRE by ROBINSON JEFFERS GAME AFTER SUPPER by MARGARET ATWOOD DANGEROUS GAMES by CAROLYN KIZER THE GOOD AUTHOR by CAROLYN KIZER BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK by AMY LOWELL THE LOST CHILDREN by GREGORY ORR SNAKE EYES by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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